US data centre and digital infrastructure services provider Synteq Digital has named Will Wang as its inaugural general counsel to bolster the company’s continued acquisition-based expansion push.
Wang joins from Goodwin Procter where he was a counsel and a long-standing external legal adviser to Synteq. He brings more than a decade of experience advising tech companies and investors on M&A, capital markets and corporate governance matters, advising on billions of dollars-worth of digital infrastructure and tech ecosystem deals.
In his new role, he will help strengthen the company’s in-house M&A capabilities while better supporting post-close integration. He will act as the board’s main legal counsel and become a member of its executive committee.
US-headquartered Synteq Digital provides high performance computing (HPC) and data centre infrastructure and services, with a heavy presence in the crypto-mining industry.
Taras Kulyk, Synteq’s CEO, said: “Will’s appointment reflects the pace and scale at which we continue to execute our platform growth strategy. He has been a trusted legal adviser to the Synteq team and knows our business, transaction history and long-term roadmap. Bringing him in-house allows us to significantly increase our execution speed, align legal strategy directly with corporate and business development, and build a repeatable acquisition integration model as we scale.”
Wang arrives after just over seven years at Goodwin in New York, the past four of them as a counsel. He originally joined as an associate from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, where he was based in Hong Kong.
He said: “The enterprise HPC and data centre ecosystem represents one of the most dynamic growth opportunities in technology today. Having worked alongside the Synteq team as external counsel, I’ve seen firsthand the strength of the platform and the immense opportunity ahead. I am focused on building a lean, agile legal function that moves at the speed of business while ensuring we make strategically sound investments that strengthen our position in this market.”
In other recent IT-related in-house moves, in January AI business Service Now hired former Microsoft CLO Hossein Nowbar as its new legal head. Nowbar left Microsoft last September and was replaced by GC Jonathan Palmer. Meanwhile, back in May, software giant Adobe hired Louise Pentland as CLO from streaming platform Roku.
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