Yumeng Xu

Yumeng has represented clients in the Valley—from startup founders and venture capitalists to directors and officers of public companies and investment banks. Her practice spans securities litigation, intellectual property litigation, and complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on consumer and mobile technologies and life sciences. Yumeng has led briefing in capital raising disputes, fiduciary claims, securities frauds, and trade secret infringements.

Yumeng’s experience working for federal and state judges and for a venture capital fund gives her insight into the dynamics of business and litigation, particularly in high-stakes, complex matters. She spent a summer externing for the Honorable Ruth A. Kwan of the State Court of California, County of Los Angeles, and a year clerking for the Honorable Laurel Beeler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Yumeng earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Political Science and a Juris Doctor from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco. She is a member of the Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court.

Education

• University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (2020); Hastings Business Law Journal, Editor (2018–2020)
• University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. in Political Science (2016)

Languages

Representative Matters

• Successfully defended directors and officers of a Delaware technology startup in the Northern District of California; fiduciary claims stemmed from the company’s liquidation and distribution. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)
• Won arbitration award on behalf of an investment bank against a startup for a financial advisor fee incurred in a capital raising. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)
• Represented chief executive officers of two life science companies in the Central District of California and California state court regarding Securities Act section 11 claims. (Prior to joining Robins Kaplan LLP)
• Pled an unfair and deceptive trade practices action on behalf of a Gen Z social media company against a competitor in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York.

• CALI and Witkin Awards in International Business Transactions (2019)

Civic

• Lawyers for Good Government, Reproductive Rights Clinic (2025)

Professional

• Edward J. McFetridge American Inn of Court, Associate

Articles

Policy Analysis: The NDRC’s Reg. No. 11, China’s New Capital Control, 16 HASTINGS BUS. L. J. 95 (2019), available at https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_business_law_journal/vol16/iss1/5/.