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David K.Y. Tang
David K.Y. Tang

David K.Y. Tang

Partner
Seattle
+1.206.370.7617
Hong Kong
+852.2230.3538
Beijing
+86.10.5817.6000
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David K.Y. Tang is a partner and his law practice concentrates in the areas of foreign investment, cross-border financings, mergers and acquisitions, and real property related transactions. He has more than 30 years of transactional experience in the Greater China market.

Among his activities, David served on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2002–2008 and as its chair from 2006–2008. He currently chairs the American Bar Association Task force on Trade in International Legal Services. 

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
  • Recognized by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Recommended Lawyer (Other Key Lawyer/Practice Head) for Foreign Firms in Malaysia, 2024
  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Seattle:
    • Corporate Law, 2010-2024
    • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023, 2024
    • Real Estate Law, 2013-2024
  • Named a Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal in the area of Real Estate in the United States
  • Named in the China Business Law Journal’s A-List: China’s Elite Lawyers (Foreign Firms), 2018-2020

Policy

  • Former Chair and Board, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco
  • Member, Council on Foreign Relations, New York
  • Member, Asia Society, Hong Kong
  • Advisor and former Chair, American Bar Foundation, Chicago
  • Former Board, National Committee on United States-China Relations, New York
  • Board and former Chair, Washington Council on International Trade, Seattle
  • Former Board, National Bureau of Asian Research, Seattle

Legal

  • Former Council, The American Law Institute
  • Former Chair, Anglo-American Real Property Institute
  • Former Board of Governors, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
  • President’s Award, Asian Bar Association of Washington
  • Faculty, Practising Law Institute, ALI-ABA, American Conference Institute and various Bar programs
  • Former Board and Treasurer, Legal Foundation of Washington

American Bar Association

  • Chair, Standing Committee on International Trade in Legal Services
  • Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
  • Standing Committee on Membership
  • Rules and Calendar Committee
  • Nominating Committee
  • House of Delegates
  • Asian Law Initiative
  • Former Chair, Multi-jurisdictional Practice Committee
  • Special Committee on the Common Law
  • Special Committee on the Future of the Legal Profession (1996 – 1999)
  • Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (Chair 2001 – 2002)

Bar Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Inter-Pacific Bar Association
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Washington State Bar Association
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