Wang joins from Haitong International Securities Group, a leading Chinese financial institution, where she was a director in the Loan Capital Markets team. Haitong International provides comprehensive financial services including corporate finance, asset management, etc., for Chinese and international private equity sponsors, enterprises, and institutions.

Wang has a wealth of experience working on debt finance transactions, on both the borrower and lender side, including cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing, margin financing, and fund financing in Greater China and Southeast Asia.

In addition to structuring and executing finance transactions, Wang also has a strong track-record for originating deals.

Prior to joining Haitong International, Wang was with Kirkland & Ellis and trained at Simmons & Simmons.

Praj Samant, Reed Smith’s Asia-Pacific managing partner, commented: “Evelyn is a highly regarded lawyer with superb technical acumen and a wealth of experience gained in-house advising both local and international organisations. Her arrival enhances our finance capabilities in the region and enables us to offer a broader range of services to our clients. We are delighted to welcome Evelyn to the firm.”

Johnny Lim, Asia co-chair of Reed Smith’s Global Corporate Group, said: “We’re thrilled to have Evelyn on board. Her arrival will greatly benefit our clients and underlines our commitment to the region by appointing market-leading talent to broaden the services we can provide.”

Wang added: “Reed Smith presented the perfect opportunity to return to private practice. It’s a firm with a client-centric approach, a strong global platform, corporate and finance teams that collaborative cross borders and some hugely talented lawyers. I am delighted to be joining and look forward to working with the team to help grow the practice in Asia and globally.”