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WANG Yu (Joanna)
joanna.wang@hankunlaw.com
+852 2820 5690
Hong Kong
Professionals WANG Yu (Joanna)

Work experience

Ms. Wang has over ten years of legal experience in investment funds and financial-related matters.
Ms. Wang has represented multiple international and regional fund managers in designing and establishing USD and RMB funds with diverse investment strategies.  The fund types involved include closed-end, open-end, and semi-liquid types and include fund organization forms such as partnerships, corporations, and contractual forms, and the fund structures involved include master-feeder, umbrella, and parallel structures, among others.
Ms. Wang has led the completion of over a dozen semi-liquid private fund projects that have raised capital from high-net-worth individual investors covering core Asia-Pacific markets such as China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Thailand, and Taiwan region.  The investment strategies span private equity, real estate, credit, life sciences and technology, and other sectors.
She has represented numerous investment institutions for their investments in reputable global funds.  Ms. Wang also offers full-scope legal services for fund management and operations, including fund management, fund operations, fund compliance matters, and fund interest distributions.
Ms. Wang has also handled legal matters related to the application for licenses for commodity exchanges, the drafting of trading rules, and exchange operations.  She also provides legal advice on general corporate affairs.
Prior to joining Han Kun, Ms. Wang served as Senior Vice President in the Legal and Compliance Department of Blackstone.  She previously worked at the Hong Kong offices of Morrison & Foerster and Shearman & Sterling.

Educational background

Ms. Wang holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  She obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Shandong University and was recommended for admission to pursue a Master of Laws degree from Ocean University of China.

Practice qualification

Member of the New York State Bar
PRC Bar Qualification

Working language

Chinese,English,Cantonese

Professional field

Han Kun
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