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Tju Liang Chua
Tju Liang Chua
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Biography
Tju Liang is a partner in the Shanghai office and a member of the firm’s worldwide Energy Transactions and Projects practice. His principal areas of practice are cross-border mergers and acquisitions and international business transactions, with a particular focus on the energy sector. Tju Liang has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of energy transactions, including major energy M&A, project development, LNG supply agreements, and oilfield services. Most recently, he advised Sinopec in its C$10.3 billion acquisition of Addax Petroleum in 2009, and its US$7.1 billion investment in Repsol Brasil in 2010, the two largest ever international energy acquisitions by Chinese companies. Prior to relocating to Shanghai in 2006, Tju Liang had been based in Singapore, Jakarta, and London.
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Representative Experience
Energy Projects and Transactions
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- Represented Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation on its US$7.1 billion investment in Repsol Brasil S.A., a subsidiary of Repsol YPF, S.A. (Repsol), which holds all of Repsol's upstream assets in Brazil. Pursuant to this investment, Sinopec subscribed for new shares amounting to 40% of the share capital in Repsol Brasil on a fully diluted basis. This is the second largest ever international energy acquisition by a Chinese company
- Represented Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation on its C$10.3 billion acquisition of Addax Petroleum Corporation, a Canadian company publicly traded on the Toronto and London Stock Exchanges with assets in West Africa and the Middle East. This is the largest ever international energy acquisition by a Chinese company, and was named Deal of the Year 2009 by Asian Counsel
- Represented CNOOC International Limited in connection with its US$2.20 billion acquisition from Chesapeake Energy of a 33.3% net undivided interest in oil and gas leases covering 600,000 acres in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, U.S.; marks the first significant investment in the U.S. energy sector by a Chinese company
Other Industries
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- Represented the sponsors in connection with the tender for project construction, in a US$4 billion program for the construction of the world’s largest single-site aluminum smelter
- Represented a U.S. private equity group in connection with a number of real estate development projects, including a proposed US$100 million investment in a Chinese real estate developer
- Represented Cirrus Logic Inc. in its acquisition of Caretta Integrated Circuits, a Cayman Islands company owning a Shanghai based battery IC designer and fabless chip manufacturer
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2000 (Dean’s List)
- Duke University Law School, 1999
- Admitted to practice: Singapore, 2001; New York, 2004
- Other Languages: Fluent in Mandarin; working knowledge of Cantonese
Activities and Affiliations
- Member: Singapore Academy of Law; New York Bar Association
- Member: American Chamber of Commerce, People’s Republic of China (Shanghai); Singapore Shanghai Business Association
- Frequent speaker on topics relating to energy transactions and international acquisitions by Chinese companies
Publications and Presentations
- "Onshore/Offshore Oil and Gas", Doing Business in China, Juris Publishing (2009)
- "Risk Management in Acquisitions of Publicly Listed Companies”, China Dealmaker (2009)
- "Structuring and Negotiating M&A Transactions in China" in Best Practices for Mergers & Acquisitions in China: Leading Lawyers on Understanding Changing Laws and Trends, Navigating the Review and Approval Process, and Identifying the Key Steps in a Successful M&A Transaction (Inside the Minds), Aspatore Books (2008)
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3/F, The Center
989 Chang Le Road
Shanghai 200031 China
Tel +86.21.6196.8088
Fax +86.21.6196.8099
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