Chen, M. David

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Chinese
• Japanese
• Mandarin
• Taiwanese

Lawyer Overview

David Chen has experience working on a broad range of transactional matters, including lending, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, intellectual property licensing, and outsourcing.

David has been active in a variety of Asian client matters. Recently he assisted in the acquisition of U.S. assets by a major Japanese company; patent licensing with Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese electronic manufacturers; and management service outsourcing to Indian providers. David also has worked in Jones Day's Tokyo Office where he was involved in mergers and acquisitions and licensing matters.

During law school, David wrote a seminar research paper comparing the laws and legal precedents governing the poison pill antitakeover defense in the U.S. and Japan in the wake of the landmark Bull-Dog Sauce case.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance

Representative Cases

• SAP Ag acquires the Israeli SAP sales and distribution division of Ness Technologies
• Standard Bank provides financing to Petrominerales Ltd.
• Standard Bank provides financing to Transatlantic Petroleum

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, International Banking, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Public Finance, Savings & Thrifts, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• New York

Education

• Rice University
• U of California - Los Angeles
• Waseda University - Japan

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New York, NY 10017-6702

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