Wen-Wei Lai

International Counsel

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Wen-Wei Lai, based in Hong Kong, is an international counsel and member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and M&A and Private Equity Groups. ... Read Full Biography

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Wen-Wei Lai, based in Hong Kong, is an international counsel and member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and M&A and Private Equity Groups.

Recommended for M&A and private equity by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021 & 2024), which has described him as “proactive and responsive,” he combines experience as both a transactional attorney and investment banker and focuses on M&A and private fund transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic and financial investments, secondary and continuation fund transactions, co-investments and GP-staking transactions.

He also has significant experience advising on equity and debt capital markets offerings, and insurance-related transactions including offerings of regulatory capital securities and bancassurance agreements.

Mr. Lai first joined the firm in 2016. From 2021 to 2023, he was a senior investment banker at Goldman Sachs assisting corporate and financial sponsor clients with sourcing, structuring and executing M&A and capital markets transactions. He began his career at another leading global law firm in New York.

He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and LL.B. from National Taiwan University. Mr. Lai is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and is admitted to practice law in New York, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Education

Columbia Law School, 2012, J.D.
National Taiwan University, 2006, LL.B.

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Taiwan
New York
Hong Kong

Wen-Wei Lai, based in Hong Kong, is an international counsel and member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and M&A and Private Equity Groups. Recommended for M&A and private equity by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021 & 2024), which has described him as “proactive and responsive,” he combines experience as both a transactional attorney and investment banker and focuses on M&A and private fund transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic and financial investments, secondary and continuation fund transactions, co-investments and GP-staking transactions. He also has significant experience advising on equity and debt capital markets offerings, and insurance-related transactions including offerings of regulatory capital securities and bancassurance agreements. Mr. Lai first joined the firm in 2016. From 2021 to 2023, he was a senior investment banker at Goldman Sachs assisting corporate and financial sponsor clients with sourcing, structuring and executing M&A and capital markets transactions. He began his career at another leading global law firm in New York. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and LL.B. from National Taiwan University. Mr. Lai is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and is admitted to practice law in New York, Hong Kong and Taiwan.赖文玮律师常驻香港，是德普的国际顾问，也是德普公司业务、并购和私募股权业务团队的成员。赖律师在并购和私募股权领域获得《亚太法律500强》（2021 & 2024年）的推荐，该杂志称他“积极主动、反应迅速”。他拥有交易律师和投资银行家的双重经验，专注于并购和私募基金交易，包括跨境并购、合资企业、战略和财务投资、二级和延续基金交易、共同投资和GP股权投资（GP Stake）交易。赖律师还在股权和债权资本市场发行以及保险相关交易（包括监管资本证券发行和银行保险协议）方面拥有丰富经验。赖律师早前于2016年加入德普。2021年至2023年，他在高盛集团投资银行部担任执行董事，协助企业和私募基金客户寻找、构建和执行并购和资本市场交易。他的职业生涯始于纽约另一家全球领先的律师事务所。赖律师获得美国哥伦比亚大学法学院法律博士学位以及国立台湾大学法学学士学位。赖律师普通话流利，拥有纽约、香港和台湾的律师执业资格。