Wayne Chen

Practice Areas

Capital Markets / Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Private Equity / Venture Capital / Commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, ESG

Career

Mr. Wayne Chen received his LL.B. from East China University of Political Science and Law while majoring in International Economic Law, his Bachelor of Science from Fudan University while majoring in Information Management and his MBA from the CEIBS EMBA Course. Mr. Chen used to serve in the legal department of a financial institute and joined Llinks Law Offices in 2000.

Professional Memberships

From October 2017 to January 2019, Mr. Wayne Chen served as a full-time member of the 17th Issuance Examination Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the first committee after the merger of the Main Board Issuance Examination Committee and the Growth Enterprise Market Issuance Examination Committee); From April 2019 to February 2023, he served as a member of the inaugural Science and Technology Innovation Board Listing Committee of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Experience

In the Securities field, Mr. Chen has provided a full range of legal services for numerous industry leaders, innovative companies and financial institutions regarding their IPOs, listing in the Over-The-Counter Market, issuance of bond/debt financing instruments, issuance of equity warrants, private placements, right offerings/seasoned equity offerings, acquisition/major assets restructurings of the listed companies, overall listing of enterprises groups, etc.

Mr. Chen practices in the fields of PE/VC, M&A/reorganization, commercialization of scientific and technological achievements, providing professional advice for domestic and foreign industry leaders, innovative companies and renowned institutional investors, as well as leading scientific research teams. He has further provided legal services for well-known investment, M&A, reorganization and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements cases.

Thanks to years of dedication to the above businesses, Mr. Chen is skilled in offering valuable advice in complicated transactions integrated with the above fields, and has completed numerous projects that have created industry ‘firsts’.

Mr. Chen is frequently recommended as the leading lawyer in capital market and M&A by, Chambers Global Leading Business Lawyers (2013-2023), Chambers Asia Leading Business Lawyers (2013-2023), International Financial Law Review 1000 (2013-2023); Mr. Chen was awarded the ALB 2013 Top 15 Rising Lawyers in China, and was awarded as IPO Star Lawyer in the A-Share market by New Fortune for the number of successful IPO projects he handled across the year.

Languages Spoken

Mandarin and English

Work Highlights

• Advising on more than 100 equity and bond/debt financing projects (including IPOs of over 60 companies)

• Acting as legal advisor to corporates, investment institutions and acquirers in more than 100 M&A projects

• SMIC (a Hong Kong listed company) acquired a controlling stake in a semiconductor company and became the largest shareholder of Changdian Corporation (an A-share listed company).

• A subsidiary of Everbright Holdings (a Hong Kong listed company) invested in Jiabao Group (an A-share listed company) and became the largest shareholder of Jiabao Group.

• Reorganization of China's largest Internet media group in the A-Share market--BesTV New Media Company Limited (A-share listed company) merged and absorbed the Shanghai Oriental Pearl (Group) Company Limited (A-share listed company) and the purchase of assets through issuing shares and raising matching funds of RMB 10 billion

• World's leading household electrical appliance manufacturer Whirlpool’s acquisition of control of the A-share listed company, Hefei Sanyo-- Awarded as “Deals of the Year 2014 (Domestic M&A)” by China Business Law Journal

• Sinochem International (an A-share listed company) conditionally acquired Halcyon (a Singapore listed company) and triggered a tender offer for it

• Unifrax’s open tender offer for Luyang Energy-Saving Materials (A-share listed company)

• The investment in sales company of Sinopec by raising direct investment’s closed-end fund for Jiashi Yuanhe-- Awarded as “Deals of the Year (Private Equity and Venture Capital)” by China Business Law Journal

• Reorganization and Listing of the world's largest IPTV operators, BesTV New Media Company Limited and its new media business, which contains convergence business -- Awarded as “M&A Deal of the Year” by China Business Law Journal

• Sinochem International Coroperation’s (A-share listed company) acquisition of GMG Global Ltd. (listed company in Singapore)

• Advised Shanghai Electric, one of the electric equipment producers with largest production capacity in the PRC, as well as an H-share Listed Company on its initial public offering in the A-share market through merger by absorption with Shanghai Power, an A-share listed company

• China's largest building materials supermarket chain, Red Star Macalline Group Corporation Ltd. absorbed investment from Warburg Pincus and other investors

• Assisted multiple investors to operate investment projects of Beijing Jingdong Century Trade Ltd., China's leading electric business enterprise

• World's Leading Mini Household Electrical Appliance Manufacturer SEB Groupe’s (a listed company in France) acquisition of the controlling stake of Zhejiang Supor Co., Ltd. (A-share listed company) in terms of offering, private placement and protocol shares, which is the first officially published project that a foreign company offers to acquire the shares of a Chinese listing company -- Awarded as Deal of the Year (Mergers & Acquisitions Sector) by China Law & Practice

• Sedrin Beer introduced investment from world leading beer manufacturer, the Belgium InBev Beer Company -- Initiated the largest foreign M&A deal in China beer industry