Shawn Yang is a partner of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and registered foreign lawyer, based in the Hong Kong office. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Management Group. Mr. Yang’s practice focuses on private equity fund formation, secondaries and select investor-side representations.
Mr. Yang’s recent experience includes representing clients such as Advantage Partners, EQT, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, HarbourVest Partners, Morgan Stanley, KKR, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board and HongShan (formerly Sequoia China).
Mr. Yang has been named in Private Equity International’s “Future 40 Leaders” list, and is named as a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific – Greater China (2024-2025) for Investment Funds. The guide describes him as “very detail-oriented and hands on” with “solid technical skills.” He has also been described as “very calm, commercial, able to think outside-the-box and to provide solutions.” Clients have also noted that he is “an excellent lawyer, exceptionally hardworking and very efficient.” Mr. Yang has been named by Asian Legal Business (2022) as one of Asia’s 40 Under 40 Lawyers and by IFLR1000 (2024) as a Rising Star in Hong Kong for Private Equity Funds.
Mr. Yang received a J.D. in 2012 from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Managing Board of the Virginia Law Review, and a B.A. from the University of Southern California in 2008.
Mr. Yang joined the firm’s New York office in 2012 and transferred to the Hong Kong office in 2013. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.
杨骁（Shawn X. Yang）是一名合伙人及外国法律顾问，是律所投资管理团队的成员，常驻德普香港分所。杨律师的主要执业领域为私募股权基金设立、二级市场和选择投资者方代表。
杨律师近期代表的客户包括：Advantage Partners、霸菱亚洲投资有限公司（Baring Private Equity Asia）、Clayton, Dubilier & Rice、HarbourVest Partners、摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）、KKR、安大略省教师退休金计划委员会（Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board）和红杉资本（Sequoia Capital ）。
杨律师入选《国际私募股权》杂志的“未来40强领袖”榜单，并被《亚太法律500强——大中华区》（2024-2025年）评为投资基金领域“新一代合伙人”。该指南称他“非常注重细节，亲力亲为”，具备“扎实的专业技能”；“非常沉着冷静，具备商业头脑，能够突破常规思维并提供解决方案”。客户也评价他为“一名出色的律师，工作极为勤奋，效率极高”。杨律师曾被《亚洲法律杂志》（2022年）评为“亚洲40位40岁以下杰出律师”之一，并被《国际金融法律评论1000》（2024年）评为香港私募股权领域的“后起之秀”。
杨律师于2012年从弗吉尼亚大学法学院获得法学博士学位，在校期间他曾于《弗吉尼亚法律评论》（Virginia Law Review）的管理委员会任职。2008年，杨律师获得南加州大学文学学士学位。
杨律师于2012年加入德普纽约分所，2013年调至德普香港分所。他是纽约州律师协会成员。