NEW YORK/HONG KONG – March 31, 2006 – Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Leiming Chen, a leading corporate finance practitioner based in Hong Kong, has joined the firm as a resident partner in Hong Kong and that Shaolin Luo, a Beijing-based lawyer, will join the firm as Counsel. Simpson Thacher also said that they plan to apply for registration of a Beijing office.
Pete Ruegger, Chairman of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Committee, said: “We are delighted to have Leiming Chen and Shaolin Luo join us. We are committed to serving our clients on their M&A and financing activities in China. We have a talented team, based in Hong Kong, working on our China practice and the addition of Leiming and Shaolin will significantly enhance our capital markets and M&A capabilities in China.”
Leiming Chen commented “I look forward to joining Simpson Thacher. They have a first-class M&A and capital markets practice globally and are committed to expanding their China practice. I am excited about the opportunity to leverage this terrific platform and strong commitment to China to help with China-based clients and with U.S.-based clients investing in China.”
Mr. Chen was previously a capital markets partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP. He received his law degree from Osgoode Hall, York University, Toronto in 1994 and his Bachelor of Arts from Hangzhou Teachers College, Hangzhou, China.
Mr. Luo was previously an M&A partner at the Beijing office of Fangda Partners. Prior to that, he was an associate with Shearman & Sterling LLP. He received an LLM in corporate law from New York University School of Law in 2000 and a law degree from Fudan University School of Law in 1995.
Simpson Thacher has 26 lawyers practicing throughout Asia, including 17 in Hong Kong and 9 in Tokyo.
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