Yang Wang
Greater China Region Guide 2024
Corporate/M&A: Mainland China-based (International Firms) + 1 more ranking
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About
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Practice Areas
Yang Wang is a Partner in the Beijing office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He represents private equity funds and corporate clients on various mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, corporate finance transactions and other general corporate matters. His recent transactions include advising Apax, Blackstone, Hillhouse, KKR, Macquarie, Primavera, Warburg Pincus and their respective portfolio companies in various leveraged buy-outs and private equity investments in Greater China of over US$20 billion in the aggregate, New Frontier Corporation in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of United Family Healthcare and the buyer consortium in the subsequent $1.6 billion privatization of United Family Healthcare, Xpeng in receiving approximately US$700 million minority investment by the Volkswagen Group and its Series C/C+ equity financing totaling more than US$1 billion, Ant Financial in its US$14 billion Series C equity financing, Alibaba in its US$4.3 billion investment in Suning, and ChemChina in its US$43 billion acquisition of Syngenta AG. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.
Career
Joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in 2010, Partner since 2018.
Personal
University of Michigan Law School (JD, magna cum laude, 2008); University of Maryland (B.S., magna cum laude, 2001; B.A., summa cum laude, 2000).
Professional Memberships
New York State Bar Association
Chambers Review
Greater China Region
Wang Yang has a notable corporate practice that services corporate and private equity firms. He is based in the firm's Beijing office, and his recent work includes both pre-IPO investment and privatisation projects.
Wang Yang remains a popular choice of adviser for international and Chinese investors and private equity firms. His work includes advising on a variety of investments in the healthcare and TMT sectors, among others.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Yang is a consummate deal maker. He is calm and measured."
"He is very responsive, hands-on, and always does all the deal documents himself. We rely on him a lot when negotiating and reviewing transaction documents."
"Yang is a consummate deal maker. He is calm and measured."
"He is very responsive, hands-on, and always does all the deal documents himself. We rely on him a lot when negotiating and reviewing transaction documents."
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