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Zhanping (Ping) Wu

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Associate

Zhanping (Ping) Wu, a corporate attorney in the Palo Alto office, focuses her practice on emerging growth companies.  Her practice includes corporate formation, venture capital financings, mergers & acquisitions, public offerings, technology transfer transactions and general business counseling. 

With both China and U.S. legal education, Ping also has extensive experience advising clients making investments with Asian implications and is actively involved in the firm's China practice. As a former IP litigator, Ping has experience in intellectual property protections and planning as well.

Representative Clients

  • Ayasdi (complex data analysis and visualization)
  • CAI International (intermodal freight container leasing and management)
  • Control4 (home automation)
  • Capso Vision (medical device)
  • Corrigo (field service management software)
  • FiTeq (credit card security)
  • Path (social media)
  • PogoPlug (personal cloud storage)
  • PixelFish (online video solution)
  • Joyent (cloud computing software)
  • D.E. Shaw (venture fund)
  • vSpring (venture fund)

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Northern California Rising Star," 2011 - 2012

Community Involvement

Sr. Director of EnE Club of Peking University Alumni Association of Northern California

Related Employment

  • Law Offices of Drew Henwood, San Francisco, CA, Law Clerk 
  • Judicial Extern for the Supreme Court of the P.R.C., Beijing, China

Education

  • University of California, Davis School of Law, J.D., 2005
    Senior Article Editor, Journal of International Law & Policy
  • Peking University, Master of Law, 2000
    Achieved highest score on 1997 entrance examination to Beijing University Law School out of 5000 test takers
  • Peking University, Philosophy, 1997
    Graduated #1 in class

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Languages

  • Chinese - Mandarin