Michael C. Wu

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About Michael C. Wu

Accomplished c-suite executive and strategic advisor with deep boardroom experience, providing leadership in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, IPOs, international expansion, complex litigation and intellectual property portfolios for publicly traded and private equity held companies. Significant leadership roles with global Fortune consumer-facing and B2B companies in multiple industries, including software, technology, telecommunications, and retail. Broad experience leading and managing people across multiple functions including legal, corporate governance, compliance, government affairs, internal audit, risk management and corporate social responsibility. Michael Wu is chief legal officer and corporate secretary of Bath & Body Works, Inc.(f/k/a L Brands)(NYSE: BBWI), an international specialty retailer.Prior to L Brands, Michael was chief legal officer of Madewell, where he drove the company’s preparation for an IPO and spin-off from J.Crew.Prior to joining Madewell, Michael was senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Carter’s (NYSE: CRI), a leading children’s apparel company. Michael joined Carter’s in 2014 and was responsible for all legal, government affairs, compliance, internal audit, risk management and corporate social responsibility at Carter’s.Prior to Carter’s, Michael was general counsel of Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST), an education technology software company. He joined Rosetta Stone in 2006 and established Rosetta Stone’s anti-piracy/anti-fraud enforcement program. Michael oversaw the company's successful IPO on the NYSE, a secondary stock offering (private equity sponsor exit), and four acquisitions. Before joining Rosetta Stone, Michael was vice president and general counsel of Teleglobe (Nasdaq: TLGB), an international telecommunications provider. Michael was a key member of the team responsible for restructuring Teleglobe in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings which led to the sale of the core business to Cerberus Capital Management. Michael became general counsel of Teleglobe upon the acquisition by Cerberus and led Teleglobe’s acquisition of ITXC Corp, the listing of Teleglobe on NASDAQ and the sale of Teleglobe to the Tata Group in 2006. Prior to Teleglobe, Michael was a senior attorney in the Hong Kong office of Global One, an international JV between Sprint, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. He was also associated with Baker Botts LLP and a firm in Washington, D.C. that merged into Morgan Lewis.