Emily T. Chen

Prior to joining Kirkland, Emily was involved in the following matters:

Litigation

• Choh, et al. v. Brown University, et al. (D. Conn.): Representing Cornell University in putative antitrust class action brought by Ivy League student athletes.
• Henry, et al. v. Brown University, et al. (N.D. Ill.): Representing Cornell University and Rice University in putative antitrust class action alleging price-fixing of student financial aid awards.
• Ingevity Corp., et al. v. BASF Corp. (D. Del.): Successfully represented BASF Corporation in patent and antitrust litigation. The six-day jury trial took place during September 2021, with the jury returning a near-$85 million verdict for BASF.
• Represented Big Four accounting firm in Delaware Court of Chancery in shareholder derivative action brought by shareholders of social media company relating to company's privacy program.
• Downtown Music Publishing LLC, et al. v. Peloton Interactive, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.): Represented Peloton Interactive, Inc. in copyright litigation brought by music publishers.
• SA Music LLC, et al. v. Apple, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.), SA Music LLC, et al. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (W.D. Wash.) and related cases: Represented Amazon.com, Inc. in music copyright litigation.
• In re VER Technologies Holdco LLC, et al. (D. Del. Bankr.): Represented pre-petition equity holder L Catterton and certain affiliated directors in connection with investigations in the Chapter 11 cases of VER Technologies Holdco LLC and its debtor affiliates.
• In re Payless Holdings LLC, et al. (E.D. Mo.): Provided litigation-related advice to the Ad Hoc Committee of First Lien Term Loan Lenders in connection with the successful restructuring of Payless ShoeSource through a confirmed plan of reorganization in Payless' Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.
• Kentucky Spirit Health Plan, Inc. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky, et al. (Franklin Cir. Ct., Ky.): Represented PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in litigation involving Kentucky's transition to a managed care Medicaid program.
• Represented one of the largest U.S. consumer credit reporting agencies in putative class actions alleging violations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations

• Under former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, served as the lead managing associate on an all-women team retained by the U.S. Soccer Federation to conduct a year-long independent investigation into allegations of abuse and sexual misconduct in women's professional soccer.
• Represented multinational professional services firm in internal and multi-jurisdictional investigations.
• Represented PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in government enforcement actions and third-party litigation in connection with Facebook and the misuse of user data by Cambridge Analytica.
• Represented WestRock Company on antitrust aspects of its $4.9 billion acquisition of KapStone Paper & Packaging. The transaction was cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division in 2018 without enforcement action.
• Represented a senior executive of an international capacitors manufacturer in connection with a multi-jurisdictional cartel investigation in that industry.

King & Spalding LLP 

• Senior Associate, 2022–2024
• Associate, 2015–2022

Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP

• Summer Associate, 2014

Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, LLC

• Litigation Paralegal, 2010–2012

Coalition for Immigrant Freedom

• Legal Intern, 2009–2010

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

• Research Assistant, Role/Talmage Laboratories, 2004–2008

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

• Research Assistant, Martienssen Laboratory, 2004–2005