Maples Group Advises Winking Studios on Landmark London Stock Exchange Dual Listing

Winking Studios is majority-owned by Acer Gaming, the gaming arm of Taiwan-listed electronics company Acer. It is an art outsourcing and game development services provider offering complete end-to-end art outsourcing and game development services across various platforms such as console, PC, online and handheld content for the video games industry. Winking Studios is currently the fourth largest game art outsourcing company globally.

A team based in the firm’s Hong Kong office acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Winking Studios and was led by Corporate Partner, Juno Huang and assisted by Associate, Janelle Ho. The Maples Group previously acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Winking Studios in relation to its initial public offering and the listing on the Catalist of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited in 2023.

Commenting on the transaction, Juno said “We are delighted to have supported Winking Studios through their listing journey, from their initial listing in Singapore to this remarkable achievement. This showcases the growing influence of Asian innovation in the global gaming industry.”

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang acted as UK legal counsel and Rajah & Tann Singapore acted as Singapore legal counsel to Winking Studios. Fieldfisher acted as UK legal counsel to the adviser, Strand Hanson Limited and broker, S.P. Angel Corporate Finance LLP.