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MoFo expands HK corporate group

09 Feb 2012

First name: Melody

Surname: He-Chen

Practice area: Capital markets

Firm/company (from): Herbert Smith

Firm/company (to): Morrison & Foerster

City (from): Hong Kong

City (to): Hong Kong

Country (from): Hong Kong

Country (to): Hong Kong

Region: Asia/Pacific




Morrison & Foerster has expanded its corporate group with the hire of Melody He-Chen, a former Herbert Smith partner. Her addition comes after the recent promotion of Gregory Wang to parter in its group.

The firm's Hong Kong managing partner, Ven Tan said, "Melody is an important addition to our Hong Kong office. She has a wealth of transactional experience, particuarly in equity and debt capital markets including Hong Kong IPOs, global offerings, rights issues, and high-yield bonds, RMB denominated bonds and convertible bonds offerings. Her experience in China will further strengthen our global corporate platform."

He-Chen represents investment banks, Chinese, American and international companies in a broad range of transactions, including public offerings, private placements, debt offerings, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and financings. She is admitted in New York, California and China.