He began his legal career with Shearman & Sterling, focusing on mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, and fund formation. After almost a decade, he left the law firm setting to serve as Vice President, Head of Legal Execution and Transaction Management for Merrill Lynch’s Global Principal Investment Desk (Asia ex-Japan) and its sponsored USD 2.65 billion Asian real estate private equity investment fund, overseeing all the legal matters relating to investment activities and operations (fundraising, fund formation, governance, operations, compliance).
Subsequent to Merrill Lynch, Mr. Wang helped cofound and grow a private equity firm ($150 million in AUM). He served on various boards advising companies of various sizes, stages, and sectors. He also built a solo practice with a few select clients focused on fund formation, operations, and investment activities (M&A, buyouts, venture capital financing, etc.).
Most recently, Mr. Wang served as Head of Data Operations of a legal tech start-up founded in 2018, Aumni, Inc. (Aumni provides digital solutions for (i) investors, including university endowments, with respect to their investment in private closed-ended funds and (ii) venture capital firms / funds with respect to their downstream investment activities and portfolio management.) He successfully scaled the operations of Aumni and facilitated the sale of Aumni to JP Morgan Chase in 2023. Identified as a key person to lead the integration of the company’s data extraction & analysis operations, Mr. Wang served as Executive Director, Digital Innovations at JP Morgan Chase.
Mr. Wang obtained his LL.M. degree in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, his Doctor of Law from University of Chicago Law School, and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stanford University.
Mr. Wang is a licensed to practice in the State of California.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Emerging Growth Companies
Fund Formation and Operations
