Having worked in multiple in-house positions, as a lawyer and consultant, Naomi Kwang understands her clients’ business needs and offers practical advice regarding the implications of strategic business combinations, investments and restructuring. She counsels clients in the U.S. and Asia to make smart yet advantageous business decisions through measured and calculated risk.
OVERVIEW
Naomi Y. Kwang
Partner, Director - South East Asia Development
Indianapolis
11 S. Meridian StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204-3535
OVERVIEW
Naomi Y. Kwang
Partner, Director - South East Asia Development
Indianapolis
11 S. Meridian StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204-3535
Having worked in multiple in-house positions, as a lawyer and consultant, Naomi Kwang understands her clients’ business needs and offers practical advice regarding the implications of strategic business combinations, investments and restructuring. She counsels clients in the U.S. and Asia to make smart yet advantageous business decisions through measured and calculated risk.
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- EXPERIENCE
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OVERVIEW
Naomi, who is also chair of the China Services Practice concentrates her practice in the areas of general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and international business transactions.
As a native of Singapore, she is fluent in Mandarin and understands Asian business culture, which uniquely qualifies her to assist Chinese and other Asian companies conducting business in the United States, as well as U.S. companies seeking to do business in China and throughout Asia.
Naomi assists both publicly listed and privately held Chinese and Asian clients – ranging from startups to conglomerates – with their strategic investments and expansion plans in the U.S. She has counseled clients across a variety of manufacturing and services industries, including medical diagnostics, healthcare services, automotive, furniture, outdoor equipment, advanced aluminum, and more.
Specifically, Naomi has worked on buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions for U.S. and international for-profit and nonprofit clients, ranging from tens of millions to over $1 billion in deal value. She has also worked on international reorganization projects for multinational clients across North America, Europe and Asia and has advised U.S., Chinese and other Asian companies in the drafting and negotiations of a wide range of agreements with international counterparties, including supply contracts, joint venture agreements, and partnership arrangements.
Before practicing law, Naomi gained international corporate experience through a number of roles in Singapore. She was the head of the human capital division and senior officer in the logistics and supply chain management division for the Singapore Economic Development Board; a senior associate, focused on business strategy and performance management, with KPMG Advisory; and a senior executive in the corporate development division and employment and employability division for the National Trade Union Congress.
Naomi is considerably invested, both personally and professionally, in working with clients and through nonprofits to promote economic development, trade, and investment opportunities between the United States and China.
Professional and Community Involvement
Board member, Conner Prairie
Member, Conner Prairie Governance Committee
Board member, Immigrant Welcome Center
Immediate past-chair and member, America China Society of Indiana
Community bridge director, White Horse Christian Center
Board member, Good News for the Nations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Indianapolis Bar Association
Honors
The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2022EXPERIENCE
Represents various companies headquartered in the Greater China region with respect to their investments into the U.S., including:
- A publicly traded Chinese medical diagnostics company in its $200 million acquisition of U.S. company and continued to serve as client’s U.S. counsel with respect to its U.S. investments
- Another publicly traded Chinese medical diagnostics company in its strategic investment into a U.S. early stage biomedical company
- A privately held Chinese company in the leisure and outdoor equipment sector in its planned acquisition of California customer, and continued as corporate counsel for client’s U.S. affiliate and subsidiary
Represents various companies headquartered in the Greater China region with respect to their U.S. operations, including:
- In the issuance of legal due diligence reports on U.S. wholly-owned or partially-owned subsidiaries in support of clients’ IPO efforts or public company restructuring efforts in China
- A state-owned Chinese company in the automotive sector for corporate and employment matters
- A privately held Chinese company in the advanced aluminum sector for corporate and employment matters, corporate
Other representative experience for non-Chinese clients:
- Represented U.S. client in the sale auction of a $70 million data center business to a private-equity backed buyer
- Represented U.S. client in the sale auction of a $100 million SaaS business to a private-equity backed buyer
- Represented U.S. client in its various acquisitions of independent sales representatives businesses
- Represented Japanese client in its acquisition of various equipment dealers in the U.S.
- Represented U.S. client, in the energy sector, in its sale of various assets
- Represented U.S. client in its refinancing of over $100 million in debt facility
- Represented Fortune 500 U.S. client in its various acquisitions of equipment dealers in the U.S.
- Represented U.S. client in multiple rounds of fund raising with investors related to investments in real estate
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