Practice areas

M&A; Corporate & commercial; Litigation; Compliance

Introduction

David Wang earned his LLM from New York University after graduating from Fudan University with an LLB. He is now a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm, one of China’s very top law firms, where he leads the investment/M&A and corporate governance practice group.

Wang was one of the first lawyers in modern Shanghai to engage in foreign-related legal practice, giving him more than 27 years of experience in providing international legal services and as a result he 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 ventures, compliance, financing, reorganisation, business trusts and dispute resolution, among others.

He has been recommended for consecutive years by different international appraisal organisations as a Leading Asia Lawyer and a Recommended Lawyer in M&A. In 2017, Wang advised clients on the USD11.6 Billion acquisition of all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares of Global Logistic Properties – the largest private equity buyout in Asia and the largest cross-border transaction completed by Chinese entities in 2017.

Wang advises clients across a wide range of industries, including equipment manufacturing; automobiles; logistics; consumer goods; financing; medical; education; hotels; steel; restaurants and catering; chemicals; shipping; sports and entertainment; leasing; and consulting. His assignments also cover different regions in North America, Europe and Asia.

As a member of the panel of arbitrators of well-known arbitration centers both at home and abroad, including SIAC, HKIAC and SHIAC, Wang has participated in and resolved many international arbitration cases. In the meantime, he has also been called on many times to provide PRC law expert opinion in foreign litigation proceedings and arbitration hearings. Wang’s many years of commercial transaction experience enable him to provide deep and incisive insight when settling commercial disputes, and his abundant litigation and arbitration experience also help him to cultivate a strong dispute-preventing mindset when dealing with commercial transactions.

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