George S. Wang is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department.  He has represented companies, directors and officers, financial institutions and other clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation.  He has been particularly active in securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, change-of-control litigation, reinsurance arbitrations, and a variety of breach of contract disputes. 

Recent securities class action representations include American Electric Power, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Wells Fargo.  Other recent representations include:

• Obtaining an award of damages and attorney’s fees for Citibank as plaintiff, requiring the defendant insurance company to pay under a surety bond that insured an alleged Ponzi scheme
• Obtaining the dismissals of all underwriter defendants from securities class actions filed on behalf of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders
• Obtaining for American Electric Power the dismissal of securities class actions alleging misstatements in SEC filings
• Representation of JPMorgan Chase in Enron-related litigation
• Representation of private equity companies in disputes arising from aquisition of a portfolio company
• Representation of the Defender in a dispute over the 33rd America’s Cup
• Representation of Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London in international reinsurance arbitrations

Mr. Wang also regularly advises private equity firms, investment firms, underwriters and other clients on U.S. economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in connection with a wide variety of transactions including mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings.

Mr. Wang received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1995.  He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was a Primary Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review.   Mr. Wang joined Simpson Thacher in 1999, immediately following a clerkship with The Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  He was elected partner in 2006.

Publications

•	New York Court of Appeals Rejects Martin Act Preemption of Common Law Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Gross Negligence
•	Supreme Court Considers Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Section 16(b) Claims
•	The Supreme Court Limits Rule 10b-5 Liability to Person or Entity Making Alleged Misstatement
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Loss Causation Requirement at Class Certification Stage
•	The Supreme Court Holds that Reformation of ERISA Plan Terms Due to False or Misleading Plan Summaries Does Not Strictly Require a Showing of Detrimental Reliance
•	The Supreme Court Considers Loss Causation at Time of Class Certification
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Rule on Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Materiality Requirement in the Context of Drug Companies’ Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	Insurance Law Alert, December 2010
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Liability of Investment Advisers in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Supreme Court Examines Requirements for ERISA Plan Beneficiaries to Recover Additional Benefits Based on Inconsistency Between the Plan’s Summary Plan Description and the Plan Itself
•	Insurance Law Alert, July/August 2010
•	The Supreme Court Affirms the Constitutional Validity of the PCAOB; Strikes Down “Double For-Cause” Removal Provisions as Unconstitutional
•	The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the U.S. Securities Laws
•	The Supreme Court Requires Deference to Plan Administrator’s Interpretation of ERISA Plan Notwithstanding Administrator’s Prior Invalid Interpretation
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Standards Governing the Interpretation of ERISA Plans
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Extent of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction Under the FAA
•	The Supreme Court Rules Against TV’s “Judge Alex,” Finding That an Agreement to Arbitrate Trumps State Administrative Process
•	Supreme Court Finds that ERISA Fiduciaries May Be Liable for Damages to an Individual 401(k) Plan Participant’s Account
•	Supreme Court Hears Argument in its Second Significant Arbitration Case this Term
•	Supreme Court Considers Whether ERISA Fiduciaries May Be Liable for Damages to an Individual Participant’s Account

Admissions

•	New York 1999

Education

•	Harvard Law School, 1998 J.D. magna cum laude; Harvard Law Review, 1996-1998
•	Harvard University, 1995 A.B. magna cum laude