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
Latham litigators recognized for securing a complete appellate victory at the Delaware Supreme Court in a stockholder derivative suit challenging Oracle’s US$9.4 billion acquisition of NetSuite.
Firm recognized for its representation of Oracle’s Larry Ellison and CEO Safra Catz in one of the largest acquisitions to face a stockholder challenge through trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
The Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Court of Chancery’s post-trial judgment in a stockholder derivative suit challenging Oracle’s US$9.4 billion acquisition of NetSuite.
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.
The bill would increase and shift the burden for many merger reviews, introduce new categories of prohibited conduct, and undo important common law defenses to single-firm conduct.
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