Eric Wu

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Eric Wu serves as a trusted advisor to some of the world’s most sophisticated companies, private equity sponsors, and investors doing business in the Asia-Pacific region. Clients seek out Eric for his business-minded advice and unparalleled understanding of the Asia-Pacific life sciences, healthcare, technology, and consumer products industries. He guides clients with respect to their corporate transactional and governance needs throughout the full life cycle of a company. This includes advising on platform establishment and design, capital raising and capital markets transactions, cross-border M&A, private equity and growth equity investments, licensing, divestments, and other innovative collaborations and arrangements.

As former APAC regional counsel for Johnson & Johnson, Eric brings to clients a deep understanding of the in-house environment, combined with years of law firm experience across the region. While at Johnson & Johnson, he also partnered with senior business leaders to implement business development and innovation activities across the Asia-Pacific. Throughout his career in both Asia and the U.S., Eric has worked with industry players ranging from regional and global biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer healthcare companies to venture capital, private equity and hedge funds.

Eric is deeply committed to pro bono. As a member of Ropes & Gray’s pro bono committee, he has led matters spanning the Innocence Project, Lawyers Without Borders, immigration, COVID-19, gun-control issues and Kids In Need of Defense (KIND).