Mr. Chen is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Hong Kong Office.  Mr. Chen, who has been based in Hong Kong since 1997, has worked on a variety of equity and debt offerings, including in the context of privatizations, involving primarily Chinese companies.  Transactions in which he has been involved include SEC-registered offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and listings in New York and Hong Kong for companies in the telecom, banking, insurance, oil and gas, technology, Internet, alternative energy, education, healthcare, retail, real estate, manufacturing and other sectors.  Mr. Chen regularly advises public companies on corporate governance and regulatory matters, including issues arising under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Mr. Chen has been recognized as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in China/Hong Kong in a number of recent surveys, including Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers, Chambers Global Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Asia Guide to the Asia’s Leading Lawyers, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, and The Asia Pacific Legal 500. 

Mr. Chen received his J.D. in 1994 from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada) and graduated from Hangzhou Teachers College (Hangzhou, China) in 1981.  He is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghaiese Chinese.

Mr. Chen’s experience in the securities offerings includes representation of:

• Underwriters led by Citigroup and UBS in the US$201.9 million IPO and NYSE listing of Qihoo 360 Technology
• Changsha Zoomlion in its US$1.7 billion IPO and HKSE listing and R144A/Reg. S offering
• Underwriters led by Goldman Sachs in the US$233.3 million IPO and NYSE listing of Youku.com Inc. and its US$593.1 million follow-on offering
• Underwriters led by J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch in the US$115.9 million IPO and NYSE listing of Noah Holdings Limited
• Xueda Education in its US$146.7 million IPO and NYSE listing and concurrent private placement of US$48.1 million in ordinary shares
• Trony Solar in its US$255 million IPO and HKSE listing and R144A /Reg. S offering
• China Ming Yang Wind Power  in its US$350 million IPO and NYSE listing
• Underwriters led by Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse in the US$94.9 million IPO and NYSE listing of Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain
• Underwriters led by Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs in the US$143.4 million IPO and NYSE listing of SouFun Holdings
• HiSoft Technology International Limited in its US$85.1 million IPO and NASDAQ listing and its US$149.5 million follow-on offering
• Underwriters led by Goldman Sachs in the US$124 million IPO and NASDAQ listing of AutoNavi Holdings Limited
• Underwriters in the US$64 million IPO and NYSE listing of JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. and its US$126 million follow-on offering
• Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited in its US$132 million IPO and NYSE listing
• Underwriters led Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan in the US$1.04 billion IPO and NASDAQ listing of Shanda Games
• Fantasia Holdings Group in its US$410 million IPO and HKSE listing and R144A/Reg. S offering
• China Nepstar Chain Drugstore in its US$384 million IPO and NYSE listing
• Underwriters led by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in the US$1.7 billion IPO and HKSE listing and R144A/Reg. S offering of Alibaba.com Limited
• China Shanshui Cement in its US$233.6 million IPO and HKSE listing and R144A/Reg. S offering
• Underwriters led by Morgan Stanley in the US$216 million IPO and NASDAQ listing of CNinsure Inc. and its US$115 million follow-on offering
• Underwriters led by Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch in the US$231.7 million IPO and NYSE listing of E-House (China) Holdings Limited and its US$117 million follow-on offering
• Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited in its US$319 million IPO and NYSE listing, its concurrent offerings of US$172.5 million convertible notes and US$200 million secondary offering of ADSs and its US$278 million follow-on offering of ADSs
• Simcere Pharmaceutical Group in its US$260.5 million IPO and NYSE listing
• Belle International Holdings Limited in its US$1.3 billion IPO and HKSE listing and R144A/Reg. S offering
• Country Garden Holdings Company Limited in its US$1.9 billion IPO and HKSE listing and Rule 144A/Reg. S offering
• China Medical Technologies, Inc. in its US$110.4 million IPO and NASDAQ listing, US$146.6 million secondary offering of ADSs, its US$150 million convertible notes offering, and its US$276 million convertible senior notes offering and concurrent ADSs offering 
• Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. in its US$455 million IPO and NYSE listing, its offerings of US$500 million and US$575 million convertible notes and its US$287.5 million follow-on offering
• Underwriters in the US$259 million IPO and NASDAQ listing of JA Solar, its US$306 million follow-on offering, and its US$400 million senior convertible notes and borrowed ADS offering
• Underwriters in the US$120 million IPO and NASDAQ listing of Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc., its US$119 million follow-on offering, its RMB1,110 million (US$150 million) USD settled convertible bonds offering and its US$184 million convertible senior notes offering
• Underwriters in the US$1.83 billion IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of the H shares of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd
• 51job Inc. in its US$84 million IPO and NASDAQ listing
• Underwriters in the US$230 million IPO and HKSE listing of Tencent Holdings Limited
• Underwriters in the US$100 million offering of the convertible notes of Sina Corp.

Mr. Chen’s experience in securities offerings in the context of privatizations includes representation of:

• Underwriters in the US$11.2 billion IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of H shares of Bank of China Limited
• PetroChina Company Limited and China National Petroleum Corporation, as selling shareholder, in the US$3 billion IPO and dual listings on the New York Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of ADSs and H shares of PetroChina Company Limited
• BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited and Bank of China, as selling shareholder, in the US$2.675 billion IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of ordinary shares of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited
• China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited in its US$6.9 billion follow-on offering and US$690 million convertible debt offering
• Underwriters in the US$2.2 billion IPO and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of H shares of Bank of Communications
• Underwriters in the US$1.52 billion IPO and dual listings on the New York Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of H shares of China Telecom Corporation Limited

Honors/Associations

•	New York State Bar Association
•	British Columbia Law Society

Publications

•	The Role of the US Law Firm

Speaking Engagements

•	Leiming Chen and Patrick Naughton Speak at the Asia Business Conference at Harvard Business School April 5, 2011
•	Leiming Chen and Peter H. Bresnan to Speak at CPE Conference on SEC Reporting & SOX 404 Compliance in Shanghai May 26, 2010
•	Leiming Chen Spoke at CSRC’s Seminar on Overseas OTC Market Development and Supervision February 5, 2010

Admissions

•	New York 2001
•	British Columbia, Canada 1995

Education

•	Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, 1994 LL.B.
•	Hangzhou Teachers College, 1981 B.A.