Davis Polk names James Lin, Harald Halbhuber as partners

By Susanna Moon

Chicago, June 26 - Davis Polk & Wardwell named James C. Lin and Harald Halbhuber as partners in the firm effective July 1, according to a press release.

Lin advised China Merchants Bank on its $2.66 billion Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing, Air China on its $1.24 billion Hong Kong Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange listing and the underwriters in the privatization and New York Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing of Aluminum Corp. of China.

Lin also worked on several Nasdaq initial public offerings, including the $124 million listing of Baidu.com and the $468 million listing of Himax Technologies. He regularly advises Asian high-technology companies on U.S. law.

Halbhuber has advised issuers and underwriters on debt and equity transactions. Most recently, he worked on several high-yield debt issuances by European issuers. He also worked on several initial public offerings and rights offerings.

Hulbhuber's recent mergers-and-acquisitions deals include advising Morgan Stanley on acquisitions in Russia, Italy and the United Kingdom and Carl Zeiss SMT in the structuring of a joint venture with Cymer and the acquisition of a U.S. nanotechnology company. His practice focuses on a broad range of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions.

Lin is a corporate lawyer in the Hong Kong office, advising on public and private corporate finance transactions, including initial public offerings, high-yield debt offerings and private equity investments. Halbhuber is a corporate lawyer in the London office.

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