Yash Rana > Goodwin > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
Goodwin Offices
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The Landmark
CENTRAL, HONG KONG
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Yash Rana
Position
Partner / Co-Chair, Private Equity
Career
Yash Rana is a partner and Co-Chair of Goodwin’s Private Equity group and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He founded and leads the firm’s Asia practice and Hong Kong office. Mr. Rana’s practice sits at the convergence of capital and innovation. He is widely recognized as one of the few preeminent M&A and private equity attorneys in Asia with deep expertise across sectors, including technology, media, telecom, services, consumer, life sciences, healthcare and financial institutions.
Mr. Rana has more than 25 years of experience advising companies, sponsors and management teams in complex cross-border transactions including leveraged buyouts, carve-outs and management buyouts, venture capital and growth equity investments, PIPEs, private placements, fund formation, equity and convertible bond offerings, financings, joint ventures, licensing and collaborations, restructurings and other corporate transactions. He advises private equity sponsors on all aspects of their business operations.
Mr. Rana began his career in New York and relocated to Hong Kong in 2008, and has significant experience in transactions across North America, Europe, EMEA and the Asia-Pacific region, especially in China, India, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Education
JD, Columbia Law School 1995; BA, Knox College 1992
Lawyer Rankings
China > Private equity: foreign firms
Regularly involved in cross-border transactions involving China, India and Southeast Asia, Goodwin’s Hong Kong-based private equity Asia private equity practice is experienced in early and late-stage venture capital, growth equity investments, M&A, LBOs, joint ventures, and stock and asset sales. Yash Rana co-chairs the firm’s private equity group; Douglas Freeman advises public and private companies, private equity firms, and investment banking firms on corporate transactions; and Daniel Dusek routinely acts for major private equity investors and corporations.
Hong Kong > Private equity
Goodwin houses a broad offering known for its strength in handling series financings, private equity investments, and take-over transactions. Yash Rana, Douglas Freeman, and Daniel Dusek co-lead the practice. Rana counts corporates and sponsors amongst his client base, often advising on LBOs and management buyouts. Freeman is a key name for cross-border M&A, while Dusek’s workload consists of investment, take-private, and joint venture-related mandates. Victor Chen, Edwin Chan, and Chi Pan are key figures within the team known assisting financial sponsors, institutional investors, and corporate clients.
Hong Kong > Corporate (including M&A)
Goodwin is noted for its strong focus on private equity driven corporate matters, particularly within the healthcare, tech, and real estate sectors. Yash Rana is a key contact for investor clients looking to invest in India and China, while Douglas Freeman routinely advises public and private corporations and private equity firms on LBOs and contested control transactions. Daniel Dusek has a great deal of expertise in spin-offs and take-privates, in addition to handling joint ventures.