Experience
Admitted in New York and Washington States, JD Columbia Law School, AB Harvard University
Previous Experience
Partner at Rimon, PC Seattle
Partner at various US law firms in Beijing
Co-founder, FenXun Partners in Beijing
General Counsel and Head of Compliance Asia, Deutsche Bank in Singapore
Executive Director and Counsel, Goldman Sachs Hong Kong
Debevoise & Plimpton, NY Associate
Frederick Chang has four main practice areas: Financing of Infrastructure and Trade; M&A; Fund Management and Startups; and Compliance. Prior to opening Frederick Chang Law Office in August 2024, he worked on the following representative matters:
Representing major US utilities in nuclear power plant and nuclear fuel transactions including the leveraged lease financing and public offering of lease-backed debt certificates of Duquesne Light Company
Representing insurance companies and banks in the financing of cogeneration plants in Texas and California
Representing insurance companies and banks in the financing of first private toll road (Virginia) in the US in 200 years
Representing consumer goods MNC in leveraged buyout and multi-currency, multi-borrower credit facility
Representing Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and China Construction Bank International in the financing of various Chinese companies engaged in the mining, infrastructure, solar energy, and retail industries
Financing of accounts receivable in the consumer electronics industry for a Chinese export insurance company and for a Hong Kong private equity company
Financing of a major Shanghai residential and commercial real estate development for a US private equity fund
Financing of a major NY residential and commercial real estate development for a Chinese investor
Structured credit financings for Chinese clients seeking to synthesize, replicate or leverage, inter alia, London Metals Exchange products, forest product receivables, mortgage receivables, small loans, and investments in an EU country required for residency applications
Financing of real estate projects in Korea and Texas for a Hong Kong private equity fund
Representing Prudential, Aetna, CIGNA, Pacific Life, Met Life, NY Life, Principal, Northwestern Mutual and John Hancock in numerous private placements by US companies in the industrial materials, consumer goods, cosmetics, retail, and other industries
Representing China Development Bank, VTB, and the central bank of Indonesia on various matters relating to Dodd-Frank and derivatives
Representing various banks in matters relating to private wealth management in China
Representation of American Airlines in numerous aircraft financings
Financing of Infrastructure and Trade
M&A
Representing Johnson & Johnson in major acquisitions in China in the medical device and consumer products industries
Representing Softbank in its investment in a Chinese social media company
Representing Virtustream in its proposed investment in a cloud computing joint venture in China
Representing Farallon in various investments in China, including an education platform and an asset management company
Representing the CEO and founder of a NASDAQ-listed Chinese search, media and online game company in a proposed leveraged take-private transaction
Representing a red chip Chinese pharmaceutical and medical device company in its restructuring and pre-IPO financing
Advising a Singapore holding company on its M&A and IP issues for its Ed-Tech businesses in Asia, the US, Europe and the Middle East
Representing Tyco in its divestiture of surveillance and alarm business in China
Representing Sinochem in its proposed acquisition of a crude oil storage facility in the Philippines
Representing a Chinese institutional investor in the proposed acquisition of a US film studio film library and production slate
Representing various foreign banks in successful or proposed strategic investments in Chinese banks
Representing a listed Chinese paper company in its proposed investment in US paper mills
Representing a Canadian listed company in its merger with a Chinese industrial surveillance software company
Fund Management and Startups
Representing a US lithium battery recycling company in its financing, employment, tax, IP, supply chain and distribution matters
Representing a US genetic testing company in various financing, employment, licensing, distribution, executive compensation, enterprise sales and compliance matters
Representing a US Health Tech fund in its fund formation, downstream investment and compliance matters
Representing a Hong Kong cryptocurrency trading firm in its claims in the FTX bankruptcy, including advice on trading claims
Representing a Hong Kong cryptocurrency trading firm in various fund-raising and investment matters
Representing a Singapore fund manager in negotiations with limited partners and a major sovereign wealth separate account and in downstream investments
Advising various US hedge funds on Chinese legal and regulatory issues around certain M&A transactions
Representing a Singapore Ed-Tech company on proposed private placement in US
Compliance
While at Deutsche Bank, internally led dispute resolutions in the UK (victory) and, in a matter involving landmark issues of force majeure and frustration of contract around the imposition of currency controls during the 1998 Asian Currency Crisis, Singapore (settlement)
Successful representation of Chinese company in US mediation to successfully recover claims against a US semiconductor company
Representation of Hong Kong fund manager in Singapore and US insolvency proceedings to recover loans
Representation of various banks in contentious matters around foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity derivative transactions
Advising a leading Chinese investment bank on duties of directors in banks operating in NY
Advising a leading Chinese bank on internal controls and supervisory structure
Advising a Hong Kong fund manager on Chinese, Singapore and US regulations around fund governance
Advising the board of directors of a financial institution in China leading an internal investigation into internal controls