In recent years, China has been one of the most active capital markets in the Asia Pacific region. Chen & Co has been a leading service provider with respect to legal developments in financial investment, securities and related law - providing specialist advice to a wide range of finance industry professionals including issuers, underwriters, financial consultants, placement agents, investment funds managers, and private investors.

We have advised in relation to the full range of equity, debt and derivative offerings on national and regional Stock Exchanges, particularly in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore, as well in other international markets.

Our specialist capital market lawyers provide timely, up to date advice - ensuring regulatory compliance in all relevant jurisdictions, including in relation to the latest developments in Stock Exchange rules both domestically and internationally.

Our core Capital Markets practice includes the following areas:

>> Pre-IPO reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions and corporate
-----restructuring and all legal services relating to the arrangement of private
-----equity and venture capital.

>> Initial public offerings (IPOs).

>> Secondary offerings/placings.

>> Stock exchange listings.

>> Establishment and restructuring of a full range of securities companies and
-----fund management companies.

>> New issues of all kinds of funds (including both open-ended and
-----close-ended funds).

>> New issues of bonds - including convertible and exchangeable bonds, and
-----bonds with warrants.

>> Takeover and corporate restructuring of listed companies

>> Advice on all aspects of securities laws.

Chen and Co. has extensive experience in the arrangement of Private Equity and Venture Capital to private Chinese companies listing both within China and offshore – in many cases a crucial factor in relation to both the successful completion Mergers and Acquisitions transactions and Corporate Restructuring , and with respect to ensuring an adequate capital basis to achieve compliance with the tradable currency and other financial requirements of each Stock Exchange.

Our Capital Markets practice covers all forms of securities including issues of A shares and B shares and their listings; advice in relation to a full range of overseas placings; and offshore listings including H shares, S shares and Red chip shares. Additionally, we have advised on a number of secondary listings and placings, as well as listings by introduction on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

We are experienced in the provision of advice in relation to the establishment and restructuring of various forms of securities companies, fund management companies and funds. The fund management companies and funds established by Chen and Co. have won a high reputation for their reliability and performance.

In the area of takeovers of listed companies, we acted in the first general offer case in the China securities markets. (See “ Recent Experience ” under the section of Mergers and Acquisitions ).

We have a market-leading reputation for our practice in relation to Offshore Listings of Private Chip Companies based on the both number of successful listings annually, and in terms of the success of the overall outcomes achieved for our clients by our legal services and comprehensive strategies in this area.