Chan, Canice

Languages

• Chinese
• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Canice Chan has close to 20 years experience in transactional matters, representing North American, European, Chinese, and other Asian companies in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, cross-border investments, joint ventures, private placements, technology transfer, environmental compliance, and financing. He started his legal career in California and has since practiced in Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing.

Canice has particular experience with the energy sector in China, which he gained during his tenure as legal counsel of the Shell Companies in Greater China where he was involved in oil and gas projects. This included establishing a number of Shell China's oil product ventures such as lubricant blending plants, bitumen processing plants, retail service stations, fuel throughputting, and LPG terminals as well as several petrochemical plants. While practicing in Paris with a French law firm, he advised French clients involved in China's first nuclear power plant project in Daya Bay, Guangdong Province. He later advised Hydro Quebec in the divestment of their equity interests in coal-fired and hydroelectric power plants in China.

An increasing part of Canice's practice includes advising Chinese companies in their restructurings, fund-raising exercises, foreign acquisitions, corporate governance, and compliance issues as well as international trade matters such as antidumping proceedings.

Canice is listed as one of the best energy lawyers in China by PLC Which lawyer? and is a member of the State Bar of California and the Paris Bar. He has worked in mainland China for more than 10 years and is fluent in Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and French.

Areas of Practice

• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Energy Finance
• Energy Transactions
• Energy Regulatory
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Banking & Finance
• Project Finance
• Labor & Employment
• Asia Labor & Employment

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Chemical Company
• Acquisition of Technical Absorbents
• Alliance with Deutsche Bank
• Initial Public Offering and Institutional Placing
• PIPE Transaction

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Trade, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Collective Bargaining, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, International Law, Joint Ventures, Labor Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Labor Law, Labor Legislation, Labor Relations Boards & Proceedings, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Unfair Labor Practices, Unions, Venture Capital, Wage & Hour Laws, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of the Pacific

Published Works

• China Issues New Regulations Opening the Market for Crude Oil, 2007
• China Issues New Regulations Opening the Market for Oil Products, 2006
• China: The Emergence of a Major New LNG Demand Market in Asia ?, 2005

Address

32nd Floor, China World Office 1
No.1 Jianguomenwai Avenue
Beijing 100004, China

Phones

86.10.5866.1112 (Business Phone)

Faxes

86.10.5866.1122 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com