Xin (Sheen) Xu
Lawyers
Associate in our Corporate practice, currently practicing as a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong. Completed rotations in Capital Markets and M&A in New York.
Experience
Capital Markets
Equity
- Gracell Biotechnologies PIPE of up to $150 million ordinary shares and warrants
- Keep HK$313 million Hong Kong IPO
- Gracell Biotechnologies establishment of $50 million at-the-market program
- Capital markets aspect of Provident Acquisition $1.02 billion combination with Perfect
- Summit Healthcare Acquisition $200 million U.S. IPO
- Onion Global $67.5 million U.S. IPO
- Adagene $161 million U.S. IPO
- Provident Acquisition $230 million U.S. IPO
- Zai Lab $766 million Hong Kong secondary listing
- Genetron Holdings $256 million U.S. IPO
- InflaRx $100 million U.S. IPO
- CNFinance $51.9 million U.S. IPO
- Regular advice on SEC reporting and corporate governance matters for U.S. public companies
Debt
- PT Freeport Indonesia $3 billion debut Rule 144A and Reg S notes offering
- Mongolian Mining cash tender offer
- Zhenro Properties senior notes offering, exchange offer and consent solicitation
- Ingersoll-Rand Global $1.15 billion SEC-registered senior notes offering
- Westlake Chemical Corporation $500 million SEC-registered notes offering
- iQIYI $750 million debut Rule 144A and Reg S convertible notes offering
- Universal American $115 million Rule 144A convertible notes offering
- China Orient Asset Management $8 billion MTN program update and upsizing, and $2 billion investment-grade bonds offering and $700 million investment-grade bonds offering
- 21Vianet Group $300 million high-yield notes offering and concurrent cash tender offer
- China Oil and Gas Group $320 million high-yield notes offering
- KWG Group $300 million and $350 million high-yield notes offerings
- Various issuance and private placement of high-yield and investment grade notes offerings by Chinese property developers, SOEs and LGFVs
Financing
- Financing for Lorom merger with In-Tech
- China Youran Dairy Group syndicated term loan credit facility
- Yili Group HK$6.25 billion acquisition of 34.33% of Ausnutria Dairy
- Secured term loan facilities for a HKEX-listed Chinese property developer
- Chart Industries term loan facility in relation to its acquisition of Howden
- Newell Brands Inc. credit agreement 2022 refinancing
- Bilateral margin loan facility for the founder of a HKEX-listed toy company
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Tencent and Tencent Music Entertainment strategic investment in Universal Music Group
- Emerson’s acquisition of General Electric’s Intelligent Platforms business
- A.P. Moller – Maersk on forming a broad strategic relationship with IBM
Education
J.D., Cornell Law School
- Dean's List
- Lawyering Program Honors Fellow
- Managing Editor, Cornell International Law Journal
B.A., Economics, Political Science and Business, University of Rochester
- cum laude
Prior experience
- Hong Kong office, 2018-present
- New York office, 2017–2018
- Judicial Intern, Hon. Elizabeth A. Wolford, U.S. District Court, W.D. New York, 2015
Qualifications and admissions
- Hong Kong Law Society - Registered
- State of New York