	James C. Lin Partner Hong Kong james.lin@davispolk.com +852 2533 3368 Mr. Lin is a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, resident in Hong Kong. His practice focuses on public and private corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings, convertible and high-yield debt offerings and private equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Lin has worked on some of the most significant capital markets transactions in Asia, including with companies from the technology, media, Internet, banking, natural resources, real estate, financial services, energy/oil and gas and other sectors. Mr. Lin is recognized as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in Hong Kong/China by top tier international legal directories and surveys, including Chambers and IFLR1000. Mr. Lin is fluent in English and Mandarin.

James C. Lin

Partner

Hong Kong

Mr. Lin is a partner in Davis Polk’s Corporate Department, resident in Hong Kong. His practice focuses on public and private corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings, convertible and high-yield debt offerings and private equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Lin has worked on some of the most significant capital markets transactions in Asia, including with companies from the technology, media, Internet, banking, natural resources, real estate, financial services, energy/oil and gas and other sectors.

Mr. Lin is recognized as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in Hong Kong/China by top tier international legal directories and surveys, including Chambers and IFLR1000.

Mr. Lin is fluent in English and Mandarin.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEWS, RESOURCES & EVENTS

Work Highlights

Equity

Mr. Lin’s experience in securities offerings includes advising on:

Razer's $491.5 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
Orient Securities' $876 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
AAG Energy's $294 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
BAIOO’s $196 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
Kerry Logistics Network's spinoff from Kerry Properties, and its subsequent $282 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
Forgame Holdings' $206 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
PICC's $3.6 billion Hong Kong IPO and global offering
China Yongda Automobiles' $215 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
Prada SpA's $2.6 billion Hong Kong IPO and global offering
China Flooring's $142 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
Air China's $1.2 billion Hong Kong IPO and global offering
China Merchants Bank's $2.7 billion Hong Kong IPO and global offering
China Merchants Bank's $3.2 billion rights offering of A+H shares
Aluminum Corporation of China’s (Chalco) $458 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
KWG Property Holdings’ $670 million Hong Kong IPO and global offering
Sun Hung Kai & Co.’s $129 million share placement
CSPC Pharmaceuticals Group’s $260 million and $523 million share placements
Honghua Group’s $140 million share placement
Puxin Limited's $140.76 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on the NYSE
Sogou's $585 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on the NYSE
Sea Limited’s $884.4 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on the NYSE
RISE Education’s $171 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
iDream Sky Technology’s $116 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Xunlei’s $101 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on the NYSE
Zhaopin’s $76 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on the NYSE
JD.com’s $2.05 billion SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq and its subsequent $619 million secondary offering
Taomee Holdings’ $65 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on the NYSE
21Vianet.com’s $195 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
ChinaCache’s $96 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Xueda Education’s $147 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Zuoan Fashion’s $42 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
RDA Microelectronics’ $72 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Baidu.com’s $124 million SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Changyou.com’s $138 million IPO SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Shanda Games’ $1.04 billion IPO SEC-registered U.S. IPO on Nasdaq
Himax Technologies’ $133 million SEC-registered ADSs offering
RDA Microelectronics’ $73 million follow-on offering of ADSs

Mr. Lin’s experience with global depositary receipt (GDR) offerings includes advising on:

Chailease Holding Company’s $206 million and $305.6 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of GDSs
TPK Holding’s $133.6 million Rule 144A/Regulation S of GDSs
Green Energy Technology’s $77 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of GDSs
Inotera Memories’ $421 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of GDSs
Innolux Display’s $1.35 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of GDSs
WIN Semiconductors’ $157 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of GDSs

Debt and Equity-Linked

Mr. Lin’s experience with investment-grade debt offerings includes advising on:

Tencent Holdings' $300 million Regulation S private bond offering
CNOOC's $4 billion SEC-registered guaranteed notes offering
Baidu’s $1 billion SEC-registered notes offering
Sinopec’s $3.5 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S notes offering
Temasek Holdings’ $1.7 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S notes offering
PT Pertamina’s (Persero) $2.5 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S senior notes offering
Several schedule B debt offerings by Export-Import Bank of Korea, Korea Development Bank and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power

Mr. Lin’s experience with high-yield debt offerings includes advising on:

China Aoyuan Property’s $100 million Regulation S high-yield notes offering
China Orienwise’s $100 million Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield notes offering
Asia Aluminum’s $535 million Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield notes offering
Galaxy Entertainment’s $600 million Rule 144A/Regulation S high-yield offering

Mr. Lin’s experience with convertible bond offerings includes advising on:

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited on its HK$2.35 billion convertible bonds repurchase and HK$3.925 billion convertible bonds issuance
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering:
- $200 million Regulation S convertible bond offering
- $400 million Regulation S convertible bond offering
Asia Cement’s Regulation S convertible bond offerings
51job, Inc.’s $172.5 million Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible senior notes offering
YY Inc.’s $400 million Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible senior notes offering
Canadian Solar Inc.’s $150 million Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible senior notes offering
China Power International’s $182 million Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible bonds offering
Ctrip.com’s $180 million Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible bond offering
JinkoSolar Holdings’ $125 million Rule 144A convertible senior notes offering
ReneSola’s $175 million Rule 144A convertible senior notes offering
Shanda Interactive Entertainment’s $175 million Rule 144A convertible senior notes offering
Solarfun Power Holdings’ $173 million Rule 144A convertible senior notes offering
SK Telecom’s $332 million Regulation S convertible notes offering
Temasek Holdings’ Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible bond offering

M&A Advice

Mr. Lin’s experience in M&A advice includes advising on:

Novast Holdings' strategic partnership with Eli Lilly
Tencent Holdings' investment in Kaixin001 and eLong
Shanda Interactive Entertainment’s cash tender offer for Nasdaq-listed Hurray! Holding
The Kingdom of Thailand and Bank of Thailand of Bangkok Metropolitan Bank's proposed sale to HSBC

Recognition

Mr. Lin is consistently recognized as a leader in the legal industry, including:

IFLR1000 – Capital Markets (Equity) U.S. Law: Hong Kong, Band 1, Leading Lawyer
American Lawyer – cited as an “Emerging Star” in “The New China Hands,” 2010
Chambers Asia-Pacific – Capital Markets (Equity and Debt) International Firms: Hong Kong, Leading Individual