Yating Wang
Yating Wang works on complex commercial litigation.
Yating represents and advises domestic and international clients in federal and state courts, arbitration proceedings and internal investigations. Her experience includes contract disputes; securities, derivative and fraud cases; antitrust class actions; bankruptcy litigation; and cross-border arbitration. She has experience at all stages of the dispute resolution process. Yating also maintains a pro bono practice consisting of immigration and family law matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Yating worked as an associate at a New York City-based litigation boutique, where she represented clients in a broad range of commercial disputes. She also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Margaret A. Chan in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Commercial Division, where she drafted decisions and conducted discovery conferences in complex commercial cases.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Executor of an estate in an international arbitration seeking the recovery of a financial advisory closing fee arising from a cross-border asset sale transaction
- A financial institution in FINRA arbitrations involving compensation disputes and the enforcement of restrictive covenants
- An Indian business process outsourcing company in an internal investigation concerning the construction of its Jamaican site
- A special materials manufacturer in an internal investigation concerning a government contract
- Shareholders of a Belgian shipping company in a securities fraud action under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
- A blockchain technology company in a bankruptcy litigation and a related international arbitration*
- A national credit bureau in a trade secret misappropriation action*
- An asset management company in an antitrust class action concerning the market for financial instrument identifiers*
* Experience prior to joining the firm
Background
Yating received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Fordham University School of Law. While in law school, she served on the editorial board of the Fordham Environmental Law Review and was a member of the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic. Yating received her L.L.B. from Beijing Foreign Studies University and studied at Waseda Law School in Japan as an exchange student.
Yating also served as a senior organizer with Community of Volunteer Educators, a New York City-based nonprofit organization she helped establish during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yating is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Education
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2020
