Guang Yang

Counsel

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Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2160 9887

Overview

Guang Yang is a corporate counsel based in the Hong Kong office and is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds and Investment Management Group. His ... Read Full Biography

Publications

ILPA Publishes New Guidance on Continuation Funds
2 June 2023

Gavin Anderson
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Katherine Ashton
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Ezra Borut
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Jane Engelhardt
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John W. Rife III
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Kevin M. Schmidt
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Shawn Xiao Yang
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Andrew J. Gershon
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Anne-Lise Quach
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Guang Yang

Upcoming Events

Recent Events

Outbound M&A; Cross-Border Litigation/Arbitration; Chinese Companies Re-shoring Funds, and etc.
29 November2024

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and China Legal Education and Career Seminar Series

In-House Seminar - Cross-Border Trends

Shanghai, China

Speaker: Wen-Wei Lai, Emily Lam, Tingting Wu, Guang Yang

Speaking Engagements

Guang Yang is a corporate counsel based in the Hong Kong office and is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds and Investment Management Group.His practice focuses on advising sponsors of private equity funds, co-investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, covering numerous sectors and strategies including buyout, venture capital, real estate and fund of funds, as well as secondary transactions including traditional acquisitions and dispositions of fund interests and fund restructurings. Mr. Yang’s recent experience includes acting for EQT Private Capital Asia, HongShan Capital Group, StepStone Group and Ally Bridge Group. He is recognised for Investment Funds by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Greater China (2025).Mr. Yang joined Debevoise in 2019. Mr. Yang received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2016, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a notes editor of the Columbia Business Law Review. Mr. Yang received an M.T.S. from Harvard University in 2013 and a B.A. from Peking University in 2011. Mr. Yang is a native Mandarin Chinese speaker.杨光律师常驻德普的香港分所，是投资基金和投资管理业务团队的成员。他专注于为私募股权基金、共同投资工具和单独管理账户的发起人提供建议，涵盖众多领域和策略，包括并购、风险投资、房地产、基金中的基金等，同时也涉及二级市场交易，如基金权益的传统收购与处置以及基金重组。杨律师近期的工作经历包括为殷拓亚洲私募股权基金、红杉资本集团、StepStone Group以及汇桥资本集团提供法律服务。他在投资基金领域获《亚太法律500强——大中华区》（2025年）的认可。杨律师于2019年加入德普。此前他曾就职于一家知名的国际律所，代表领先的全球另类资产管理公司处理私募股权基金的设立及持续管理事宜。杨律师是纽约州律师协会成员。杨律师的母语为普通话。