Overview
Wilson Chu focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and other strategic transactions, as well as related corporate governance, for clients ranging from Fortune 500 serial acquirers to private equity funds and high-growth, high-profile technology companies in the United States and abroad. While he has experience in a wide range of industries, his practice is heavily weighted in the technology and health care sectors, with an emphasis on the converging fields of healthtech and fintech.
His representative clients include the following:
- AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC)
- Renren, Inc. (NYSE: RENN)
- Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR)
- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX)
- 7-Eleven, Inc., multiple acquisitions
- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), multiple acquisitions and strategic transactions
- Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL
As the creator of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) influential M&A Deal Points Studies, Wilson is widely recognized for his thought leadership that continues to shape M&A practice globally. He was a founding co-chair of the ABA’S M&A Market Trends Subcommittee, which publishes the Deal Points Studies.
Wilson is founding co-chair of the University of Texas Mergers & Acquisitions Institute, the country’s leading private company M&A conference, the founding chair of the International Finance Law Review/Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s Asia M&A Forum in Hong Kong, Asia’s leading M&A law conference, and founding chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Section of the Dallas Bar Association.
His leadership also extends to diversity in the legal profession, with a number of transformative “firsts,” including co-founding the Texas Minority Counsel Program, founding the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Partners Committee, and co-founding the Best Lawyers Under 40 award of the NAPABA.
Wilson teaches M&A as an adjunct professor of law at Southern Methodist University School of Law. Wilson also is a member of (and has served in various leadership roles at) the New York-based Committee of 100.
Results
- AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE: ABC), multiple acquisitions and strategic transactions
- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX), multiple acquisitions and strategic transactions
- Dell, Inc., multiple acquisitions and strategic transactions
- Renren, Inc. (NYSE: RENN), multiple acquisitions and strategic transactions
- Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL), multiple global post-merger integration engagements
Recognitions
- Acritas Star Lawyer 2016 – 2020
- The Best Lawyers in America 2007 to 2018, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Chambers USA 2016, Texas, Technology: Corporate/Commercial
- D Magazine, Best Lawyers in Dallas
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers
- Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers of America
- The Legal 500 United States, 2016 to 2018
- Texas Super Lawyers, Mergers & Acquisitions
- Who’s Who Legal – Corporate: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Who’s Who Legal, M&A and Governance 2020
Community
- PracticalLaw.com, member of advisory board
- Asia M&A Forum, co-organized by the Inter-Pacific Bar Association and Euromoney’s International Financial Law Review, founding conference chair
- The University of Texas Mergers & Acquisitions Institute, founding co-chair
- Dallas Bar Association, Mergers & Acquisitions Section, founding chair
Credentials
Education
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, JD, 1984
Southern Methodist University, BBA, 1981
Admissions
Texas
