Overview

I highly recommend Jodi Wu for her outstanding legal acumen, meticulous attention to detail, and unwavering dedication to her clients.” - Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2025

Jodi Wu leads Kirkland’s Asia Government, Regulatory, and Internal Investigations Practice Group. She has broad experience in the areas of anti-corruption, complex financial fraud, conflicts of interest, sanctions, export controls, and data privacy. Jodi advises private equity firms, portfolio companies, and public and private multinational companies on responding to government inquiries, leading complex internal investigations, conducting transactional due diligence, and advising on general compliance matters.

Jodi has been recognized as a “Next Generation Partners” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and as an “Up and Coming” lawyer by Chambers Greater China. She was featured in the Global Investigations Review’s “40 Under 40 2020” and “Women in Investigations 2015” series.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-author, "Newly Released Draft Measures on Data Security Management Strengthen China’s Data Protection Framework," Pratt's Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Report, November–December 2019

Co-author, "Shifting U.S. Enforcement Priorities—Should Chinese Companies be Worried?" Bloomberg Law, 17 June 2019

Co-author, "A Shift in U.S. FCPA Policy—Should Chinese Companies be Worried?" Bloomberg Law, 10 June 2019

Co-author, “Heads or Tails? Are Europe’s GDPR and China’s Cybersecurity Law Two Sides of the Same Coin?” China Business Law Journal, 25 May 2018

“Challenges and Advice for Multinational Companies in Complying With Chinese Cybersecurity Law,” New York Law Journal, 23 February 2018

“China’s Second Draft Cybersecurity Law’s Expands Data Localization Requirement,” Legaltech News, 19 September 2016

Recognition

Next Generation Partner in Regulatory: White-collar, Compliance and Investigations, Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2025)

“Up and Coming,” Corporate Investigations / Anti-corruption (International Firms) — China, Chambers Greater China and Chambers Global (2024)

Next Generation Partner in Regulatory: Anti-Corruption and Compliance, Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2024)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Hong Kong, Registered Foreign Lawyer
  • District of Columbia
  • California

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin

Education

  • Stanford Law SchoolJ.D.
  • University of ChicagoB.S.