Lu, Shuyu (Clarissa)

Shuyu (Clarissa) Lu

Associate

clarissa.lu@lw.com
    Lu, Shuyu (Clarissa)

    Shuyu (Clarissa) Lu

    Associate

    clarissa.lu@lw.com

    Profile

    Shuyu (Clarissa) Lu is a litigation and trial associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins.

    Clarissa represents major domestic and international companies in the technology and financial services sectors in a variety of matters, including:

    • Shareholder derivative litigation
    • Securities class action
    • Professional liability litigation
    • Complex commercial litigation
    • Antitrust merger reviews
    • Government investigations

    Clarissa maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in asylum matters.

    While attending law school at Harvard, Clarissa worked as a summer judicial extern for Judge Gail Ruderman Feuer in the General Civil Department of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

    Prior to attending law school, Clarissa worked as an auditor at Ernst & Young, LLP in San Francisco.

    Experience

    Clarissa’s experience includes representing:

    • Larry Ellison (Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Oracle Corporation) and Safra Catz (CEO, Oracle Corporation), in a shareholder derivative litigation before the Delaware Court of Chancery; successfully defending Mr. Ellison and Ms. Catz in a challenge to Oracle's US$9.3 billion acquisition of NetSuite, Inc. — one of the largest transactions to ever survive a stockholder challenge through trial. On appeal, the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Court of Chancery’s ruling in a 45-page opinion that provided important guidance for handling conflict transactions
    • Eargo, Inc. in obtaining dismissal with prejudice of a securities class action that followed a settlement with the DOJ related to insurance claim submissions
    • Skillz Inc. in obtaining dismissal (affirmed on appeal) of a de-SPAC-related securities class action which was filed following a deSPAC merger and two short sellers' reports
    • A Big Four accounting firm in an arbitration brought by the bankruptcy estate of an innovative construction company
    • Intuit in obtaining antitrust clearance for the US$7.1 billion acquisition of Credit Karma
    • Postmates in obtaining antitrust clearance for the US$2.65 billion acquisition by Uber
    • United Microelectronics Corporation in response to a government indictment for trade secret theft and economic espionage, culminating in a plea agreement for a lesser count and a reduced fine 

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2019
    • BA/BS in Psychology & Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 2014

    Languages Spoken

    • English
    • Chinese (Mandarin)

    Practices

    Recognition

    News & Insights

    Courtroom
    March 7, 2024 In the News

    Latham Passes Skadden as Busiest Securities Defense Firm

    Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.
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