Owen D. Nee

Lecturer-in-Law

Office: Jones Day
222 East 41st Street
New York NY 10017
Tel: 212-326-3830
Fax: 212-755-7306
Email: onee@law.columbia.edu
Education:
  • B.A, English Literature, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., June 1965
  • J.D., Columbia University School of Law, June 1973
  • Commission, United States Army Officers' Training School, Fort Benning, Georgia, June 1969
  • Certificate, United States Army Language School, Ft. Bliss, Texas, June 1970

Detailed Biography:

Mr. Nee, of counsel in Jones Day's New York office, is a member of the  General Business Group.

Before joining Orrick, Mr. Nee played a major role in the establishment of the China practice for Coudert Brothers. Many of the transactions documented by Mr. Nee were the first of their kind in China, including the documentation of the first major equity joint venture, the first large scale project financing, the first offshore oil concession to an American petroleum company, and the first syndicated loan to China.

At the start of his career, Mr. Nee began working in the Hong Kong office of Coudert Brothers. In 2002, he became the managing partner of their Shanghai office.

Mr. Nee edits the Bureau of National Affairs' Tax Portolio on Business Operations in China, is the general editor of Commerce Clearing House's Guide to PRC Tax and Customs Law, and is the author of Shareholder Agreements and Joint Ventures in the People's Republic of China, pubished by Sweet & Maxwell.

He is admitted to practice in New York, England and Wales and Hong Kong.