Han Shen

Han Shen

Associate

Han Shen is an associate in the Seattle office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises public and private companies on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border transactional matters. She handles a broad range of tax issues, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, equity offerings, investment funds, and debt financings.

Prior to joining the firm, Han was an associate at Han Kun Law Offices in Shanghai.

Experience

Prior to joining the firm, Han was an associate at Han Kun Law Offices in Shanghai.

Education

Concurrent J.D. / LL.M., Taxation, University of Washington School of Law
Order of the Coif, Meade Emory Endowed Prize
LL.B., Peking University

Admissions

State Bar of Washington

Credentials

Education

Concurrent J.D. / LL.M., Taxation, University of Washington School of Law
Order of the Coif, Meade Emory Endowed Prize
LL.B., Peking University

Admissions

State Bar of Washington

Recent Insights

Client Highlights

On October 24, 2024, Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Effectiv, a real-time risk decisioning company, for $136 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Socure on the transaction.

The strategic acquisition pairs Socure’s best-in-class digital identity verification and fraud solutions with a developer-friendly AI orchestration and decisions platform. With this acquisition, Socure—which serves more than 2,700 customers and has verified more than 2.26 billion identities over the past 12 months—further solidifies its leadership position in the identity verification and fraud prevention market, and is propelled into the $200 billion enterprise fraud industry, which additionally encompasses payments fraud, credit underwriting, and AML transaction monitoring. The transaction is expected to close in November.

The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Socure on the transaction includes:

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Client Highlights

On September 12, 2024, Aembit, a leading non-human identity and access management (IAM) company, has secured $25 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $45 million. Acrew Capital led the round, with participation from existing investors Ballistic Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, Okta Ventures, and CrowdStrike Falcon Fund. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Aembit on the transaction.

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