Philip Wu joined the New York office of Ropes & Gray in 2022 and works in the corporate department.

Philip attended Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he served as a notes editor for the Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. Additionally, he volunteered with Asian Law Alliance in San Jose, California and interned with a regulatory compliance start up.

Philip currently serves as a member of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law’s Young Alumni Leadership Council.

Prior to law school, Philip worked and taught in the golf industry.

Experience

  • Represented Areteia Therapeutics, Inc. in its $75 million expansion of its Series A financing. 
  • Represented the underwriters in connection with HAT Holdings I LLC and HAT Holdings II LLC (each a subsidiary of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HASI)) offering $550 million aggregate principal proceeds of 8.00% Green Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027.
  • Represented Paratek Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company, in its $462 million take-private acquisition by Gurnet Point Capital and Novo Holdings.
  • Represented Trinseo Materials Operating S.CA., and certain of its affiliates, in connection with a $1.1 billion innovative financing transaction addressing the Company’s 2024 senior secured term loans and $385 million of its 2025 unsecured bonds. Trinseo (NYSE: TSE) is a specialty material solutions provider that partners with companies to bring ideas to life in an imaginative, smart and sustainability-focused manner.
  • Represented Jounce Therapeutics, a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company, in its acquisition by Concentra Biosciences for $100 million plus contingent value rights.
  • Ongoing representation of public company clients in connection with securities law and corporate governance matters.