Selected Attorneys Made Partner in 2007

Updated on April 18th, 2008

Thomas Chou, Morrison & Foerster - Shanghai

Thomas Chou joined Morrison & Foerster's in 2004 and is a resident in the firm's Shanghai and Palo Alto offices. Mr. Chou became a partner in March, 2007. Mr. Chou is a member of the Corporate Group and his practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital financings and joint ventures and strategic alliances. Mr. Chou's clients include leading private equity and venture capital investors, and multinational, middle market and emerging growth companies in the internet, media, consumer, communications, semiconductor, healthcare and life science industries. From January 2002 until December 2003, he served as President and Director of Asia Silicon Valley Connection (ASVC), a non-profit organization that promotes entrepreneurial initiatives in Asia and Silicon Valley. Mr. Chou frequently speaks on current topics in private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions for organizations such as the American Bar Association, Asia America MultiTechnology Association, and the China Venture Capital Association.

Mr. Chou graduated with his B.A. in 1995 from the University of California, Los Angeles and his J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1998. He's a member of the Oregon and California bars.

(See press release at www.mofo.com/international/CN_en/news/9335.html)

Scott Jalowayski, Morrison & Foerster - Hong Kong

Mr. Jalowayski first practiced in Morrison & Foerster's New York and Tokyo offices before joining their Hong Kong office. He became a partner in the Hong Kong office of Morrison & Foerster in 2007. Mr. Jalowayski has been involved in a broad range of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions (including LBOs), restructurings and venture financings.

Mr. Jalowayski received his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1991, his M.B.A. from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1995, and his J.D., summa cum laude , from New York Law School in 1998. While at New York Law School, Mr. Jalowayski was an Articles Editor of the New York Law School Law Review.

Mr. Jalowayski is conversant in Mandarin and is a member of the New York Bar.

Representative transactions include:

• Advised a leading global private equity fund in the debt financing aspects of its proposed leveraged buyout of a listed PRC company.
• Advised a leading UK private equity fund in the financing of a China-based petroleum equipment manufacturer.
• Advised Warburg Pincus in the debt financing aspects of its US$150 million equity investment in an HKSE-listed consumer electronics retailer GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd.
• Advised Recruit, Japan's leading human resources Company, in its $125 million investment in NASDAQ-listed 51job, China's provider of employment information services. The transaction is Recruit's first substantial overseas investment and will ultimately result in Recruit becoming 51job's largest shareholder.
• Advised Index Corporation, a leading Jasdaq-listed global wireless value-added service provider in its US$80 million acquisition of Shenzhen SkyInfo Telecom, a leading PRC wireless value-added service provider.
• Advised Goldman Sachs (Asia) Finance as the lead investor in a US$80 million Series A financing of NYSE-listed Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (f/k/a Power Solar System Co., Ltd.), a leading PRC-based manufacturer of photovoltaic solar cells.

(See press release www.mofo.com/international/CN_en/news/9335.html)

Stuart Grider, Freshfields - Hong Kong

Stuart Grider joined Freshfield's London office in 2002 and became a partner in 2007. Mr. Grider is part of Freshfields US team and relocating to the Hong Kong office June, 2007.

Stuart's primary focus is on international public and private securities offerings. He has also advised on mergers and joint ventures and has worked on matters throughout Europe and Latin America and in Russia and the CIS. He regularly advises issuers, sellers and underwriters. Recent experience includes advising on:

• the IPOs of Hochschild Mining, Trader Media East, Q-Cells and Corporación Dermoestética;
• the demerger of Experian and Home Retail Group from GUS, listing of Home Retail Group and IPO and listing of Experian;
• the US-registered offering of shares in Turkcell by Cukurova;
• a rights offering and follow-on offering by Banco de Sabadell;
• secondary offerings of the shares of SES Global and Red Eléctrica, and the spin off of Antena 3 from Telefónica.

Alan Wang, Freshfields - Shanghai

Alan Wang became a partner at Freshfields I 2007. Mr. Wang is a based out of their Shanghai office and has broad experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, China-related direct foreign investment, corporate restructuring and financial services. He has been with Freshfield's China business group since 1998 and has also worked in their Beijing and London offices. Mr. Wang obtained his bachelor degrees with honors in both law and economics from the Australian National University. He also holds a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. He is admitted in the State of New York and the State of New South Wales. He speaks fluent English and Mandarin.

His experience includes advising:

• Zurich Finance Services in its acquisition of a stake in a Beijing-based insurance brokerage company and on corporate governance issues with regard to its strategic investment in a PRC life insurer;
• Danone Asia on its acquisition of a further stake in a major Shanghai-listed dairy company and its various other investments in China;
• Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation on its acquisition of a 12.2 per cent strategic stake in Ningbo Commercial Bank;
• Deutsche Asset Management in acquiring a strategic interest in a PRC fund management company and subsequent stake increase;
• Degussa AG in acquiring a controlling interest in a PRC fine chemicals manufacturer;
• Tesco plc in the acquisition of a partial stake in a foreign-invested retain chain in China;
• Low & Bonar plc in the acquisition of the assets of the carpet tiles division of another U.K.-listed group; and Nokia in establishing a high-tech industrial park in Beijing and restructuring of its other investment in China.

James C. Lin, Davis Polk - Hong Kong

Mr. Lin Davis Polk in 1998 and became a partner in 2007. Mr. Lin is a member of Davis Polk's Corporate Department, practicing in the Hong Kong office. 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. He advised China Merchants Bank on its $2.66 billion HKSE listing; Air China on its privatization and $1.24 billion HKSE/LSE listing; and the underwriters in the privatization and NYSE/HKSE listing of Aluminum Corporation of China. Mr. Lin has also worked on several Nasdaq IPOs, including the $124 million listing of Baidu.com and the $468 million listing of Himax Technologies. He has extensive experience in high-yield debt offerings, including the $400 million offering by Agile Property, $100 million debt offering by China Orienwise and the $580 million offering in connection with the management buyout of Asia Aluminum.

Mr. Lin graduated, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard University in 1991 and in 1998 received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He also received his M. Phil. and D. Phil. in International Relations from Oxford University in 1993 and 1996, respectively, where he was a Rotary Foundation Scholar. He is admitted to the bar of New York. He is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

(See press release at www.nsti.org/press/PRshow.html?id=1997)

Joshua Wechsler, Fried Frank - Hong Kong

Joshua Wechsler joined Fried Frank in 1998 and became a corporate partner resident in the Hong Kong in 2007. Mr. Wechsler concentrates his practice in corporate finance and the US securities laws, representing both issuers and underwriters in a variety of debt and equity financing transactions, including initial public offerings, private placements, high-yield debt offerings and cross-border financings.

Mr. Wechsler has represented an array of underwriters including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Banc of America Securities. In addition, he has acted for a number of issuers in connection with corporate governance matters and reporting under the US securities laws. Mr. Wechsler served as a staff attorney in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance from 1994 to 1997.

Mr. Wechsler graduated received his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994 and received his J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law in 1993.

Ken Hawkes, Lovells - Beijing

Mr. Hawkes joined Lovells' banking and finance practice in Singapore in February 2006 and became partner in 2007. Mr. Hawkes worked as a senior associate for Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in Singapore before joining Lovells. Mr. Hawkes practice focuses on acquisition finance, banking and project finance.

Michael Aldrich, Lovells - Beijing

Mr. Aldrich joined Lovells Beijing office 2005 and became a corporate partner in 2007. Michael was previously a partner at Baker & McKenzie and then at Perkins Coie prior to joining the corporate practice of Lovells' Beijing office in 2005 as Counsel. Michael is a graduate of Columbia University Law School. He qualified in 1992 in the USA and in 1999 in Hong Kong. Michael is recognized as a leading practitioner in the Chinese market, representing multinational corporations in all aspects of doing business in the PRC.

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