Alex Wang counsels clients on a broad range of corporate transactions, with a focus on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and telecommunications, media & technology. Over 15 years of practicing in greater China, Alex has represented multinational corporations, investment banks, financial institutions, and private equity and hedge funds in a variety of complex and often innovative cross-border and offshore transactions within China. In addition, Alex has experience in advising Chinese investors, including sovereign wealth funds, state-owned enterprises, and public companies on outbound transactions, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, real estate development, and financing. Alex is admitted to practice in New York.
Advised Glade Brook Capital Partners on its investment in a fast growing O2O and food delivery company and a China leading artificial intelligence company
Advised Morgan Stanley on the acquisition, financing, and divestiture of various commercial properties throughout China
Advised Fortress on a hotel disposition transaction and its online travel and hotel business in China
Advised Apollo on the acquisition and development of commercial and industrial real estate projects in greater China
Advised The Carlyle Group on the acquisition and financing of various residential development projects and office properties in China
Advised ICBC International, a wholly owned investment arm of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, on the acquisition of a retail portfolio throughout China and related financing
Advised Cainiao on the acquisition of logistics business and assets from Italy's number one industrial and logistics development company
Advised Goodman Group, one of the largest industrial REITs in the world, on a number of acquisitions and related leasing and structuring in China
Advised LaSalle Investment Management on its investment in a residential development project in China
Advised DLJ Capital Partners on a series of acquisition transactions and related asset management and structuring in China
Advised OpenGate Capital on the acquisition of a hotel construction equipment supplier
Telecommunications, Media & Teleology
Advised one of the world’s leading technology providers on restructuring its Greater China operations, seeking strategic investment from a leading global PE/VC investor and establishing a joint venture in China with the investor, and also advised on the related matters in connection with market separation, business transition, IP assignment and license, and IPO compliance
Advised an American global telecommunications conglomerate on its corporate structure in China
Advised a leading semiconductor company on its new corporate structure in China in relation to its global investment strategy
Advised a cloud-based platform for transportation on its market entry strategy in Chinese market and establishment of its first subsidiary in China
Advised a US provider of equipment and services for data centers on its acquisition of a provider of data center solutions
Advised a Massachusetts-based electronics manufacturer on a Sino-foreign joint venture with a Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone company
Outbound Transactions
Advised Greenland on its investment project in the US and relevant financing for the project
Advised a sovereign wealth fund on a high profile acquisition of US-based auto parts manufacturer
Advised Sino-Ocean on its offshore fund structure and investment in a Los Angeles development project
Advised a leading Chinese multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company on various Greenfield investment and projects in emerging markets
Advised a state-owned investment fund of the Chinese central government on its potential acquisition of oil and gas assets in Kazakhstan
Advised a Chinese publicly listed automobile parts manufacturer on its acquisition of a Canada-based auto parts producer, with assets and operation in multiple jurisdictions
Investment Management and Fund Formation
Advised Tishman Speyer on a series of RMB-denominated private equity real estate funds in China, and the acquisition transactions and development projects by the funds
Advised LaSalle Investment Management on establishment of a regulated fund manager in order to raise an RMB-denominated fund for private equity investments in China
Advised Noah Holdings, a leading wealth and asset management services provider, on structuring a QFLP fund in China, and prepared transaction documents for an offshore feeder fund and an onshore master fund
Advised CDH Investment on the structuring of an RMB private equity investment fund and industrial logistics fund, and prepared the relevant legal documents
Advised Prax Capital, an independent private equity firm dedicated to managing China-focused investments, in the first successful formation and closing of an RMB-denominated investment fund with a primary focus on investing in projects in China
Education
Harvard Law School, 2004, LLM, International Finance and Securities Law