Practice areas

Compliance; Corporate & commercial; M&A; Dispute resolution

Introduction

David Wang graduated from Fudan University and New York University and obtained LLB and LLM degrees, respectively. Currently, Wang is a partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm, one of the biggest law firms in China, and leads the Investment/M&A & Corporate Governance practice group.

Wang is one of the first lawyers in Shanghai and has engaged in foreign-related legal practice for more than 30 years providing international legal services, and is skilled in representing multinational companies in various business sectors on a wide range of matters, including foreign direct investment, corporate, commercial transactions, cross-border M&A, joint venture, financing, reorganisation, compliance, business trust, and dispute resolution. He has been recommended by different international appraisal organisations as “Asia Leading Lawyer” and “Recommended Lawyer in M&A Area” for consecutive years. In 2017, Wang advised clients on the USD11.6 billion acquisition of all issued and paid-up ordinary shares of Global Logistic Properties. It is so far the largest private equity buy-out deal in Asia and the largest cross-border transaction completed by Chinese entities in 2017.

Wang’s clients are spread over different industries, including equipment manufacturing, automobile, logistics, financing, medical, education, hotel, steel, restaurant and catering, chemical, shipping, sports and entertainment, leasing, consulting etc., and cover different regions in North America, Europe and Asia.

In addition, Wang has participated in many complicated domestic and international litigation and arbitration cases, and as a member of the panels of arbitrators of well-known arbitration centres both at home and abroad, Wang has participated in and resolved many international arbitration cases. Furthermore, he has also frequently served as a PRC law expert to provide expertise in foreign litigation proceedings and arbitration hearings. Wang’s many years of commercial transaction experience enables him to provide in-depth and intelligent insight when settling commercial disputes and his abundant dispute resolution experience also helps him to cultivate a strong dispute-preventing mindset when dealing with commercial transactions.

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