Kevin Wu is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice.

Mr. Wu’s practice includes advising companies engaged in multi-jurisdictional merger investigations, conduct investigations, and civil litigation in federal court. He represents clients across a range of industries including high technology, semiconductors, software, pharmaceuticals, and energy. Mr. Wu has experience litigating antitrust and competition issues pertaining to mergers, group boycotts, price-fixing, sham litigation, and abuse of regulatory processes. 

Mr. Wu maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in federal civil rights litigation and immigration matters. Mr. Wu is a local leader of Latham’s Bay Area Pro Bono Committee, responsible for managing the firm’s pro bono program.

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Mr. Wu was a summer associate in the New York office. Mr. Wu earned his JD from Duke University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and served as chief executive editor of the Duke Law and Technology Review.

Mr. Wu advises on all aspects of antitrust law, including merger clearance before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, as well as counseling and litigation. His experience includes advising:

  • Aon on its US$30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson
  • Intuit on its US$7 billion acquisition of Credit Karma
  • Novelis on its US$2.8 billion acquisition of Aleris, including in arbitration against DOJ in lawsuit to block proposed acquisition of Aleris
  • NVIDIA on its US$40 billion acquisition of Arm
  • Oracle in a weeks-long federal jury trial against Hewlett-Packard Enterprise on copyright infringement and intentional interference claims, obtaining jury verdict and award of US$30 million in damages

Bar Qualification

  • California
  • New York

Education

  • J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2017
  • BA, BS in Government & Biology, Bowdoin College, 2014