Shawn Yang is a partner of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and registered foreign lawyer, based in the Hong Kong office. He is a member of the firm’s ...
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Publications
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2026 Private Equity Midyear Outlook
22 July 2026
Christopher Anthony
, Gavin Anderson
, Erik J. Andrén
, Veronica Aroutiunian
, Vadim Avdeychik
, Megan K. Bannigan
, David H. Bernstein
, Alexander R. Cochran
, Luke Dembosky
, Avi Gesser
, Jyotin Hamid
, Simone S. Hicks
, Peter J. Irwin
, Robert B. Kaplan
, Jonathan F. Lewis
, Erez Liebermann
, Marilyn A. Lion
, Frank Mitchell
, Sam Newman
, Ali Nierenberg
, Matthew B. Parelman
, Sheena Paul
, Marc Ponchione
, Julie M. Riewe
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Krishna Skandakumar
, Kristin A. Snyder
, J. Michael Snypes, Jr.
, Jonathan R. Tuttle
, Wendy D. Widman
, Shawn Xiao Yang
, Paul Eastham
, Mark D. Flinn
, Philip A. Fortino
, Christopher S. Ford
, Michael C. Godbe
, Jared I. Kagan
, Anna Moody
, Kate Saba
, Tricia Bozyk Sherno
, Stephan J. Schlegelmilch
, Stanislav Shishkin
, Nicole Bieber
, Justin Chaljub
, Anna Chirniciuc
, Danielle R. Eiger
, Andrew Friedman
, Zach Ferguson
, Christopher Gossage
, Samuel Lewis
, Flora Li
, Stephanie D. Thomas
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Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
12 February 2026
Jonathan Adler
, Gavin Anderson
, Jason Auerbach
, Vadim Avdeychik
, Lorna Bowen
, Shawn D'Aguiar
, Matthew Dickman
, Christopher Dortschy
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Satish M. Kini
, Yana M. Mereminsky
, Ali Nierenberg
, Sheena Paul
, Nicholas P. Pellicani
, Marc Ponchione
, John W. Rife III
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Justin Storms
, Patricia Volhard
, Shawn Xiao Yang
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Gary E. Murphy
, Aseel M. Rabie
, Kira Kilstein
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Private Equity International: Asia Roundtable - The Land of Opportunity
1 September 2025
Private Equity International
Shawn Xiao Yang
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Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
3 July 2025
Jonathan Adler
, Gavin Anderson
, Jason Auerbach
, Lorna Bowen
, Shawn D'Aguiar
, Matthew Dickman
, Christopher Dortschy
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Sheena Paul
, Marc Ponchione
, John W. Rife III
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Justin Storms
, Patricia Volhard
, Shawn Xiao Yang
, Cate H. Bae
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, John Young
, Massy Vainshtein
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Private Equity International: APAC’s Slowdown Belies Emerging Bright Spots
2 September 2024
Private Equity International
Shawn Xiao Yang
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ICMA Publishes Draft Hong Kong ESG Data and Ratings Code of Conduct
6 June 2024
Shawn Xiao Yang
, Emily Lam
, Tiffany Wu
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Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
16 January 2024
Jonathan Adler
, Gavin Anderson
, Jason Auerbach
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Lorna Bowen
, Matthew Dickman
, Christopher Dortschy
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Marc Ponchione
, John W. Rife III
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Justin Storms
, Patricia Volhard
, Shawn Xiao Yang
, Cate H. Bae
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Sheena Paul
, John Young
, Massy Vainshtein
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Private Equity International: The Asian Elephant in the Room
1 September 2023
Shawn Xiao Yang
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ILPA Publishes New Guidance on Continuation Funds
2 June 2023
Gavin Anderson
, Katherine Ashton
, Ezra Borut
, Jane Engelhardt
, John W. Rife III
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Shawn Xiao Yang
, Anne-Lise Quach
, Guang Yang
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Private Equity International: Asian Investors Take Stock
2 September 2022
Private Equity International
Shawn Xiao Yang
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Annual Filing, Notice and Reporting Requirements for Private Fund Sponsors
13 January 2021
Jonathan Adler
, Gavin Anderson
, Jason Auerbach
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Lorna Bowen
, Christopher Dortschy
, Jane Engelhardt
, Andrew Ford
, Geoffrey Kittredge
, Marc Ponchione
, John W. Rife III
, David J. Schwartz
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Justin Storms
, Patricia Volhard
, Cate H. Bae
, Matthew Dickman
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, Anne-Lise Quach
, Daniel Z. Sinrod
, Shawn Xiao Yang
, John Young
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Navigating the Nuances of Continuation Funds
December 2020
Gavin Anderson
, Katherine Ashton
, Ezra Borut
, John W. Rife III
, Naomi Aoyama
, Shawn Xiao Yang
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Private Equity Report Fall 2020, Vol 20, No 3
December 2020
Gavin Anderson
, Christopher Anthony
, Katherine Ashton
, Sally Bergmann Hardesty
, Paul S. Bird
, Franci J. Blassberg
, Ezra Borut
, Erin Cleary
, Peter A. Furci
, Maurizio Levi-Minzi
, Andrew M. Levine
, John W. Rife III
, Rebecca F. Silberstein
, Kevin M. Schmidt
, Steven J. Slutzky
, Rafael Kariyev
, Patricia Volhard
, Jin-Hyuk Jang
, John Young
, Marisa Demko
, Samuel D. Krawiecz
, Sergio Torres
, Wen-Wei Lai
, Tiffany Wu
, Shawn Xiao Yang
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