Tiange (Tim) Chen

Tiange (Tim) Chen

(he/him/his)

Associate

Tiange (Tim) Chen

(he/him/his)

Associate

  • Overview

    Biography

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    Tiange (Tim) Chen is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group and its Capital Markets + Securities team, where he advises issuers, underwriters and investors on a variety of securities offering, disclosure, and compliance matters. At the firm, his practice also includes SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions.

    Tim’s clients benefit from his diverse background in cross-border transactions. A Chinese native, he has worked and written on legal issues affecting foreign investors in the areas of national security, export control, investment law and international trade law. Previously, Tim worked as a business development assistant for a major international law firm’s China Practice group and spent nearly one year working from Beijing City, China. He also served as an assistant editor for a prominent publication focused on international investment and commercial dispute resolution. 

    During law school, Tim served as judicial intern for the Honorable Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Honorable Gerald I. Fisher of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. He also worked for the World Bank’s integrity compliance unit and the New York Attorney General’s Office.

  • Experience
    • Experience

      Experience

      • Represented Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation, a newly-organized blank check company, in completing its initial public offering on June 21, 2022. The firm’s Capital Markets + Securities Team advised on the offering, which resulted in aggregate gross proceeds to Feutune of $97.75 million.

      • Represented Acri Capital Acquisition Corporation, a newly-organized blank check company, in completing its initial public offering on June 14, 2022. The firm’s Capital Markets + Securities Team advised on the offering, which yielded aggregate gross proceeds to Acri Capital of $86.25 million.

      • Represented Prime Number Acquisition I Corp., a newly-organized blank check company, in completing its initial public offering on May 17, 2022. The firm’s Capital Markets + Securities Team advised on the offering, which yielded aggregate gross proceeds to Prime Number Acquisition I Corp. for $64.5M.

    • Professional Associations

      Professional Associations

      Asian American Bar Association of New York

      National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

      New York State Bar Association
  • NEWS + PRESS
    • Publications

      Publications

      "Digital Wild West: Foreign Social Media Bans, Data Privacy, and Free Speech," published in the Hastings Communications and Law Journal, Vol. 44, Number 2 (Spring 2022)
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        • Digital Wild West: Foreign Social Media Bans, Data Privacy, and Free Speech

        "Digital Wild West: Foreign Social Media Bans, Data Privacy, and Free Speech," authored by Tiange (Tim) Chen, published in the Hastings Communications and Law Journal, Vol. 44, Number 2 (Spring 2022)

        This paper surveys new trends on the broader national security policy changes on foreign-owned Telecommunication, Media and Technology companies, platforms, applications and contents, and explores how the court decisions and administrative actions surrounding the TikTok and WeChat bans would shape future government actions in this area.


      "ISDS As a Means of Addressing Challenges for the BRI in Central Asia," published on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog (7/5/2019)
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        • ISDS As a Means of Addressing Challenges for the BRI in Central Asia

        "ISDS As a Means of Addressing Challenges for the BRI in Central Asia," authored by Tiange (Tim) Chen, published on the Kluwer Arbitration Blog (7/5/2019)

        "Since its announcement in 2013, China has invested more than US $120 billion into the target countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on infrastructure projects ranging from ports and railroads to pipelines. Central Asia will become part of nearly the entire major trade corridor identified under the BRI. Hence the BRI presents a rare opportunity for Central Asian countries to attract foreign investment and to upgrade their Soviet-era infrastructure. Yet, at the Second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing in late April, Chinese President Xi Jinping went to great lengths to reassure foreign leaders, many of them from Central Asia, that the BRI was not a debt-trap amid growing fear of loan defaults in BRI-related projects. Specifically, Xi promised to establish a “debt-sustainability framework” and to encourage compliance with international infrastructure-contracting standards... While Chinese bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are often textually ambiguous and frequently overlooked, they do provide an available avenue for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) under the BRI framework. As debt fear continues and legal uncertainty persists, BIT-based dispute resolution in traditional venues might be one of the more credible choices for ISDS in the region." Read the full article. 


    • News

      R+C in the News

      • December 21, 2022

        Tim Chen Named to Lawyers of Color’s Annual Hot List

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          Tim Chen Named to Lawyers of Color’s Annual Hot List

          Capital Markets + Securities team lawyer Tim Chen has been named to the Lawyers of Color Hot List 2022, which recognizes early- to mid-career attorneys excelling in the legal profession. Tim is featured in the publication’s annual Hot List issue released on December 19, 2022. The honorees were chosen through a two-pronged process that included months of nomination and legal publication review by a selection committee to identify quality candidates. Editorial selections were also made based on research of attorneys who had noteworthy accomplishments, with special attention to candidates who were active in diversity pipeline initiatives. Lawyers of Color is a nonprofit devoted to promoting diversity in the legal profession and advancing democracy and equality in marginalized communities. View the issue.

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      • June 21, 2022

        Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation in IPO

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          Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation in IPO

          Robinson+Cole’s Capital Markets + Securities Team (the Team) represented Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation, a newly organized blank check company, in completing its initial public offering on June 21, 2022 of 9,775,00 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, which includes 1,225,000 units issued pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $97.75M. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “FLFVU” on June 16, 2022. The Team members advising on the offering were Arila Zhou, Tim Chen, Christopher Homsy, Yang Xu and Samuel Maduabueke. Read more.

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      • June 15, 2022

        Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Acri Capital Acquisition Corporation in IPO

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          Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Acri Capital Acquisition Corporation in IPO

          Robinson+Cole’s Capital Markets + Securities Team (the Team) represented Acri Capital Acquisition Corporation, a newly organized blank check company, in completing its initial public offering on June 14, 2022 of 8,625,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, which includes 1,125,000 units issued pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $86.25M. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “ACACU” on June 14, 2022. The Team members advising on the offering were Arila Zhou and Tim Chen. Read more.

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      • May 18, 2022

        Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Prime Number Acquisition | Corp. in IPO

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          Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Prime Number Acquisition | Corp. in IPO

          Robinson+Cole’s Capital Markets + Securities Team (the Team) represented Prime Number Acquisition | Corp., a newly organized blank check company, in completing its initial public offering on May 17, 2022 of 6,450,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, which includes 450,000 units issued pursuant to the partial exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $64.5M. The units began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “PNACU” on May 13, 2022. The Team members advising on the offering were Arila Zhou, Tim Chen and Yang Xu. Read more.

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      • February 2, 2022

        Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Blue World Acquisition Corporation in IPO

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          Capital Markets + Securities Team Pleased to Represent Blue World Acquisition Corporation in IPO

          Robinson+Cole’s Capital Markets + Securities Team (the Team) was pleased to represent Blue World Acquisition Corporation (Blue World), a special purpose acquisition corporation, in its recent initial public offering. On February 2, 2022, Blue World completed its $92 million initial public offering (including units sold upon the full exercise of over-allotment option) of 9,200,000 units at $10 per unit. The Team advising on the offering was led by Team Chair, Arila Zhou, and included Yang Xu and Tiange (Tim) Chen. Read more.

      R+C News Releases

      • March 10, 2022

        Robinson+Cole Welcomes Three-Attorney Capital Markets + Securities Team

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          Robinson+Cole Welcomes Three-Attorney Capital Markets + Securities Team

          Robinson+Cole’s growth in its New York City-based Capital Markets + Securities Team was highlighted in a Law360 article published on March 4, 2022. The article, “Robinson & Cole Grows In NY With 3-Atty SPAC Team,” highlights the recent additions of partner, Arila Zhou, and associates Yang Xu and Tiange (Tim) Chen. The team handles capital markets and securities matters with an emphasis on special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) transactions and initial public offerings of foreign issuers, particularly from Asia. Zhou, Xu and Chen, all native Mandarin speakers fluent in English, were previously with Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li in New York.

          Last month, the team represented the lead underwriter in the IPO of Meihau International Medical Technologies, a manufacturer of disposable medical devices with operating subsidiaries in China – the first such company to list in the U.S. since July 2021. Zhou said her decision to join the firm was influenced by positive feedback from clients at her previous position, noting that “Robinson+Cole provides a full-service offering, which makes things more efficient for our clients.” Read more about the team in the press release

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    • Legal Updates/Newsletters

      Legal Updates/Newsletters

      "PCAOB Confirms Complete Access to Inspect and Investigate Chinese Auditing Firms" co-authored with Yang Xu (12/16/2022)