Chen Show Mao  
One of American Lawyer's 2010 "Dealmakers of the Year" in April  2011.
Chen is a partner in the Corporate department of 
Davis Polk & Wardwell  and a managing partner of the Beijing office. 
An experienced lawyer, he  has practised in the New York office since 1992, the Hong Kong office  since 1999 and the Beijing office since 2007.
 Chen advised the 
Agricultural Bank of China on its US$22 billion initial public offering (IPO), which was the largest IPO in history when it completed in August 2010.[SUP]
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He also advised the 
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its US$21 billion IPO, as well as 
China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) on its proposed US$19 billion acquisition of 
Unocal. 
Chen also completed the global IPOs of 
Air China, 
China Construction Bank, 
China Unicom, 
Metallurgical Corp. of China, 
Sinopec, as well as offerings by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China (PRC).[SUP][
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 Besides China, Chen has completed international securities offerings and M&A transactions by various companies including 
Acer, 
ASE, 
Asus, 
AU Optronics, 
BHP, 
Foxconn, 
Freeport-McMoran, 
HTC, 
TSMC and 
UMC. 
He also worked with financial institutions such as 
JP Morgan Chase and 
Morgan Stanley, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the 
Republic of China (ROC).[SUP][
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 Beyond that, Chen has worked with 
sovereign wealth funds such as the 
China Investment Corporation  (CIC), the Development Fund of the ROC and also advised the Shanghai,  Hong Kong and Taiwan Stock Exchanges on proposed regulations. 
Chen was  named one of American Lawyer's 2010 "Dealmakers of the Year" in April  2011.[SUP]
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 Before he began full-time practice as a corporate lawyer, Show Mao  worked at a number of research institutions such as Ralph Nader’s Centre  for Study of Responsive Law (CSRL), 
the National Bureau of Economic  Research (NBER) and the Research & Planning and Enforcement  divisions of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).[SUP]
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 On 1 July 2011, Chen announced on his Facebook page that he had  retired from active practice as a partner of his law firm given his new  responsibilities as an MP. 
The decision was made so that he can spend  more time with his family, to better serve his constituency and country,  and that he would be exploring alternative work arrangements.[SUP]
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