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Young Chang Joins McDonald Carano

McDonald Carano proudly announces that Young Chang has joined our Las Vegas office. Young is a member of the Business Entities & Transactions Practice, Real Estate & Land Use Practice, and Emerging Industries & Companies Practice. Young has comprehensive experience representing private equity entities and privately held companies in complex equity and asset acquisitions and sales. He also has extensive experience representing issuers in private offerings of equity securities.

Young’s background includes serving as a Judicial Intern for Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Salim R. Tabit. He earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School in 2021 and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, in 2017. Young is an accomplished pianist.

Representation of Private Equity Entities and Privately Held Companies
Young’s experience representing private equity entities and privately held companies in equity and asset acquisitions and sales includes deals valued from $2 million to $200 million. He has worked on transactions involving equity rollover, debt and equity financing, and pre-closing corporate reorganizations. Young oversees and manages the pre-closing corporate reorganization process, due diligence process, and closing process. He also coordinates with clients’ internal legal debt financing teams to manage deadlines and meet deal targets.

Young has thorough experience drafting documents related to equity and asset acquisitions and sales, including Stock, Membership Interest, Asset Purchase Agreements, and ancillary documents including Consulting Agreements, Officer’s Certificates, Written Consents, Assignment and Assumption Agreements, Non-Competition Agreements, and Promissory Notes. He also drafts documents related to equity rollovers and pre-closing corporate reorganizations, including Contribution and Exchange Agreements, Cross Purchase Agreements, Convertible Promissory Notes, and Redemption Agreements. Young’s experience drafting due diligence documents includes Due Diligence Request Lists, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Clean Team Agreements, Diligence Trackers, Key Diligence Issues Memoranda, and Disclosure Schedules.

Representation of Issuers in Private Offerings of Equity Securities
Young’s experience representing issuers in private offerings of equity securities includes Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(b) exempt offerings of membership interests by privately held companies. Young oversees and manages the closing process including preparing subscription packets and notices to investors and tracking executed subscription documents and funding. He also analyzes federal and state securities issuance exemptions and coordinates the preparation and filing of related forms and documents. Young has drafted numerous documents related to private offerings of equity securities, including Subscription Agreements, Private Placement Memorandums, Limited Liability Company Operating Agreements, and Blue-Sky Memorandums.


About McDonald Carano

In 2024, McDonald Carano celebrated its 75ᵗʰ Anniversary of serving Nevada’s legal, business, government, and civic communities. More than 60 lawyers and government affairs professionals serve Nevada, national, and international clients from our offices in Reno, Las Vegas, and Carson City. McDonald Carano provides transactional, litigation, regulatory, and government affairs services to startups, corporations, private companies, trade associations, nonprofits, public entities, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices throughout Nevada. We are deeply committed to supporting local communities by volunteering our time, resources, and services, including pro bono legal services, to nonprofit organizations, charitable foundations, and public service entities. We are proud to be your Nevada law firm since 1949.

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