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Mitchell S. Nussbaum
Partner and Chair, Capital Markets and Asia

Mitch Nussbaum focuses on corporate and securities law, with particular emphasis on representation of U.S. and foreign public corporations, investment and commercial banks, and private emerging growth companies in public and private financings (equity and debt), and federal securities law compliance. He has extensive experience with technology and other companies in the U.S., as well as a broad range of companies in emerging markets, including Brazil, China, India, Israel, Russia, Taiwan and Thailand.

Mr. Nussbaum provides general corporate, securities, and business counseling to corporate clients and their officers and directors. He advises clients with respect to initial public offerings, follow-on public offerings, going private transactions, PIPE transactions and venture capital financings. He also negotiates and documents acquisitions, mergers, reverse mergers, proxy contests, tender offers, and control contests and has represented issuers and underwriters in more than 60 SPAC public offerings and business combinations. Most recently, Mr. Nussbaum was responsible for developing a groundbreaking new financing structure called the IPAC^SM, which debuted this year featuring many of the benefits of the SPAC, but offering increased flexibility on pricing and deal structure, and allowing for a more rapid transaction cycle.

Widely recognized as one of the pioneers of securities transactions for Chinese companies, Mr. Nussbaum has represented many of the first Chinese and Asian companies to list in the U.S. capital markets, including the first Chinese, Taiwanese and Thai companies to list on the American Stock Exchange. Throughout his practice, Mr. Nussbaum has represented more than 75 Asian companies that have listed on U.S. exchanges.

Mr. Nussbaum also advises clients in connection with initial public offerings in Hong Kong, including dual listings. Additionally, his broad expertise counseling Asian companies includes helping these clients prepare for and respond to investigations and litigation resulting from short-selling attacks, as well as representing companies, special committees or independent directors involved in going private transactions.

Among his many distinctions, Mr. Nussbaum was ranked as the #1 IPO lawyer for companies headquartered in China by Thomson Reuters, based on deals closed between 2008 – 2010. According to IPO Vital Signs Leadership Rankings, he was ranked the #2 IPO lawyer in the U.S. for the number of closed deals representing underwriters in 2010. He was also named among the top attorneys in the areas of Corporate and M&A law by Chambers USA in the 2011 Guide to America’s Leading Lawyer for Business.

Mr. Nussbaum divides his time between New York and Beijing.

Publications/Speeches

Speaker, DealFlow Media: SPACs Conference (May 13, 2013)
Speaker, ROTH 25th Annual Conference (March 17-20, 2013)
Speaker, DealFlow Media's Alternative Finance Conference Israel (March 4-5, 2013)
Speaker, Creative Funding, Investment & Financial Strategies in Today's Economy (October 16, 2012)
Speaker, Marcum MicroCap Conference (June 20, 2012)
Speaker, DealFlow Media: The SPAC Conference 2012 (June 4, 2012)
Speaker, China Entrepreneurs 2012 Wall Street China Forum (May 15, 2012)
Speaker, China: Legal, Tax & Accounting Update (March 19-20, 2012)
Speaker, ROTH 24th Annual Conference (March 11-14, 2012)
Speaker, DealFlow Media New Generation SPAC Changes the Investment Landscape (January 10, 2012)
Speaker, DealFlow Media ‘s Alternative Finance Conference Israel (December 12-13, 2011)
Speaker, China Investment Summit USA 2011 (November 30 - December 2, 2011)
Speaker, Fact or Fiction: Is Fraud Widely Prevalent in China-Based Public Companies or are Fears Exaggerated?, NASDAQ - New York, New York (November 8, 2011)
Speaker, The PIPEs Conference 2011 A DealFlow Media Event (November 1-2, 2011)
Speaker, ROTH Capital-ChinaVenture Investment Conference (October 27, 2011)
Speaker, Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference (September 11-13, 2011)
Speaker, DealFlow Media: The SPAC Conference 2011, New York, New York (May 23, 2011)
Author, Bridging the Information Gap, The Deal Magazine (April 21, 2011)
Speaker, ROTH 23rd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference, Dana Point, California (March 13-16, 2011)
Speaker, CCG China IPO Boot Camp 2011, Shanghai, China (March 9, 2011)
Speaker, Rodman & Renshaw Annual China Investment Conference, Shanghai, China (March 6-8, 2011)
Speaker, Deal Flow Media: PIPEs Conference 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 8-10, 2010)
Speaker, ROTH Capital Partners 2010 Hawaii Conference, Wailea, Hawaii (September 1-6, 2010)
Speaker, 2010 Annual American Bar Association Meeting, San Francisco, California (August 5-10, 2010)
Panelist, The DealFlow Reverse Merger Conference 2010, Toronto, Ontario (June 29-30, 2010)
Speaker, CCG IPO Boot Camp, New York, New York (June 25, 2010)
Speaker, The DealFlow International PIPEs Conference 2010, Shanghai, China (May 25-26, 2010)
Speaker, ROTH Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference, Dana Point, California (March 15-17, 2010)
Speaker, China IPO Boot Camp Intro (March 9, 2010)
Speaker, U.S. IPO Summit (March 3, 2010)
Speaker, DealFlow Media's Reverse Merger Conference 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 11-12, 2009)
Speaker, DealFlow Media International PIPEs Conference 2009, Shanghai (March 23-24, 2009)
Speaker, Roth Capital Presents "China Comes to Vegas", Las Vegas, Nevada (November 19-21, 2008)
Speaker, The Future of the SPAC Market: Fall 2008, Cambridge, Massachusetts (October 27-28, 2008)
Panelist, Maxim Group 2nd Annual Growth Conference, New York, New York (October 7, 2008)
Panelist, Doubledown Media's SPAC Thought Leadership Forum, New York, New York (June 24, 2008)
Speaker, The SPAC Phenomenon: What Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Mean for Business Owners, Private Equity Funds and Advisors, Los Angeles, California (June 18, 2008)
Speaker, DealFlow Media Reverse Merger Conference 2008, Los Angeles, California (June 18-19, 2007)
Speaker, DealFlow Media's SPAC Conference 2008, New York, New York (June 4-5, 2008)
Panelist, DealFlow Media International PIPEs Conference (April 8-10, 2008)
Speaker, SPACs Going West Presented by Vintage Filings, San Francisco, California (February 28, 2008)
Speaker, Roth Capital Partners' 20th Annual OC Growth Stock Conference, Dana Point, California (February 18-21, 2008)
Speaker, DealFlow Media PIPEs Conference 2007, New York, New York (October 18-19, 2007)
Speaker, Roth Capital Partners' 2007 New York Conference, New York, New York (September 5-6, 2007)
Speaker, The Reverse Merger Conference 2007, San Francisco, California (June 13-14, 2007)
Speaker, China Investment Forum, New York, New York (April 24, 2007)
Speaker, Roth Capital Partners' 19th Annual OC Conference, Dana Point, California (February 19-22, 2007)
Speaker, DealFlow Media's PIPEs Conference 2006, New York, New York (November 7-8, 2006)
Speaker, China Growth Conference 2006, New York, New York (October 17-18, 2006)
Panelist, Roth Capital Partners' 2006 New York Conference, New York, New York (September 6-7, 2006)
Speaker, The Reverse Merger Conference 2006, New York, New York (July 20, 2006)
Speaker, PIPEs Summit 2006, New York, New York (July 19-20, 2006)
Panelist, China Panel, Dana Point, California (February 21-22, 2006)
Speaker, DealFlow Media Reverse Merger Conference (February 1, 2006)
Speaker, China Growth Conference 2005, New York, New York (November 1, 2005)
Moderator, DealFlow Media PIPEs Conference 2005 (October 26-27, 2005)

Media Mentions

Tide Shifts on China's U.S. Listings By Kathy Chu and Michael Rapoport, The Wall Street Journal
Meet the JOBS Act's Jobs-Free Companies By Emily Chasan, The Wall Street Journal
U.S., China Feud Over Audit Firms By Dinny McMahon and Michael Rapoport, The Wall Street Journal
PE Fund Aims to Boost China's Silver Screen Cred Video interview with Sarah Hashim-Waris, The Deal
Nussbaum Says China Access Could Set Precedent for SEC Video interview with Lee Pacchia, The Washington Post with Bloomberg Business
Cross-Border Chinese M&A Harmed by Fraud Charges Interview with Mary Kathleen Flynn, The Deal
Chinese Companies’ IPO in the U.S. Set a New Record in 2010 By Miao Xia Li, Shanghai Morning Post
Why Have Chinese Companies Been Frequently "Suppressed" in Overseas Stockmarkets Recently? By Sheng Liyu, China Business Network

Named in "Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business," in New York Corporate/M&A (2011 and 2012 editions)
Ranked Number One IPO Lawyer for companies headquartered in China by Thomson Reuters (2008-2010)
Ranked Number Two IPO Underwriter's Lawyer by IPO Vital Signs Leadership Rankings (2010)
Named "New York Super Lawyer" in Securities & Corporate Finance by Thomson Reuters (2006-2012)
Named in The Legal 500 US in Mergers & Acquisitions, published by Legalease Limited and John Pritchard (2010 edition)
Ranked Number Two IPO Issuer's and Underwriter's Lawyer by IPO Vital Signs Leadership Rankings (2008)
Ranked Number Five IPO Issuer's Lawyer by IPO Vital Signs Leadership Rankings (2007)
Named in "40 Under 40 -- Making Their Mark" by IDD Magazine (December 2007)
Ranked Number One IPO Issuer's Lawyer by IPO Vital Signs Leadership Rankings (2006)

Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.,

Member, Syracuse University Law Review

University of Rochester, B.A.

New York

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