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David K.Y. Tang

David K.Y. Tang is a Chinese-American lawyer based in Seattle, Washington. He is the Managing Partner for Asia at K&L Gates.1)

He is also a trustee of the Pacific Science Center and the Seattle Art Museum.

History

Education

Tang earned a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1975, graduating magna cum laude. He then attended the Hague Academy of International Law in 1976, received a Juris Doctorate from Columbia University in 1979, and achieved a Certificate with Honors from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law in 1979.2)

Career

In April 1994, Tang assisted in the incorporation of Farmington Bancorp for Hong Kong-based British businessman Archie Chan.3) 4)

Tang served on the board for the National Bureau of Asian Research from 1999 to 2018. He also served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.5)

In addition to his background in international business, including as Chairman of the Washington Council on International Trade, Tang also participates in many non-governmental organizations that address international policy issues. He serves as Co-Chair of the Western Regional American Assembly on U.S.-China Relations in the Twenty-first Century, Governor of the National Center for APEC, and is an executive committee member on the Washington State China Relations Council. He is also a board member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

Tang has instructed at the University of Washington School of Law, and has held several prominent positions in the International Law and Real Property Law sections of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

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David K.Y. Tang. The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). Retrieved December 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221216080500/https://www.nbr.org/people/david-k-y-tang/
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Munro, R., Tang, D. K. Y., & Walsh, L. (1994, April 25). Farmington Bancorp Registration 1994. Internet Archive; State of Washington Secretary of State. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/10/items/farmington-bancorp-registration-1994/Farmington%20Bancorp%20Registration%201994.pdf
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Berger, W. W., Ed. (2022, December 8). FTX and the Curious History of Farmington State Bank. Unlimited Hangout. https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/12/investigative-reports/ftx-and-the-curious-history-of-farmington-state-bank/
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