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 Headquarters at 29 Queen's Road Central | |
Native name | 新百利融資有限公司 |
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| Company type | Public |
| SEHK: 8439 | |
| Industry | Investment banking |
| Founded | 1983; 42 years ago (1983) |
| Founder | Martin Nevil Sabine |
| Headquarters | |
| Revenue |  HK$67.37 million (FY 2023) |
| HK$−3.61 million (FY 2023) | |
| Total assets |  HK$81.52 million (FY 2023) |
| Total equity | HK$78.52 million (FY 2023) |
Number of employees | 47 (FY 2023) |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Somerley Capital (Somerley) is ainvestment banking firm based in Hong Kong.[2] The firm mainly providescorporate finance advisory services to clients.[2] It also has acted as a sponsor toinitial public offerings held in Hong Kong as well as managed and underwritten secondary equity issues.[2]
Somerley Capital was founded in 1983 by Martin Sabine.[3] Sabine was previously a director in the corporate finance department of Wardley Limited, a subsidiary ofHSBC.[3]
Somerley Capital is considered one of Hong Kong's local firms that along with foreign banks used to rule the city's financial industry until the late 2010s where competition from China institutions caught up.[4]
In March 2017, Somerley Capital held an initial public offering to list on theGrowth Enterprise Market (GEM) board ofHong Kong Stock Exchange.[5][6] Its price range was HK$1.4 to HK$2.3 per share and aimed to raise HK$80.5 million.[5][6][7]
Somerley Capital is known as an independent financial advisor which despite being smaller compared to larger investment banks, has still managed to be involved in multiple large high-profile deals related to Hong Kong andChina.[8][9][10][11] According toMergermarketLeague tables, Somerley Capital is usually ranked in the top 20 firms for Greater China deals by value with its 2021 rank being No. 10.[12]
The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong with an additional office inBeijing.
