Judith A. Wise is Of Counsel to the firm, with a practice focused on corporate and financial transactions and mergers & acquisitions. Ms. Wise has extensive experience in cross-border negotiated M&A, strategic alliances, joint ventures, venture capital transactions, debt securitizations, and private equity transactions.
Ms. Wise joined the firm in 2021, having previously practiced with Cleary Gottlieb’s London office, and Skadden, Arps’ New York office. While with Cleary Gottlieb, Ms. Wise was seconded to Citibank’s global emerging markets private equity funds group, Citi Venture Capital International, based in London.
Between practice at Skadden, Arps and Cleary Gottlieb, Ms. Wise served as an Assistant Professor at Willamette University College of Law after completing a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Florida State University College of Law. She taught business associations, venture capital planning, property law, women and the law, and law and economics. Ms. Wise has published and presented widely on international law and inequality in development, with her work on illicit trade in Latin America published by Cambridge University Press.
Services
E: jwise@tjonghsia.com
Education
University of Chicago Law School
J.D., 1997
University of Chicago
M.A., Sociology, 1994
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Sociology, 1989
Honors in Sociology, High Distinction in General Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa
Professional Background
Associate
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
New York
(Secondment from Cleary, Gottlieb)
Citi Venture Capital International
London
Assistant Professor
Willamette University College of Law
Salem, OR
Visiting Assistant Professor
Florida State University College of Law
Tallahassee, FL
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
New York
Law Clerk
Honorable Judge Jane A. Restani
United States Court of International Trade
New York
Bar Admissions
New York and Washington State
Languages
Working knowledge: German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese