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Robert Chu is a partner resident in Sullivan & Cromwell’s Melbourne office, and heads the Firm’s Australia practice. Mr. Chu formerly headed the Firm’s Beijing office. He joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1999 after teaching contracts and international law at Rutgers Law School.

Having been resident in S&C’s New York, Hong Kong, Beijing and Melbourne offices, Mr. Chu has worked on a wide range of securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions involving companies in the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East, and has been recognized as a leading lawyer by The Best Lawyers in Australia for Equity Capital Markets and Mergers and Acquisitions, Chambers Global, Chambers Asia, Asia Law & Practice and The International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers. Mr. Chu has been ranked as a Band 1 lawyer for “Capital Markets: US Law” in Australia by Chambers Asia in 2013.

Selected Transactions 

Mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters - advising:

• Goldman Sachs on principal acquisitions  in Australia (2010, 2011) 
• Telstra Corporation on the sale of a portion of its equity stake in SouFun Holdings to Apax Partners and General Atlantic (2010) 
• Healthscope Limited on the approximately A$2.7 billion (app. $2.3 billion) acquisition by The Carlyle Group and TPG Capital (2010)
• KongZhong Corporation on its acquisition of Shanghai Dacheng Network Technology (2009)
• Goldman Sachs, financial adviser to Temasek, on Temasek’s $1.1 billion cash tender offer for the shares and convertible notes of STATS ChipPAC (2007)
• A consortium consisting of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Allianz AG and American Express Company in connection with a $3.8 billion investment in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (2006)
• Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited (tri­listed on the New York, Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchanges) on its Rule 13e­3 going-private transaction in connection with a tender offer by PetroChina Company Limited (2005-2006)
• Bank of China Limited on (i) a $3.1 billion equity investment in the Bank by a consortium led by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, (ii) a $1.6 billion equity investment in the Bank by Temasek Holdings, (iii) a $500 million equity investment in the Bank by UBS and (iv) a $75 million equity investment in the Bank by the Asian Development Bank (2005-2006)
• R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. on its acquisition of Asia Printers Group (2005-2006)
• DP World (formerly known as Dubai Ports International) on its $1.14 billion acquisition of CSX’s international port and marine terminal business (2004-2005)
• DP World (formerly known as Dubai Ports International) on its HK$1.58 billion acquisition (through CSXWT Terminal 8 Limited) of 39.1% of Asia Container Terminals Holdings Limited (2004)
• Thomson S.A. on the €540 million combination of the worldwide television businesses of Thomson and TCL to create the world’s largest producer of televisions (2004)
• Ek Chor China Motorcycle Co. Ltd. (listed on the NYSE) on its Rule 13e­3 going­private transaction through a Bermuda scheme of arrangement (2003)
• InBev in connection with Bier Securities plc’s €500 million acquisition of 45% of Oriental Brewery, Korea’s second largest brewer, financed through the issuance of secured floating rate notes and the borrowing of secured loans (2001)
• Sohu.com on its acquisition of ChinaRen.com, the first major acquisition involving two Chinese Internet companies (2000)
• China Investment Corporation, Goldman Sachs PIA, Thomson S.A. and Treasury Corporation of Victoria on their respective acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate matters 

Securities offerings and other financings – advising: 

• Australia and New Zealand Banking Group on its various funding programs (ongoing)
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia on its various funding programs (ongoing)
• National Australia Bank on its various funding programs (ongoing)
• St Barbara Limited on its Rule 144A senior secured debt offering in the U.S. (2013)
• Telstra Corporation on its Rule 144A debt offering (2011)
• QR National on its initial public offering in Australia, with a Rule 144A offering in the United States (2010) 
• Telstra Corporation on the initial public offering of Sou Fun Holdings in which Telstra held a majority equity stake (2010)
• A leading Beijing-based company in the software-as-a-service sector on its proposed initial public offering and U.S. listing (pending)
• KongZhong Corporation on its private placement of a convertible senior note and a warrant for ordinary shares to Nokia Growth Partners (2009)
• China Digital TV Holding Co., Ltd. on its $221 million initial public offering and NYSE listing (2007)
• The underwriters on the $150 million IPO and Nasdaq listing by Solarfun Power Holdings Co. (2006)
• Thomson S.A. on its HK$271 million sale of an approximately 10% stake in TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (2006)
• Bank of China on its $11.18 billion IPO, which included a public offering and listing in Hong Kong and a Rule 144A offering in the United States (2006)
• The initial purchaser on the $490 million Regulations S offering and Luxembourg Stock Exchange listing by Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (2004)
• The initial purchasers on the $522 million Rule 144A/Regulation S GDS offering and Luxembourg Stock Exchange listing by Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (2004)
• KongZhong Corporation on its $100 million SEC-registered IPO and Nasdaq listing (2004)
• Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Ltd. on its $2.11 billion initial public offering, which included a public offering and listing in Hong Kong and a Rule 144A offering in the United States (2004)
• The initial purchaser on the $70 million Rule 144A/Regulation S convertible notes offering by Sohu.com (2003)
• China Telecom on its $1.5 billion SEC-­registered initial public offering and NYSE listing (2002-2003)
• The purchaser on the $700 million Rule­144A/Regulation S convertible notes offering by Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. (2002)
• Nomura Holdings, Inc. on its NYSE listing (2001-­2002)
• Tata Motors Limited (formerly known as Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Limited) on its Rule 144A/Regulation S rights offering (2001)
• Sohu.com on its $59.8 million SEC-registered initial public offering and Nasdaq listing, including devising the VIE structure that has generally been adopted in connection with investments in the PRC internet sector (2000)
• Various Australian enterprises, including Alumina, Asciano, BHP Billiton, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Queensland Treasury Corporation, Woodside Petroleum and Woolworths on their respective disclosure and financings matters