Peter Chen is a partner in our Hong Kong office and is admitted to practice as a Solicitor of the High Court. He specializes in corporate issues, M&A and corporate finance transactions and has participated in numerous Hong Kong and London initial public offerings.

Peter is a current member and the Hong Kong convener of the Beijing Youth Federation and a regular speaker on topics relating to various aspects of the listing rules organized by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council.

• The underwriters, led by CICC, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, BOCI and Credit Suisse, in the US$ 1.7 billion initial public offering, Rule 144A/Regulation S offering and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing of the H shares of Changsha Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., a leading China-based construction machinery company 
• Macquarie in a listing by way of introduction of China Animal Healthcare Ltd. on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 
• The underwriters J.P. Morgan, BOCI and Deutsche Bank in a HK$1.1 billion global offering of MIE Holdings Corporation and listing of its shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 
• The underwriters led by Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch in connection with the $600 million initial public offering, Rule 144A/Regulation S offering and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing of Mingfa Group
• Deutsche Bank AG in subscribing convertible bonds in a Hong Kong listed company China Special Steel to finance its acquisition in an iron ore mine in Indonesia
• China International Capital Corporation as underwriter’s counsel in a US$242 million secondary offering of China Communications Services Corporation Limited and listing of its H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• GST Holdings Limited in a US$247 million takeover bid by United Technology. It is a voluntary general offer and the making of the bid is pre-conditional upon the applicable regulatory approvals or consents having been obtained, including the PRC antitrust filings
• Hung Hing Printing Group Limited in its HK$865 million acquisition by CVC Asia Pacific Limited. This transaction involved a whitewash waiver which enabled CVC from becoming a single largest shareholder and triggered the change of control without the need to launch a takeover bid
• The underwriters (UBS, Goldman Sachs and BNP) in the US$1.43 billion global offering and listing of Want Want China Holdings Limited
• Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank as underwriters’ counsel in the US$100 million global offering and listing of Little Sheep Group Limited

• Member, Hong Kong Law Society
• Beijing Youth Federation