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Steven N. Robinson
Registered Foreign Lawyer (District of Columbia)
Partner, Shanghai, Beijing, Washington, D.C., Hong Kong

Steve Robinson is Co-managing Partner of the firm's Beijing and Shanghai offices and is also active in the firm's Washington, D.C. and London offices. He is also Chief Representative of Hogan & Hartson's Shanghai office. His practice focuses on securities and business transactions for U.S. and international clients. He advises U.S. and international clients in sophisticated public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and complex commercial transactions.

Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Steve was a partner with a leading international law firm. He was also the Chief Executive Officer of FindLaw, Inc., a leading Internet site for legal research, and he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander on active duty and retiring as a Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserves.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Represented a diverse group of clients in securities offerings, including a European national electric utility in its privatization and global offerings; a South African gold mining company in a tender offer for another company and a planned global offering; and the underwriters in the initial public offering of an New York Stock Exchange-listed, closed-end fund for venture capital investments.

Advised private equity clients on a wide range of projects, including advice to investors in structuring a $1.2 billion regional holding company for investment in cement companies throughout Asia; advice to a private equity fund in the $1.6 billion leveraged acquisition of a division of a technology company; and advice to a private equity fund in its acquisition of a troubled bank in Korea.

Represented a U.S. technology company in negotiation with a major Chinese state-owned enterprise for the establishment of a joint venture.

Assisted a Russian state enterprise in its negotiations with Lockheed, Boeing and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the construction and launch of the first element of the International Space Station.

Advised the Kuwaiti government in negotiating several hundred contracts for the rebuilding of Kuwait following the Gulf War.

Hogan & Hartson Publications
12.09.2008 "China’s Property Law: Impact on the Real Estate Sector." China Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

07.18.2007 "China Update: China Beefs Up Its Battle Against Bribery." China Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

07.18.2007 "China Update: Further Actions to Regulate Investment in China’s Real Estate Sector." China Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

07.11.2007 "Operating Procedures Clarifying Equity Finance and Return Investments by Domestic Residents Through Offshore Special Purpose Vehicles." China Update, Hogan & Hartson LLP

PRACTICES/INDUSTRIES
Corporate, Finance, and Tax
Capital Markets
China
Corporate Governance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Project and International Finance
Middle East
AREAS OF FOCUS
  • Public and Private Securities Offerings
  • Investment Funds
  • Joint Ventures and Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Commercial Negotiations
EDUCATION
J.D., The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, 1984 A.B., Brown University, 1972
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer, The Law Society of England and Wales
  • Member, American Chamber of Commerce, Beijing 
BAR ADMISSIONS District of Columbia Virginia
LANGUAGES English