Alvin Wang

ALVIN WANG advises clients on tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, tax-free reorganizations, and equity and asset acquisitions and dispositions. Alvin also advises clients on tax aspects relating to fund formation, REIT, and capital market offerings.

Prior to joining Sidley, Alvin practiced tax litigation after summering and articling at a leading law firm in Canada. He earned his LL.M. degree in tax from New York University School of Law, where he received the Dean's Graduate Award scholarship and the Leon G. Kozak Scholarship in Law of Taxation.

Alvin has assisted in the representation of:

• Kotak Mahindra, Morgan Stanley, Avendus Capital, Citigroup, Axis Capital, and Intensive Fiscal Services on the US$821 million initial public offering of equity shares of Lenskart Solutions Limited and its listing on the BSE and NSE. Lenskart, a leading direct-to-consumer eyewear retailer with brands including Owndays, John Jacobs, and Vincent Chase, is India’s first eyewear-only company to go public.
• Plant People, a functional wellness brand specializing in gummy supplements, in a strategic investment from private equity firm Manna Tree and follow-on investment from Unilever Ventures, an early investor in Plant People.
• Twin Star International, Inc., as the stalking horse bidder, in its purchase of substantially all the assets of Walker Edison Furniture Company, LLC in connection with Walker Edison’s Chapter 11 proceedings (pending).
• Presidio Investment Holdings, an oil and gas operator, in its estimated US$660 million business combination with EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: EQV), a special purpose acquisition company. The combination will create Presidio Production Company (NYSE: FTW), an oil and gas company focused on the production acquisition, and optimization of U.S.-producing oil and natural gas assets (pending).
• RBC Community Investments on behalf of a tax equity syndicate making an over US$500 million tax equity investment in rPlus Energies’s Green River Energy Center project, a 400 MWac solar photovoltaic facility and 400 MW/1,600 MWh battery energy storage facility located in Emery County, Utah.
• Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. in an underwritten public offering of 2,978,740 shares of its common stock by family members of Cal-Maine’s late founder at a public offering price of US$92.75 per share, and in a concurrent repurchase from the selling stockholders by Cal-Maine of approximately US$50 million of its common stock.
• Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVIIU), a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”), in its US$190 million initial public offering.
• Planet Financial Group, LLC (Planet) in connection with a high-yield Rule 144A offering of US$475.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.50% Senior Notes due 2029.
• The underwriters in connection with Brazil Potash Corp.’s US$30.0 million initial public offering.
• DCLI BidCo LLC, the direct parent of Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI), in connection with its high-yield Rule 144A offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2029.
• The underwriters in Camden Property Trust’s offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.850% Notes due 2026.
• Horizon Acquisition II in US$3.1 Billion Flexjet Business Combination.
• Bridgepoint in the Sale of Blume Global to WiseTech Global
• RelaDyne LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners, in its acquisition of Sun Coast Resources, Inc. 
• Energy Transfer LP in US$1.45 Billion Acquisition of Lotus Midstream.
• Apollo affiliated entities in a US$1.25 billion financing to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company.
• US$305 Million Rights Issue of India’s PNB Housing Finance Limited.
• US$530 Million IPO of Mankind Pharma Limited. 
• US$135 million IPO of Fusion Micro Finance Limited.
• CTM Group Inc., a portfolio company of the private equity arm of Z Capital Group, LLC, in its acquisition of ScooterBug Best Lockers, a provider of mobility and locker solutions across leisure and entertainment sites and major tourist destinations.
• Lead managers in AU Small Finance Bank’s qualified institutional placement of US$250 million.
• Achieve Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Boclips.
• Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited, J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, and IIFL Securities Limited in connection with the US$205 million initial public offering (IPO) of equity shares of Rainbow Children's Medicare Limited.
• Linear Financial Technologies Holding LLC in its sale to Amount, Inc.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. in its investment in Stonebridge Companies.
• 4×4 Capital in its acquisition of the former sports and active nutrition division of the Bountiful Company from leading global investment firms KKR and Carlyle.
• The TIFIN Group, a fintech platform, in its acquisition of Investors Alley.
• The lead managers, as U.S. counsel, in connection with the US$520 million qualified institutional placement of equity shares of Godrej Properties Limited.
• Argo Blockchain, a global leader in cryptocurrency mining, on its Nasdaq IPO.
• IO Biotech in connection with its US$115.1 million initial public offering of common stock on The Nasdaq Global Market.
• Several underwriter groups in nine India IPOs, aggregating more than US$3 billion in capital raised.
• Shanghai MicroPort MedBot Co., Ltd. as Hong Kong and U.S. counsel in its initial public offering and H share listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under Chapter 18A of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
• Brand Velocity Partners and its portfolio company BBQGuys in connection with the pending merger of BBQGuys with Velocity Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC).