Bryan Jin is a Litigation Partner based in the Firm’s Palo Alto office, where he advises corporations, funds, and financial institutions on a wide range of high-stakes litigation matters. Bryan has extensive experience defending issuers in securities class action litigation, government and internal investigation, merger litigation, IP litigation and complex commercial litigation. He also frequently advises clients on corporate compliance matters. A member of the Firm’s Asia Litigation Practice and a native Chinese speaker, Bryan frequently travels to Asia and regularly defends Chinese companies before U.S. courts and regulators.
Bryan’s representative matters have involved Alibaba, Allakos, Ant Group, Blackstone, Bumble, Dell, Digital Colony, EQT Partners, Full Truck Alliance, GDS, Hellman & Friedman, JOYY, KKR, LightInTheBox, New Frontier Health, Qudian, Qutoutiao, Seapeak, Silver Lake Partners, Ruhnn, Stephen A. Schwarzman Education Foundation, TSM, Twitter, Ubiquiti, Vista Equity Partners, VistaPharm, Wanda Sports, Warburg Pincus, Xilinx and Yalla.
Representative securities litigation matters include:
- Alibaba in a dozen multi-forum securities litigations concerning its historic $25 billion New York Stock Exchange initial public offering
- Alibaba in multiple securities litigations stemming from Chinese regulatory developments in late 2020
- Allakos in dismissal of a securities class action litigation concerning clinical trials
- JOYY in dismissal of a securities class action litigation arising from a short seller report
- Qudian in dismissal and settlement of multiple securities class action litigations
- Ruhnn in dismissal of a securities class action litigation concerning its IPO
Representative government and internal investigation matters include:
- Alibaba in an SEC investigation following revelations concerning a Chinese regulator’s criticism over the sale of counterfeit goods
- U.S.-listed Chinese company in an SEC investigation regarding its accounting practices
- Pharmaceutical company in an SEC investigation regarding stock-based compensation issues
- U.S.-listed consumer products company in an internal investigation concerning potential corruption in China
- TSM, a leading e-sports team, in an internal investigation regarding a Chinese national former employee’s misconduct
- Technology company in an internal investigation regarding regulatory compliance issues
Other representative matters include:
- Silver Lake Partners in M&A litigation concerning Dell’s 2018 public re-listing transaction
- Digital Colony and EQT in M&A litigation concerning their $14.3 billion acquisition of Zayo Group Holdings
- Bumble in patent, trademark, and trade dress litigation concerning the “swipe right” feature
- Seapeak in dismissal of one of the first New York books and records litigations against a Marshall Islands company
- VistaPharm in dismissal from the National Prescription Opiate Litigation
- Vista Equity Partners in dismissal of tortious interference and breach of contract action
Bryan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from Peking University and J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center.