What constantly inspires me is to build, facilitate and empower.

About Joyce

Joyce Wang’s practice includes all areas of corporate, partnership and securities law, with a focus on the representation of institutional investors in their global investments in private funds. Joyce also has deep experience working on private offerings and related fund transactions. Her clients include pre-eminent sovereign wealth funds, multi-national corporations, financial institutions and university endowments. Joyce has been in the forefront of cultivating the emerging Hong Kong start-up ecosystem, with a particular focus on life sciences, healthcare and technology companies. Joyce is a frequent speaker and author on legal and regulatory issues concerning private funds and complex structuring of fund investments.

Prior to joining Cooley, Joyce was an M&A lawyer at a prominent Wall Street law firm, where she represented sponsors of private equity funds.  She also has experience in leveraged financing, capital markets and general corporate matters.  Joyce’s legal training, transactional background and cross-border experience gained through practicing in New York, Shanghai and Hong Kong allow her to bring a unique perspective to clients when advising their innovative, multi-jurisdictional transactions.  

Joyce is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English.

Education

Stanford Law School
JD, 2015

Peking University
LLB, with honors, 2010

Rankings and accolades

Asian Legal Business (ALB), Thomson Reuters: Hong Kong Rising Star (2024)