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Position: Senior Partner & Head of Greater China Practice
Rating:
  • Notable practitioner
Bar Admissions:
Hong Kong
New York
Practice Areas:
Capital markets
Private equity
M&A
Languages:
English
Biography

Weiheng Chen is a senior partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he heads the firm's Greater China practice.

Weiheng's practice is focused on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets transactions in Asia. He has represented clients in connection with some of the largest and most significant M&A and capital market deals in a variety of industries, including technology, media and telecom, healthcare, education, consumer, and financial institutions. He also has worked on a large number of private equity and venture capital investment, going-private, joint venture, and restructuring transactions involving private equity and venture capital firms and multinational corporations. In addition, Weiheng has advised on many high-profile securities offerings, including Hong Kong IPOs and HKSE listings, and SEC-registered offerings and NYSE and NASDAQ listings. He has extensive experience representing both issuers and underwriters.

Recent case highlights
  • Represented WuXi Biologics and WuXi AppTec in the US$527 million Hong Kong spin-off IPO of WuXi XDC
  • Represented Lumentum in the $750 million acquisition of Cloud Light Technology Group
  • Represented Boyu Capital in the acquisition of Quasar Medical
  • Represented PW Medtech and the acquisition consortium in the $4.6 million going-private transaction of China Biologic Products, Inc.
  • Represented Warburg Pincus and the acquisition consortium in the $9.7 billion going-private transaction of 58.com
Practice areas
  • M&A
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
Sector expertise
  • Healthcare
  • Pharma and life sciences
  • Tech and telecoms
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Government and public policy
Bar admissions
  • Hong Kong
  • New York
Association memberships
  • ABA
  • Hong Kong Law Society
Academic qualifications
  • LL.M., Harvard Law School
  • Master of Jurisprudence and LL.B., Peking University Law School
Address:
China
Tel:+85239724988 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.wsgr.com