Shawn Yang is a member of the firm’s Investment Management and Private Fund Transactions Groups. Mr. Yang’s practice focuses on private equity ...
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Experience
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- EQT Private Capital Asia in multiple fundraisings and co-investments, including the formation of:
- BPEA Private Equity Fund IX, a $15.6 billion pan-Asia private equity fund. At the time of close, the fund was Asia Pacific's largest ever private equity fund.
- BPEA Mid-Market Fund, a $1.6 billion pan-Asia mid-market buyout fund.
- BPEA Fund VII, a $6.5 billion pan-Asia private equity fund.
- BPEA RE II, a $1 billion pan-Asian real estate fund.
- Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VI, a $4 billion pan-Asia private equity fund.
- Multiple co-investments with an aggregate deal value of over $24 billion.
- KKR on various fundraisings and co-investments, including:
- KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors, a $3.9 billion Asia Pacific infrastructure fund.
- Multiple co-investments that invest alongside KKR funds in portfolio companies based in the Asia-Pacific region.
- HSG (formerly Sequoia China) on multiple fundraisings, managed accounts and private capital transactions.
- Blue Pool Capital in the formation of BPC Riverside, a $1.3 billion private equity fund, various co-investments and select fund investments.
- Morgan Stanley in multiple fundraisings, including the formation of:
- North Haven Infrastructure Partners II, a $3.6 billion global infrastructure fund.
- Morgan Stanley Credit Partners II, a $963 million credit opportunities fund.
- North Haven Thai Fund, a $440 million Thai buyout fund.
- Hony Capital in multiple fundraisings, including the formation of Hony Capital Fund VIII, a $2.2 billion China buyout fund.
- HarbourVest Partners in various fund investments and secondary transactions.
- Some of Asia’s most important secondary transactions, including:
- HarbourVest Partners, NewQuest Capital and Committed Advisors as the investor consortium for CSP Fund II, a $700 million continuation fund that holds assets previously managed by Capital Square Partners and Basil Partners.
- TPG as lead investor in a continuation fund sponsored by KKR.
- HarbourVest Partners, TPG NewQuest, LGT, Hamilton Lane as the investor consortium in a $430 million continuation fund sponsored by Multiples.
- Coller Capital in a GP-led secondary transaction for East Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
- HarbourVest Partners as lead investor in a single-asset fund restructuring that enabled Capital Today China Group to take out an investment in Yifeng Pharmacy.
- Various portfolio sales for Taiwan Life, Fubon Life, TransGlobe and others with an aggregate deal value of over $6.1 billion.
- Select investor side representations for Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Blue Pool Capital and the HKMA.
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, 2012, J.D.
- University of Southern California, 2008, B.A.