Joyce Wang

Joyce Wang focuses her practice on core areas of corporate, partnership, and securities law, with a particular emphasis on the asset management industry and cross border fund transactions. She has extensive hands-on experience advising on the formation of private investment funds, global asset allocation by institutional investors, and highly complex, cutting-edge fund adjacent transactions, including fund restructurings, liquidity solutions, and the tokenization of fund interests.

As a key member of Cooley’s funds practice, Joyce is spearheading the firm’s “Funds+” initiative, built on a strong foundation of core fund formation capabilities. This innovative approach integrates traditional fund legal services with the evolving needs of high growth sectors such as digital assets, fintech, life sciences, and artificial intelligence. Through multidisciplinary and tailor-made legal solutions, she helps corporate clients expand into new business areas and efficiently execute strategic initiatives.

Joyce has been at the forefront of supporting Hong Kong’s emerging start up ecosystem, with a particular focus on the intersection of law and technology. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and a regular contributor to leading financial media on legal and regulatory issues relating to private funds and forward-looking fund structuring.

Joyce also has experience in mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance, capital markets and general corporate matters. Her 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 on their innovative, multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Joyce’s representative publications include:

• "How AI is Forcing VCs to Rethink Their Timelines," Tech in Asia, October 2025

• "Everything You Want to Know About RWAs But Are Afraid to Ask," Cooley client alert, September 2025
• "Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance and What Comes Next," Cooley client alert, August 2025
• "Structuring Co-GP Agreements in the Corporate Venture Capital Landscape," Cooley client alert, August 2025
• "Chambers Global Practice Guide: Blockchain 2025 (Hong Kong SAR, China)," Chambers and Partners, June 2025
• "Structuring Considerations for ESG-Centered LP Investments," Hong Kong Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, June 2025
• "Driving Business Growth Through Investment Funds: Analyses and Practical Insights for Chinese Biotechs," Cooley client alert, June 2025
• "'Come In and Register,’ Now with Directions," Cooley client alert, May 2025
• "Tokenization: A Promising Solution for Fully Invested VC/PE Funds," The Asset, February 2025
• "Hong Kong SFC Clarifies Listing Requirements for Closed-Ended Funds," Cooley client alert, February 2025
• "Structuring Fund Liquidations with Pass-Through Notes," Hong Kong Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, October 2024
• Hong Kong Private Fund Offering Playbook, September 2024
• "Key Considerations for Corporate Venture Capital LP Investments," International Financial Law Review (IFLR), March 2024
• "GP-Led Secondary Transactions and Continuation Funds: Structuring Options and Tax Considerations," Cooley client alert, July 2023

Joyce’s representative speaking engagements include:

• “2026 Crypto Outlook: US Meets Asia,” Cooley Crypto Client Seminar, December 2025
• "Local to global: Navigating volatility," Moderator at AVCJ Private Equity Forum, November 2025
• "From DC to Hong Kong: Regulatory Shifts and Growth Opportunities," Cooley Crypto Client Seminar, September 2025
• "China’s Fundraising Wisdom and Future Frontiers," Chinese Overseas Private Funds Association (COPFA) seminar, November 2024
• "Private Investment Funds in China: Trend of Going Global," Asset manager seminar supported by the Shenzhen Qianhai Financial Bureau, November 2024
• "LP Perspectives: Trends and Observations of the China PE/VC Industry," the 15th China VC/PE CFO (CVCFO) Annual Conference, September 2024
• "Overview of What Is Market for GP Upper-tier Arrangements," China VC/PE CFO (CVCFO) Spring Member Dinner, April 2024
• "Sharing the Wealth – Upper-tier Economics and Team Incentives," the 11th Cooley China Fund Manager Seminar, September 2023
• "Structuring Considerations and Key US Securities Law Issues," PwC Private Investment Fund Going Global Forum, March 2023
• "China Private Markets Outlook," AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum China, October 2022
• "USD and RMB Fundraising Trends and Market Observations," the 13th China VC/PE CFO Annual Conference, October 2022
• "Key Regulatory Considerations for Offshore USD-denominated Investment Funds," KPMG Offshore USD Fund Compliance Forum, July 2022

Joyce’s media mentions include:

• Quoted, "The Wave of Real World Asset Tokenization, Hong Kong’s Regulation Builds High Walls – Experts Advise on Breaking Through the Bottleneck," HK01, January 2026

• Quoted, "More Than 21 Listed Companies Have Issued RWA Entry Announcements Within Three Months," Ming Pao, October 2025

• Quoted, "Cooley leads insights on investment strategies for NewCos at ChinaBio Forum,"ChinaFund, April 2025
• Quoted, "Chinese firms eye HK's new alternative fund listing rules," Ignites Asia by Financial Times, March 2025
• Quoted, "How Hong Kong’s new SFC rules could transform alternative asset investing," South China Morning Post (SCMP), March 2025
• Quoted, "China Exits: Minority Investors Look to Force Their Way Out via Redemptions," Mergermarket, February 2025