Bonita Q. Wang

Bonita Wang is a member of the firm’s Corporate practice group where she leverages her extensive tax and transactional expertise to provide comprehensive, strategic legal solutions for startups, growing businesses, and high-net-worth individuals – supporting their growth, risk management, and long-term wealth preservation.

With nearly two decades of legal experience, Bonita provides high-level, strategic counsel to business owners, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals. She helps clients protect assets, limit liability, minimize tax exposure, and ensure long-term legal and tax compliance - across the full spectrum of business operations, personal wealth, and transactional activity. Known for balancing technical precision with practical business insight, Bonita is a trusted advisor in high-stake matters involving equity based compensation, tax controversy, growth-stage advising, and deal execution.

Bonita holds an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida, one of the country’s top graduate tax programs. This advanced training - combined with significant hands-on experience - allows her to offer sophisticated, multidimensional legal strategies that align with clients’ financial, operational, and personal goals.

Bonita’s practice is grounded in deep and extensive experience across the following core areas:

Executive & Equity-Based Compensation
Brings in-depth knowledge and significant experience advising boards, founders, and senior executives on the design and negotiation of complex compensation structures. Regularly advises on employment agreements, retention and severance programs, change-in-control agreements, and a full range of equity-based incentives including phantom stock, stock options, and RSUs. Structures plans to align with tax efficiency, corporate governance, and long-term value creation.

Tax Controversy & IRS Representation
Has significant experience representing individuals and entities in IRS audits, administrative appeals, tax deficiency negotiations, and U.S. Tax Court litigation. Skilled in navigating sensitive matters such as offshore asset disclosures, streamlined compliance programs, and complex procedural disputes.

Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies
Advises founders, angel investors, and venture capital funds in early- and growth-stage investments. Offers significant experience with capital raises, term sheet negotiation, investor rights, and equity structuring. Acts as a legal growth partner - helping clients build scalable, investor-ready legal foundations that support long-term success.

Outside General Counsel to Privately Held Businesses
Serves as external general counsel to companies at every stage of growth - from startup formation and seed investment, to operational growth, corporate governance, and risk management, all the way through to succession planning and ownership transition. Drafts and negotiates operating and shareholder agreements, buy-sell arrangements, and partnership restructurings with a focus on long-term viability and legal soundness.

Mergers & Acquisitions
Brings extensive experience advising on both buy-side and sell-side transactions, particularly in closely held and founder-led companies. Provides end-to-end guidance on pre-transaction tax structuring, due diligence, legal risk mitigation, and negotiation of complex deal documents. Works closely with owners and executive teams to ensure smooth, strategic, and tax-efficient transitions of ownership.

Bonita regularly collaborates with accountants, financial advisors, and other professionals to deliver coordinated, integrated solutions. Clients value her ability to simplify complexity, anticipate legal risk, and build structures that support not only compliance - but growth, continuity, and legacy.

Bonita also speaks and writes fluent Mandarin Chinese, allowing for seamless communication with Mandarin-speaking clients and stakeholders.

Florida Bar Association, Member
Florida Bar Association, Tax Section, Member
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Member
Georgia Bar Association, Member
The Tampa Connection, Class of 2023
Working Women of Tampa Bay, Member
Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Member
West Coast Employee Benefits Council, Secretary (2011), Board of Directors (2012)
Brandon Chamber of Commerce, Member
Riverview Chamber of Commerce, Member

Recognized as Top Lawyer, Tampa Magazine (2021 - 2023, 2025)

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Co-Presenter, “If You Come At the King, You Best Not Miss: Common 409A Pitfalls for Non-409A Practitioners,” Florida Tax Institute, February 2024
• Presenter, “Business and Tax Law,” New York Life, May 2023
• Presenter, “Tax Law Presentation,” Stetson Law School, January 2023
• Presenter, “New Guidelines for the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program,” Fowler White Boggs, August 2014
• Presenter, “Windsor Impact on Employee Benefits,” Fowler White Boggs, November 2013
• Presenter, “Recent Changes to IRS Correction Programs for Retirement Plans,” Fowler White Boggs, February 2013
• Author, “Court Revisits FBAR Willfulness Requirement and Concludes Taxpayer Is Not Willful,” legacy Fowler White Boggs, September 2017
• Author, “Meals and Entertainment Expenses Can Be 100% Deductible”, legacy Fowler White Boggs, July 2017
• Author, “Choose Opt Out Wisely in Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Programs,” legacy Fowler White Boggs, April 2017
• Author, “Procedural Oversight by IRS Turns Out to Be a Good Weapon for Taxpayer,” legacy Fowler White Boggs, April 2017
• Author, “IRS and DOJ are Reviewing and Scrubbing Offshore Accounts Data to Build Civil and Criminal Cases,” legacy Fowler White Boggs, June 2016
• Author, “Passport May Be Revoked If Owing More Than $50,000 in Taxes,” Fowler White Boggs, February 2016
• Author, “Possible Changes to IRS Audits of High Income Individuals,” Fowler White Boggs, December 2015
• Author, “Innocent Spouse Relief Granted Due to Spousal Abuse Even If Requesting Spouse Had Knowledge of Tax Deficiency,” Fowler White Boggs, August 2015
• Author, “Cross Boarder Activities Benefits of Filing Protective Returns,” Fowler White Boggs, July 2015
• Author, “IRS New Guidance Significantly Reduces Maximum FBAR Penalties,” Fowler White Boggs, June 2015
• Author, “Innocent Spouse Relief and Recent Guidance,” Fowler White Boggs, June 2015