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Alan
Seem
Partner
Education
Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1996
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Law Program, Spring 1996
Dartmouth College, B.A., 1991
Tunghai University, University of Massachusetts in Taiwan Program, Fall 1988
Beijing Normal University, Dartmouth Foreign Study Program, Summer 1988
Practice
Mr. Seem is a partner in the firm’s Beijing office. His primary areas of focus are SEC-registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S securities offerings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, hedge funds and venture capital investments.
Recent Experience
Securities offerings
- Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. in its US$160 million initial public offering and New York Stock Exchange listing
- Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank as lead underwriters of the US$137 million initial public offering and New York Stock Exchange listing of Acorn International, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. as lead underwriter of the US$260 million initial public offering of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group
- The underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and CICC, in the US$1.69 billion initial public offering and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of H shares by China Coal Energy Company Limited
- Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. in its US$150 million initial public offering and Nasdaq listing
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. in New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc.’s US$112.5 million initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange and subsequent follow-on offering
- Air China Ltd. in its establishment of a Level 1 ADR program
- The underwriters led by Bank of China International, Goldman Sachs and UBS in connection with the US$11 billion privatization, Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing and Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of Bank of China Limited
- PetroChina Company Limited in its US$2.4 billion follow-on offering
- Goldman Sachs, China International Capital Corporation and Citigroup as global coordinators for the US$1.3 billion primary and secondary initial public offering on the NYSE and Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited of China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited
- Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan as international underwriters of the US$730 million initial public offering and listing on the Thai Stock Exchange of Thai Oil Public Company Limited
- Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation in its US$1.65 billion primary and secondary initial public offering on the NYSE and Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
- Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. in two separate Regulation S offerings of an aggregate of
US$500 million in zero coupon convertible notes
- Brilliance China Automotive Finance Ltd. in its US$230 million Regulation S offering of zero coupon guaranteed convertible bonds
- Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. as global coordinator in the US$1.17 billion global follow-on ADR offering by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
- The underwriters, led by China International Capital Corporation, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, in the simultaneous US$2 billion global follow-on equity offering and the US$600 million global debt offering, respectively, by China Mobile (Hong Kong)
- KGI Securities Co., Ltd. in a Regulation S offering of US$104 million in zero coupon convertible bonds
- Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited in its follow-on equity offering and Hong Kong listing
- Siam Commercial Bank in its global offering of preferred shares and warrants
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions
- ATI Technologies Inc. in its acquisition of Macrosynergy Technology from XGI Technology Inc.
- Tsinghua-Shenxun Science & Technology Co. Ltd in its acquisition by Microsoft Corporation
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in its formation of a US$400 million enterprise networking joint venture with 3Com Corporation
- SK Corporation in the formation of a joint venture with Enron Corp. in the Korean gas industry
- International Petroleum Investment Company in the formation of its joint venture with Hyundai Oil Refinery Corporation
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the formation of The Petroleum Institute, an oil and gas engineering institution for higher learning, with the Colorado School of Mines
Private equity, hedge funds and venture capital investments
- Kingsoft Corporation in connection with its private placement to Tetrad Ventures Pte Ltd., Intel Capital Corporation and New Horizon Goldensoft Investment Co., Ltd.
- Jiangu Linyang Solarfun Co. Ltd. in connection with its Series A financing and private placement to Citigroup, HONY Capital and Good Energy
- CDP Group Limited in connection with its Series B financing
- International Data Group in connection with its purchase of Series B shares of Blog.cn
- Hangzhou Easycomm Technology Co., Ltd. in connection with its Series A financing
- Peptalk Limited in connection with its Series A financing
- Yuan Chuan (Cayman) Limited in connection with its Series A financing
- China DRTV, Inc., a television-based retail sales company operating in China, in its issuance of Series A preferred shares and warrants
- Compass Venture Partners, a Cayman Islands investment fund, in its formation and initial portfolio investments in the Chinese media and technology sectors
- Dalton Japan Absolute Return (US Feeder) Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership, in connection with its formation and preparation of offering documents
- Dalton Greater China (US Feeder) Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership, in connection with its formation and preparation of offering documents
- The First Eastern Group, in connection with the establishment of FE Select Holdings II, L.P., a
China-focused private equity investment fund, The Euro-China Fund, L.P., The Gulf-China Fund, L.P. and The Korea-China Fund, L.P.
- Asia Absolute Return (US Feeder) Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, in its formation and preparation of offering documents
- The Tantallon (US Feeder) Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, in its formation and preparation of offering documents
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Languages
Mandarin Chinese
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