Dan Wu

Partner

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Daniel Wu primarily represents emerging growth companies at all stages of development, and the venture capital firms, private equity firms, and strategic investors that finance such companies.

His work with companies spans the entire corporate life cycle, including strategic decisions and coaching prior to incorporation, general corporate representation and counseling, venture capital financings, commercial transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings. Over the course of his career, Dan has provided legal and strategic advice to companies, investors, buyers, and sellers in hundreds of venture capital and M&A transactions, having a total value in excess of US$10 billion.

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Honors & Awards

  • Named to the list of “Most Influential Minority Attorneys” by the Los Angeles Business Journal (2019)

Admissions

Bar Admissions

  • California

Education

  • INSEAD, MBA, 2005
  • University of California, Los Angeles, J.D., 1999
  • Claremont McKenna College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1992

Professional Activities

Speaker

  • “Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leadership Matters,” Asian American Bar Association of New York (November 23, 2020)
  • “Full Stack Venture,” Scale Los Angeles (December 5, 2019)
  • “Startup Legal Practices,” LVL UP Ventures’ Founders Shop (October 11, 2019)
  • “Technology CEO Roundtable: Robotics,” Wavemaker Partners and Lux Capital (May 30, 2019)
  • Founder Meet Funder (May 8, 2019)
  • USC Demo Day, University of Southern California (February 8, 2019)
  • “West Coast Challenge: Entrepreneur Talk Series,” Quake Capital (January 13, 2019)
  • CEC Capital Summit, CEC Capital Group (November 14, 2018)
  • 4YFN Summit, 4YFN (September 12, 2018)
  • Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018, Mobile World Congress Shanghai (June 27, 2018)
  • “Blockchain: The Revolution in Decentralization,” The Korea Society (May 17, 2018)
  • “Silicon Beach Event: Funding for Startups,” GABA California (April 25, 2018)
  • “Inside Startup Fundraising Panel – LA 2018,” Fox Rothschild, Early Growth Financial, and Square 1 Bank (April 5, 2018)

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