Overview
Shaoyao Yu is an intellectual property associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She routinely works on life sciences patent cases involving small molecules and has experience in pre-suit analysis and strategy. In addition to her litigation experience, Shaoyao has experience with IP due diligence.
Shaoyao has also been involved in several of the firm’s pro bono programs, including assisting with an asylum application and a legal name change petition.
Experience
Clerk & Government Experience
Judicial ExternHonorable Stephen R. WelbyUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriSpring 2021
Legal ExternOffice of the New York State Attorney General, Litigation BureauFall 2020
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 2020
Summer Associate, JunHe LLP, 2019
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2022New York
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis School of LawJ.D.cum laude2021
Academic Excellence Award
Judge John W. Calhoun Trial Practice Award
Washington University Jurisprudence Review
Trial Competition Team
Giles S. Rich Moot Court Team
- Tsinghua UniversityB.S., Biology2018