Weiwei Chen

Weiwei Chen

Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York), Corporate

Weiwei Chen advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and other general corporate matters.

Bio

Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. Chen worked in a leading global investment bank in New York and a financial institution in China.

Highlights from her experience include representing:

Capital Markets

  • Baidu, Inc. in its:
    • US$3.1 billion secondary listing and global offering of ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
    • US$1 billion offering of green bonds (Baidu’s first sustainable bonds offering)
    • US$1.5 billion offering of senior unsecured notes
    • US$1.25 billion offering of senior unsecured notes
  • Bilibili Inc. in its:
    • US$409 million offering of American depositary shares and its US$385 million notes exchange with Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC
    • US$1.6 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 0.5% convertible notes due 2026 (Bilibili’s first sustainable bonds offering)
    • US$2.6 billion global offering and secondary listing of Class Z ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
    • US$500 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 1.375% convertible senior notes due 2026, and concurrent US$373 million follow-on, combined primary/secondary offering of American depositary shares
    • US$483 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on Nasdaq
  • Dada Nexus Limited in its:
    • US$450 million offering of American depositary shares
    • US$320 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on Nasdaq
  • NIO Inc. in its:
    • secondary listing, by way of introduction, on SGX
    • secondary listing, by way of introduction, on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
    • US$2 billion at-the-market offering of American depositary shares
    • US$3.05 billion offering of American depositary shares
    • US$1.7 billion offering of American depositary shares
    • US$428 million offering of American depositary shares
    • US$650 million Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 4.50% convertible senior notes due 2024
  • ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. in its:
    • US$1.25 billion secondary listing of US$45 million Class A ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
    • US$1.4 billion initial public offering and listing of its American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange
  • ATRenew in its US$227 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on the New York Stock Exchange
  • Huize Holding Ltd. in its US$55 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on Nasdaq
  • Jianpu Technology Inc. in its US$180 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and a US$40 million concurrent placement
  • LAIX Inc. in its US$72 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on the New York Stock Exchange
  • Pinduoduo Inc. in its US$1.75 billion offering of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2025, and its concurrent US$3.6 billion offering of American depositary shares
  • Yunji Inc. in its US$121 million initial public offering of American depositary shares and listing on Nasdaq
  • Yixin Group Limited in its spin-off from Bitauto Holdings Limited via a US$870 million initial public offering of shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • 3SBio Inc. in its US$819 million initial public offering of shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • various listed companies, including ATRenew Inc., Baidu, Inc., Bilibili Inc., Dada Nexus Limited, Huize Holding Ltd., Jianpu Technology Inc., Leju Holdings Ltd., NIO Inc., ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. and others in their ongoing regulatory compliance, corporate governance and periodic reporting matters

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • the special committee of independent and disinterested directors of HUYA Inc. in its US$10 billion proposed merger with DouYu International Holdings Limited
  • Bilibili Inc. in its US$400 million equity transaction and business cooperation with Sony Corporation of America
  • the special committee of the board of directors of Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. in its US$9.3 billion going-private transaction;
  • Yixin Capital Limited, a subsidiary of Bitauto Holdings Limited, in a US$587 million strategic investment by Bitauto, Tencent Holdings Limited, China Orient Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Wei Wang
  • the special committee of the board of directors of Youku Tudou Inc. in its US$5.6 billion going-private acquisition by Alibaba Group Holding Limited
  • a buyer group, including Mr. Xin Zhou, Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen and SINA Corporation in its going-private acquisition of E-House (China) Holdings Limited
  • Dada Nexus Limited in its US$1.4 billion merger with JD Daojia
  • Dianping Holdings Ltd. in the formation of a new company with Meituan Group, Inc. that was expected to be the leading online-to-offline platform in China

Ms. Chen is fluent in English and Mandarin and has professional working proficiency in Japanese.

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Harvard Law School, 2014
  • B.A., Wellesley College, 2008

Admissions

  • New York
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong

Weiwei Chen

Registered Foreign Lawyer (New York), Corporate
weiwei.chen@skadden.com