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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Geistiges Eigentum

Jason Yu Partner

Silicon Valley

Jason has represented technology companies in multiple venues, including various state and federal courts, the International Trade Commission, and the Patent and Trademark office. His matters span different technological areas including, Information Technology, satellite communications, semiconductor manufacturing, circuit design and verification tools, image texture and graphics processing, gaming, and a variety of software products.
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Practice:

  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation
  • Supreme Court & Appellate
  • Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement (SAGE)

Thomas Fu Of Counsel

Washington, D.C.

Thomas's practice sits at the intersections of two of his passions: legal advocacy and data. He helps companies facing issues involving data privacy and security to translate the complex issues they face into a message that is persuasive and understandable to courts and regulators. Prior to joining Orrick, Thomas served as a law clerk for Justice Elena Kagan of the U.S Supreme Court and Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Before that, Thomas received his J.D. and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, where he helped teach and develop material for undergraduate computer science courses.

Practice:

  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung
  • White Collar, Investigations, Securities Litigation & Compliance
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • Geistiges Eigentum
  • (Schieds ) Gerichtsverfahren
  • Technology & Innovation

Ben Au Partner

Santa Monica

Ben’s diverse practice focuses on disputes where an understanding of technology and business is essential. Ben’s civil litigation practice includes trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, and funder / founder disputes, through arbitration and trial and on appeal. Ben also has extensive experience in government enforcement actions before the SEC and FTC, as well as federal criminal matters ranging from fraud to FCPA to export controls. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations on behalf of corporate clients. Clients praise Ben’s understanding of the tech ecosystem, responsiveness, and practical, solutions-oriented business judgment.

Ben is committed to impacting his community and maintains an active pro bono practice, including representation and collaboration with the ACLU, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Equality California, on issues ranging from religious freedom, school integration, reproductive rights, privacy from government surveillance, and the right for same-sex couples to marry.

Ben currently serves on the Board of Directors of 826LA, a non-profit organization providing literacy and writing programs for children in underserved areas of Los Angeles. Since 2018, Ben has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He currently co-chairs its White-Collar Crime Committee and is the vice-chair of its Ninth Circuit Amicus Committee. Ben previously served on the Yale Law School Association Executive Committee, representing Northern and Southern California. The judges of the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit appointed Ben to serve as an appellate lawyer representative to the court.

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Practice:

  • Geistiges Eigentum
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • Patents
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung

John Lu Partner

Los Angeles

Primary Focus & Experience

Dr. Lu’s practice focuses on patent, trade secrets, and life sciences litigation. He has represented clients in matters involving patent infringement, U.S.-China trade secret misappropriation, biosimilars, ANDA litigation, and licensing disputes. He also represents clients in connection with proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. His clients have included Genentech, Tris Pharma, Rosenberger, and Natera.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Dr. Lu has been on the editorial advisory board for Law360 Life Science publications and was named to Benchmark Litigation’s “40 and Under Hot List,” which honors the achievements of the nation’s most accomplished litigators under 40. He was also named to the Southern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers.

Dr. Lu has authored a number of publications, including: “Thryv: opposing policies in the Supreme Court,” World Intellectual Property Review (June 5, 2020); “The Growth of Online Universities: How to Solve the Accreditation Dilemma, Protect Students, and Expand Access to Higher Education,” a chapter in “Education and Social Media: Toward a Digital Future,” MIT Press (2016); “Senate Gridlock Causes En Banc Uncertainty,” and “Intellectual Property Special Report,” The Recorder (July 15, 2013); and “Promotion and Market Share in the Proton Pump Inhibitor Market: A Case Study,” Journal of Pharmaceutical Marketing & Management, Volume 17, Issue 3, 39-59 (2007).

Dr. Lu is the chair of the board of directors for Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC), a nonprofit organization. He was also a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Prior to private practice, Dr. Lu was a law clerk to the Honorable William Alsup of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Dr. Lu received his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Executive Editor of the Yale Journal of Law & Technology. While in law school, he was an extern for the Honorable John T. Noonan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and an intern for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.

Prior to law school, Dr. Lu earned his Doctor of Pharmacy, with highest distinction, from the University of North Carolina, and worked in pharmaceutical marketing.

Dr. Lu is conversant in Mandarin Chinese.

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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation
  • Technology Companies Group

Jason Wu Of Counsel

London

Jason advises emerging UK and European tech companies and leading investors on US venture financings and other corporate matters. As a US-qualified lawyer based in Orrick’s London office, Jason combines a unique understanding of US, UK and European market practices to guide clients through critical financial and commercial transactions.

Jason regularly advises early-stage companies on Delaware flips and works closely with founders and management teams to navigate multi-jurisdictional operational and governance issues. Through his expertise in cross-border transactions, Jason is able to translate parties’ needs to achieve successful outcomes.

Jason is also able to advise clients with a practical, 360-degree view through his previous experience as a commercial litigator. Jason’s prior practice included representing companies in class action, insurance, and trade secrets litigation, in regulatory proceedings, and in a variety of commercial disputes in US and international forums.

Practice:

  • Geistiges Eigentum
  • Patents
  • Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation

Johannes Hsu Senior Associate

Orange County

Johannes's practice focuses on patent litigation, especially in the fields of electronics, circuits, computer and network systems, software, and telecommunications. He has litigated in district courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the U.S. International Trade Commission. He also leverages his technical and operational experience in data-privacy and data-security matters.

Before joining Orrick, Johannes clerked for the Honorable R. Gary Klausner in the Central District of California. He assisted Judge Klausner on a wide variety of civil matters. In particular, he worked on many intellectual-property disputes involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Johannes began his legal career primarily as a patent prosecutor at one of the largest intellectual-property boutique firms in the United States.

Before becoming an attorney, Johannes worked for over 20 years as an engineer in high-tech and aerospace industries. He held increasing responsibilities and was last a manager and a senior principal engineer at one of the top two fabless-semiconductor companies in the world. His work in those positions had a direct and significant impact on virtually every chip of a one-billion-dollar product line.

A technical leader and a functional manager, he interacted regularly with upper management in engineering and marketing and worked closely with cross-disciplinary teams. His substantial engineering experience encompasses a wide array of technologies, from communication systems, digital-security systems, to hardware and embedded-software design. In addition to developing digital-security technologies, Johannes also set operational security policies for his engineering organization and developed a secure infrastructure which he led through a successful third-party audit.

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Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Technology Companies Group
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Harold Yu Partner

Silicon Valley; San Francisco

Harold advises technology companies and has significant experience with venture capital financings, debt financings, public offerings, mergers & acquisitions and technology transactions. He is deeply interested in technology. Prior to law school, Harold was a software engineer at Oracle Corporation and an intern at NASA Ames Research Center.

Practice:

  • Capital Markets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
  • Energy

Alice Hsu Partner

New York

Alice advises boards of directors, issuers, underwriters and investors in a broad range of transactions, including public offerings; special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs); private placements of equity and debt securities, public mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.

Alice also provides strategic advice on a myriad of securities regulation, corporate governance and other general corporate matters. She regularly counsels companies regarding Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and disclosure issues, stockholder meetings, proxy statements and proxy mechanics. Her work extends to advising public companies with respect to defensive review matters, including implementation of shareholders rights plans and related issues.

Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Offshore Wind
  • Nuclear
  • Infrastructure
  • Wind Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Energie
  • UK

Albert Yu Partner

London

Albert represents a wide range of clients, working with project sponsors, lenders, export credit agencies and funds on market-leading energy and infrastructure projects in Europe and Asia.

Prior to joining Orrick, Albert was a Managing Associate at a Magic Circle firm. Albert has also worked in-house for a large global mining company.

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Practice:

  • Employment Law and Litigation

Annie H Chen Senior Associate

Los Angeles

Annie has experience in all facets of litigation, including factual investigations, preparing witnesses for depositions, taking depositions, and pretrial briefing and motion practice.  She also advises clients regarding compliance with employment laws, including revising employee handbook provisions and employee commission agreements, leave of absence issues, requests for accommodations and employee terminations.

Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
  • Komplexe Streitfälle & Streitbeilegung

Siegfried H. Elsing, Prof. Dr. LL.M. (Yale) Partner

Düsseldorf

Er war bislang als anwaltlicher Vertreter, beisitzender Schiedsrichter, Einzelschiedsrichter oder Vorsitzender des Schiedsgerichts in über 300 Schiedsverfahren tätig, darunter ad hoc-Verfahren sowie Schiedsverfahren nach den Regeln der führenden Schiedsinstitutionen.

Als Parteivertreter vertritt er private Investoren, internationale Unternehmen, souveräne Staaten und staatseigene Unternehmen in einer Reihe von bedeutenden, sowie häufig grenzüberschreitenden Streitigkeiten.

Neben der Anwalts- und Schiedsrichtertätigkeit tritt Prof. Dr. Elsing auch als Sachverständiger sowohl vor deutschen Gerichten als auch vor Gerichten in den USA und in Großbritannien sowie vor normsetzenden Institutionen auf.

Seine Erfahrung erstreckt sich auf Streitigkeiten u. a. aus den Bereichen M&A, Energie, Anlagenbau, Investitionsschutz, Finanzierungen, Joint Ventures sowie des gewerblichen Rechtschutzes.

Er ist sowohl in Deutschland als auch in New York als Attorney-at-law zugelassen.

Chambers Global 2024 bezeichnet Prof. Dr. Elsing als „Star Individual“, der „oft in komplexen internationalen Schiedsverfahren als Schiedsrichter benannt wird“, und zudem „ein führender Praktiker auf dem Gebiet der Investitionsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit“ mit „umfangreicher Erfahrung als Schiedsrichter in investitionsrechtlichen Fällen“ ist.

Prof. Dr. Elsing war von 2009 bis 2020 Beiratsmitglied der American Arbitration Association und von 2011 bis 2017 Mitglied des Panel of Conciliators des International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Er gehörte von 2012 bis 2022 dem Vorstand der Deutschen Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (DIS) an; seit 2022 ist er Mitglied in deren DIS-Rat. Zudem war er Vorsitzender des Mediation Committee der International Bar Association (IBA) (2007-2008).

Er ist Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift für Schiedsverfahren (SchiedsVZ). Er hält regelmäßig Vorträge und veröffentlicht zu Themen der internationalen Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und zur Rechtsvergleichung. Ferner ist er Honorarprofessor der Juristischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, wo er seit 25 Jahren internationale Wirtschaftsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit und internationales Zivilverfahrensrecht lehrt. Seit 2013 vertritt er das Großherzogtum Luxemburg als Honorarkonsul in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Prof. Dr. Elsing hat im Jahr 1989 die deutsche Anwaltskanzlei Hölters & Elsing mitbegründet und im Jahre 2008 die Fusion mit Orrick maßgeblich gesteuert.

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Practice:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity

Harris U. Quraishi Managing Associate

New York

Harris advises public and private companies and private equity funds through a range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dispositions, carveouts, equity investments and other general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Orrick, Harris was an associate in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.