Chen Show Mao
One of American Lawyer's 2010 "Dealmakers of the Year" in April 2011.
Chen is a partner in the Corporate department of
Davis Polk & Wardwell and a managing partner of the Beijing office.
An experienced lawyer, he has practised in the New York office since 1992, the Hong Kong office since 1999 and the Beijing office since 2007.
Chen advised the
Agricultural Bank of China on its US$22 billion initial public offering (IPO), which was the largest IPO in history when it completed in August 2010.[SUP]
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He also advised the
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its US$21 billion IPO, as well as
China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on its proposed US$19 billion acquisition of
Unocal.
Chen also completed the global IPOs of
Air China,
China Construction Bank,
China Unicom,
Metallurgical Corp. of China,
Sinopec, as well as offerings by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (PRC).[SUP][
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Besides China, Chen has completed international securities offerings and M&A transactions by various companies including
Acer,
ASE,
Asus,
AU Optronics,
BHP,
Foxconn,
Freeport-McMoran,
HTC,
TSMC and
UMC.
He also worked with financial institutions such as
JP Morgan Chase and
Morgan Stanley, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the
Republic of China (ROC).[SUP][
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Beyond that, Chen has worked with
sovereign wealth funds such as the
China Investment Corporation (CIC), the Development Fund of the ROC and also advised the Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan Stock Exchanges on proposed regulations.
Chen was named one of American Lawyer's 2010 "Dealmakers of the Year" in April 2011.[SUP]
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Before he began full-time practice as a corporate lawyer, Show Mao worked at a number of research institutions such as Ralph Nader’s Centre for Study of Responsive Law (CSRL),
the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the Research & Planning and Enforcement divisions of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).[SUP]
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On 1 July 2011, Chen announced on his Facebook page that he had retired from active practice as a partner of his law firm given his new responsibilities as an MP.
The decision was made so that he can spend more time with his family, to better serve his constituency and country, and that he would be exploring alternative work arrangements.[SUP]
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