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Brian J. Yang

Partner

Washington +1 202 662 5576

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  • About

    Brian Yang is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group and resident in the Washington, DC office. His practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock sales, carve-out divestitures, joint ventures, strategic partnerships and corporate governance-related matters. Brian works regularly with non-U.S. entities in acquisitions and divestitures of, and investments in U.S. assets and also works with entities operating in highly regulated industries, including government contracting, aerospace and defense, technology, and life sciences.

    Prior to joining Covington, Brian worked as in-house counsel at a U.S. defense contractor and, prior to becoming a lawyer, worked domestically and abroad as a software engineer, and thus is accustomed to working with teams across different functions, different cultures and different time zones.

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  • Practices and Industries
  • Representative Matters
    • General Atomics in acquisitions of multiple companies operating in the aerospace and defense sector both inside and outside of the U.S.
    • SK Innovation in its $13 billion joint venture with Ford Motor Company to manufacture electric vehicle batteries.
    • SK Materials in its strategic investment in a carbon capture, usage and storage technology company.
    • Piramal Critical Care Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Piramal Enterprises Limited, in acquisitions of multiple pharmaceutical products and related assets based inside and outside of the U.S.
    • Cisco Systems in acquisitions of multiple technology companies with substantial India-based operations.
    • AstraZeneca in divestitures of multiple pharmaceutical products, including Myalept® to Aegerion Pharmaceuticals for $325 million and Toprol-XL® to Aralez Pharmaceuticals for $175 million, and in licensing certain rights and technology for products in development.
    • Aristocrat Leisure Limited in its $1.28 billion acquisition of Video Gaming Technologies.
    • Mindtree Ltd. in connection with its acquisitions of Discoverture Solutions, Relational Solutions and Magnet360.

    • An India-based multinational company in its acquisitions of various pharmaceutical products.
    • A CPG company in a joint venture and strategic alliance, which included a license to certain key IP rights.
    • A venture capital fund in multiple investments in startups.
    • A privately-held company in general corporate matters, including multiple rounds of equity financings.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2013
        • Virginia Tax Review, Articles Editor
    • University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, M.B.A., 2013
    • University of California, Berkeley, B.S., 2004
        • Honors
        • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Bar Admissions
    • California
    • District of Columbia
    • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    Languages
    • Korean
    Pro Bono
    • Assisted a local non-profit in drafting an agreement to conserve a historical artifact
    • Drafting corporate organizational documents for and advising a non-profit on obtaining tax-exempt status
    Previous Experience
    • NHN Corp, Software Developer (2007-2008)
    • AT&T, Inc., Analyst (2004-2007)

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