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Show-Mao Chen
Partner
Mr. Chen is a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department and managing partner of the Beijing office. He has practiced in the New York office since 1992, the Hong Kong office since 1999 and the Beijing office since 2007.
In capital markets, Mr Chen advised the Agricultural Bank of China on its recent $22 billion IPO, which is the largest by an Asian issuer, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its $21 billion IPO, which is the second-largest IPO ever, and the first global offering that involved a concurrent listing in China. He also advised Sinochem on the largest-ever international debt offering by a Chinese company and the underwriters for China Unicom in the largest-ever international convertible bond offering by a Chinese company. Mr Chen completed the global initial public offerings of Air China, China Construction Bank, MCC, Sinoma, Sinopec, Unicom and others.
In M&A, Mr Chen advised ICBC on the largest-ever cross-border investment in a Chinese financial institution. He also advised China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on the largest-ever attempted cross-border takeover by a Chinese company.
In addition to Chinese state-owned enterprises, Mr Chen has worked with Acer, ASE, ASUS, AU Optronics, HTC, Foxconn, Nanya, Quanta, Taishin, TSMC, UMC and others.
Mr Chen has worked on offerings of sovereign debt by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, as well as privatizations by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the ROC. He advised sovereign wealth funds such as China Investment Corp. and the Development Fund of the Executive Yuan of the ROC. He also advised the People’s Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan Stock Exchanges on proposed regulations.
In April 2011, Mr. Chen was named one of American Lawyer’s 2010 “Dealmakers of the Year.”
In capital markets, Mr Chen advised the Agricultural Bank of China on its recent $22 billion IPO, which is the largest by an Asian issuer, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its $21 billion IPO, which is the second-largest IPO ever, and the first global offering that involved a concurrent listing in China. He also advised Sinochem on the largest-ever international debt offering by a Chinese company and the underwriters for China Unicom in the largest-ever international convertible bond offering by a Chinese company. Mr Chen completed the global initial public offerings of Air China, China Construction Bank, MCC, Sinoma, Sinopec, Unicom and others.
In M&A, Mr Chen advised ICBC on the largest-ever cross-border investment in a Chinese financial institution. He also advised China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on the largest-ever attempted cross-border takeover by a Chinese company.
In addition to Chinese state-owned enterprises, Mr Chen has worked with Acer, ASE, ASUS, AU Optronics, HTC, Foxconn, Nanya, Quanta, Taishin, TSMC, UMC and others.
Mr Chen has worked on offerings of sovereign debt by the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China, as well as privatizations by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the ROC. He advised sovereign wealth funds such as China Investment Corp. and the Development Fund of the Executive Yuan of the ROC. He also advised the People’s Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan Stock Exchanges on proposed regulations.
In April 2011, Mr. Chen was named one of American Lawyer’s 2010 “Dealmakers of the Year.”
Related Practices
Bar Admissions
- State of New York
- Hong Kong
Education
- A.B., Harvard College, 1986
- B.A., University of Oxford, 1988
- Rhodes Scholar
- J.D., Stanford Law School, 1992
Work Highlights
- $22 billion ABC IPO, the largest-ever by an Asian issuer
- $21 billion ICBC IPO, the first A+H offering
- $2 billion Sinochem international debt offering, the largest-ever by a Chinese issuer
- $1.8 billion Unicom international convertible offering, the largest-ever by a Chinese issuer
- $3.8 billion cross-border strategic investment in ICBC by Goldman Sachs, Allianz and American Express, the largest-ever in the Chinese financial sector
- $18 billion attempted cross-border takeover of Unocal by CNOOC, the largest-ever by a Chinese corporation of a foreign target
- IPOs of Air China, China Construction Bank, MCC, Sinoma, Sinopec, Unicom and others
- Offerings by leading Asia technology companies
- Sovereign debt offerings by the PRC
- Adviser to sovereign wealth funds and stock exchanges
Recognition
Listed as a leading lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:- Named one of American Lawyer’s 2010 “Dealmakers of the Year”
- Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Chambers Asia
Professional History
- Partner, 2000-present
- Associate, 1992-2000
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