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Arthur Chen
Equity Partner / Shanghai
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Tel +86-21-6061-3350
Email chenzhijun@zhonglun.com
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Practices
Chinese Mainland Capital Markets, Cross-border Investment/M&A, Hong Kong & Overseas Capital Markets
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Industries
Intelligence Technology & Application
Arthur Chen
Arthur Chen, a seasoned capital markets lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in this sphere, offers clients forward-thinking and market savvy legal advice in a diverse span of matters, including domestic and overseas listing, refinancing, backdoor listing, major asset restructuring. His expertise covers A shares, H shares, red chips, etc. Chen also provides cross-border legal services, encompassing aspects such as equity and asset acquisition, restructuring and integration for listed companies, state-owned enterprises, and multinational corporations, serving a wide client base. In addition, his services extend to many private equity investment projects of internationally renowned investment institutions. The mandates handled by Chen largely involve high-end equipment and new material manufacturing, culture and media, Internet, medicine, chemical, energy, and other industries. His premium work has earned him trust from customers and recognition in the industry.
Representative Matters
A-share Listing
Provided legal service for the initial public offering of Oriental Ocean, Haid Group, WUS Printed Circuit, Universal Scientific, Morn Electric Equipment, Comfort Science and Technology Group, Mas Sci and Tech, Satellite Petro Chemical, Forte Group, Suzhou Xingye, Giantec Semiconductor, Youcare Pharmaceutical, Rychen Technologies, etc., as well as non-public offering of Yunnan Baiyao, Kaidi Electric Power, Universal Scientific, etc.
Overseas Listing
Advised Gushan Group on its NYSE listing
Advised Sinopharm, China Metal Resources Utilization, D&G Machinery, and Golden Eagle on their listing on HKEx
Advised Techwayson and Golddigit Atom their transferring to list on the Main Board from Growth Enterprise Market of HKEx
Advised FU JI Food and Golden Eagle on listing of their convertible bonds on HKEx
Advised New Horizon on its investment in an agricultural company
PE Investment
Assisted Warburg Pincus on its investment in CAR Inc.; Warburg Pincus on its investment in Zhongxing Commercial; CDH on its investment in Joyoung, Motie Book, a non-bank financial institution, and an internet financial company; Walden International on its investment in Fujian Haiyuan; Oriental Fortune and Fosun Group on their joint investment in Jiangxi Guohong Group
M&A
Assisted in the acquisition by Comfort Science and Technology Group of 100% equity interest in a Malaysian listed company Ogawa World Berhad, Haid Group’s acquisition of 100% equity in a Vietnamese forage company, Fuzhou Jiayi Electron and CPT Technology's acquisition of 32.6% equity in Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Company, Satellite Petro Chemical's acquisition of 100% equity in Julong Petro Chemical, Singaporean listed company China Metal's acquisition of 100% equity in Xinhai New Construction Material
Assisted Shaanxi Bicon in its backdoor listing project, CEFC Anhui International Holdings co., Ltd. in its investment in Kazakhstan, China Road & Bridge Corporation in its investment in Austria, Nantong Sanjian Construction Group in its investment in India, Yingkou Port Liability Co., Ltd in its investment in Russian railway freight station project, Guangbo Group in material asset restructuring project, Addsino Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of a German company, Universal Scientific Industrial in its acquisition of 100% equity in Financiere AFG S.A.S (including cross-border shares swap), German SFG in its acquisition of the coated wire business from Infund Holding (which constitutes an A-share listed company major asset restructuring)
Honors and Awards
For Individual
Top 15 Capital Markets Versatile Practitioners, LEGALBAND, 2020
Notable practitioner in Banking & Finance and M&A, International Financial Law Review, 2021
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, China National Democratic Construction Association
Off-campus tutor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Former parttime professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar
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Education
LL.B., East China University of Political Science and Law
Bachelor of Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University -
Professional Experience
Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
Partner and associate, Shanghai Yingming law firm
Associate, Shanghai Zhimin law firm
Associate, Shanghai Haixin law firm
Technical department staff, Shanghai Valve factory -
Languages
Chinese
English