Melinda Wang
Melinda Wang is a corporate & securities attorney, serves as outside general counsel to emerging and established businesses and is counsel-of-first-instance to individuals seeking concierge legal services. She advises clients on a wide range of matters across industries, including fintech, blockchain technology, e-commerce, insurance, transportation, renewable energy, real estate, proptech, alternative investments, consumer goods and entertainment.
With a background spanning Biglaw, in-house leadership and boutique private practice, she has extensive experience working closely with businesses at every stage of their lifecycle. This includes negotiating and executing M&A transactions, structuring corporate finance and commercial transactions, preparing companies for IPOs, creating risk mitigation programs, managing SEC-related matters, serving as corporate secretary for U.S. and international entities, overseeing internal investigations and designing compliance frameworks.
She was previously Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at EVO Transportation & Energy Services, Inc. (OTC: EVOA) and Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at XL Group plc (NYSE: XL), and was associated with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York and London and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York, where she worked on initial public offerings, high-yield debt offerings and M&A transactions.
In addition to her law practice, Melinda is an active angel investor, contemporary art curator, educator and startup founder.
Education: Princeton University, AB, summa cum laude, 1999 University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD, 2002