David Kwong-Yu Tang

Mr. Tang is the Managing Partner, Asia for the Firm and his law practice concentrates in the areas of foreign investment, cross-border financings, mergers and acquisitions, and real property related transactions. He has more than 30 years of transactional experience in the Greater China market. Mr. Tang was managing partner of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP from 1995 – 1999. He is based in the Seattle and Beijing offices. Euromoney’s Guide to Leading Practitioners lists him as one of the pre-eminent practitioners in the area of M&A in China and Real Property. Mr. Tang is included in Best Lawyers (2010-2014), and was named the 2012 Seattle Corporate “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers. He is also included in the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Corporate Law and Real Estate Law. Among his activities, he is on the Council of The American Law Institute, the Boards of the Blakemore Foundation and the National Bureau of Asia Research, is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations and was a former Chair of the Anglo American Real Property Institute and American Bar Foundation. He served on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2002 – 2008 and as its Chair from 2006 – 2008.

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Areas of Practice 1) Corporate/M&A, 2) Corporate Governance, 3) Payment Systems, 4) Real Estate Investment, 5) Development, 6) and Finance, 7) Resort and 8) Hospitality and Leisure
Law School Columbia Law School, J.D., 1979
Education Harvard University, A.B., 1975
Bar Member / Association Washington State Bar Association
Most recent firm Stokes Lawrence, P.S.
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