Pang Zhang-Whitaker is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group and Chair of the Firm’s Capital Markets and Securities Practice – Asia Pacific. She leads multidisciplinary teams in assisting clients with Asia-Pacific connections through a wide range of corporate and securities, dispute resolution, and estate planning matters in the U.S.
As a trusted adviser to international and domestic clients involved in complex, cross-border transactions and disputes, she is known for the depth and range of her experience, and for her ability to identify issues her clients may not have anticipated, particularly those navigating U.S. legal and business matters from overseas. That combination of foresight and fluency across practice areas has earned her lasting client relationships, many of which have spanned years and evolved well beyond any single engagement.
Pang’s practice covers a wide spectrum of sophisticated commercial matters. She handles transactions ranging from early-stage venture capital financings to multi-billion-dollar acquisitions, and she advises on capital markets and securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, dispute resolutions, and trusts and estates. Her representative work includes high-profile initial public offerings, complex transactions involving global investment institutions, litigation strategies against adversaries with dominating statures, and intricate estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and families with cross-border considerations. She also serves as outside general counsel to many clients, a role that reflects the trust they place in her judgment and the breadth of counsel she provides.
Pang's client base is as varied as her practice. She represents Fortune 500 companies, middle-market enterprises, start-up ventures, and high-net-worth individuals, serving both public companies with globally recognized brands and emerging private enterprises bringing innovative technologies and strategies to market. She guides global clients from jurisdictions such as Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan, as well as U.S. domestic clients, in navigating the intricate U.S. legal system and practices
A well-recognized authority in cross-border legal matters, Pang is frequently invited by government agencies and bar associations to present on current legal topics of significance.
Representative Experience
Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in other matters does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.
Initial Public Offerings and de-SPAC Transactions
Represented issuers in:
- Australian dairy-based nutritional product manufacturer’s IPO on NYSE.
- Canadian agricultural service provider’s IPO on NASDAQ Canadian biotech company’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Canadian smart farming solution service provider’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Chinese information technology service and products provider’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor’s IPO on NASDAQ
- German electric vehicle manufacturer in going public on NASDAQ via de-SPAC
- Hong Kong broker dealer’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Hong Kong information technology solution provider’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Japanese broker of fine art and collectibles’ IPO on NYSE
- U.S. biotech company’s IPO on NASDAQ
- U.S. chemical technology company’s IPO on NYSE
- U.S. micro dramas production company’s IPO on NASDAQ
- U.S. transformers and electrical equipment’s IPO on NASDAQ
- U.S. vehicle export business operator’s IPO on NASDAQ
Represented underwriters in:
- Chinese agriculture company’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Chinese logistics solution provider’s IPO on NASDAQ
- U.S. warehousing and logistics service provider’s IPO on NASDAQ
- Hong Kong game acceleration solution provider’s IPO
Public Company Transactions
- Leading healthcare products and services provider in Asia, in its stock purchase agreement to acquire three private hospitals in Asia
- Asian public company in its majority investment in a NYSE-listed U.S. electric car manufacturer
- Top financial investment conglomerate headquartered in Asia in an attempted acquisition of a NASDAQ-listed mutual fund investment adviser
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of five hospitals in Asia
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of two medical device and drug wholesalers in Asia
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of pharmacy chain stores in Asia
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of equity interests of a hotel located in Asia
- Asian client in executing a change of control of a NASDAQ-traded company by changing the composition of its Board of Directors, by the rarely used mechanism of obtaining the written consent of a majority of the company’s shareholders
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of a land development business in the U.S.
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of a software development company in the United Arab Emirates
- NASDAQ-listed company in its acquisition of a delivery service provider in the U.S.
- Malaysian stock exchange (Bursa Malaysia) traded company in listing its American Depository Receipts on OTCQB
- Routinely represent U.S. public companies in their S-1/F-1, S-3/F-3, Reg D, Reg S, S-8, PIPE, ATM and private placement transactions
- Routinely represent U.S. public companies in their ongoing SEC public disclosure and compliance matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Leading HKSE-listed biotechnology company in its acquisition of a U.S. firm specializing in diagnostic testing for inherited genetic disorders
- Asian public network technology company in its acquisition of a leading U.S. private equity portfolio company engaged in network technology services
- Leading Asia-based public media equipment and service company in a majority investment in a U.S. media design firm
- HKSE company in the acquisition of a U.S. company owning cutting-edge technologies and related patents and trademarks
- Leading Asian educational group in a series of acquisitions of U.S. educational consulting firms located on the east and west coasts of the U.S., as well as an acquisition of majority ownership interest in an Australian educational firm via a U.S. subsidiary
- Represented China’s leading private equity and venture capital firm in the acquisition of a U.S. educational institution
- Leading Asian state-owned electronics manufacturer in the acquisition of a U.S. technology business
- Asian industry group in the structuring and negotiation of the acquisition of a vineyard
- U.S. company specialized in investments and services in the movie industry, in the investments in and subsequent disposition of its holdings in various portfolio companies
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS）
- The largest dairy producer in Asia (as measured by overall turnover) in CFIUS review matters
- The 5G technology leader in China, also known for its leading role in developing the Chinese TD-SCDMA 3G mobile telecommunications standard, in CFIUS review matters
- The first company in China to provide transportation automation and information system solutions to the rail and aviation sectors, in CFIUS review analysis
Joint Venture
- China’s most influential state-owned media corporate group in forming a joint venture with an award-winning U.S. media company
- A top Asian public dietary supplements manufacturer and distributor in forming a joint venture covering multiple jurisdictions with a dietary supplements global leader
- A developer and producer of mechanical pipe joining systems in connection with its production joint venture in Asia
Litigation - U.S. companies as defendants in a groundbreaking copyright action in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, California
- Several U.S. and international companies and their principal in defending breach of investment contract claims in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- A Substantial shareholder of a NASDAQ company seeking a declaratory judgment and defending counterclaims in connection with a shareholders’ written consent in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
- An investor in breach of contract claims involving a NASDAQ-listed company’s significant shares in the Supreme Court of the State of New York
- Secured the complete dismissal of all claims against a firm client for allegedly aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty by the officers and directors of a public company
- An Asian investor against property developers in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Bergen County
- An Asian leading immersive technology company against copyright claims by a Japanese competitor in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Leading Asian baby product brand in trademark and related claims against a $20 billion valuation online sale platform in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. company and its executive in a motion to quash four subpoenas issued under a U.S. federal court order in connection with 28 U.S. Code § 1782 with respect to assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals
- Global high-tech conglomerate headquartered in Asia in its global reorganization and dispute settlement involving two dozen overseas subsidiaries
- One of the world’s largest insurance companies in its successful recovery on a subrogation claim against one of China’s largest insurance companies, where the client won a favorable judgment in a Chinese court
Intellectual Property
- Asian client in U.S. patent prosecution and provisional patent prosecution and strategy relating to a declarative syntax and related methods, interface, algorithms, and procedures for building and running systems of complex analytics
- Asian client in U.S. patent prosecution and strategy relating to a three-dimensional image formation and color correction system and method
- Asian high-tech company in U.S. trademark prosecution and maintenance relating to augmented reality and virtual reality technologies
- Asian medical device company in a series of U.S. and EU trademark prosecutions and maintenance relating to surgical apparatus and instruments for use in ultrasonic procedures
- Asian client in U.S. copyright registration for original artwork
Financial Services
- China‘s top private wealth management and Fintech company and several of its subsidiaries and affiliates with respect to a U.S. registered investment adviser license, robo-adviser license and broker-dealer license, and various private fund offerings
- Prominent Asian private wealth management firm with respect to a U.S. broker-dealer license
Trusts & Estates
- Asian high-net-worth individual clients in estate and tax planning and creating trusts
Real Estate
- Asian conglomerate in its investment in multiple commercial real estate projects in the U.S.
- Asian real estate developer in investment in U.S. commercial real estate
- Asian state-owned company in purchase of certain equity interests from a global leading commercial real estate group headquartered in the U.S.
Other global and U.S. domestic deals
- Global 100 pharmaceutical company in its global merger and spin-off transactions
- World’s leading power tool provider in its disposition of global assets
- Global blockchain technology company with substantial China assets in corporate, securities, and labor and employment matters
- Indian public company in creation of global compliance program
- World-leading mobile operator and provider headquartered in Japan in a private placement investment of US $9 billion in a major U.S wireless service provider
- One of the largest Japanese companies by revenue in technology transfer involving the first commercial nuclear power project built by Chinese
- U.S. innovative medical device developer and distributor in its acquisition of 100% equity interests of a U.S. competitor
- Market leader of oxygen conservation manufacturer in a series of venture capital financing in the U.S.
- Global provider of defense and security products in its asset sale in the U.S.
- U.S. private equity firm in a series of sales of portfolio companies, including sale of a provider of simulation and control technologies for training and optimization solutions in the aerospace, defense, and forestry sectors.
