Benjamin Qiu*

Partner | Corporate

benjamin.qiu@pierferd.com
+1.862.398.1412 office
Princeton
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About

Benjamin Qiu is an expert and registered arbitrator with two decades of experience in venture capital and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, with a focus on technology companies. He counsels entrepreneurs, corporate boards, investors, and multinational companies on equity and debt financing, due diligence, intellectual property, and governance.

  • Ben has frequently spoken at professional and academic conferences and trade associations on innovation, industrial policies, and geopolitics. He has published articles on Wall Street Journal, Nikkei Asia, and New York Law Journal, and has been quoted by the Economist and the New York Times.

    Ben is a native Mandarin speaker and is conversational in Japanese.

Practices

  • Capital Markets

  • Commercial Transactions

  • Emerging Companies and Venture Capital

  • FinTech and Blockchain

  • Private Equity

  • Private Investment Funds

  • Securities

  • Technology

Admissions

  • California

  • District of Columbia

  • *Not licensed in New Jersey

Education

  • Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D.

  • Webster University, B.S., Computer Science

Languages

  • Mandarin

  • Japanese

Memberships

  • Co-Chair, Asian Affairs Committee, the New York City Bar

  • Member, the Economic Club of New York

  • Registered Arbitrator, High-Tech Division, South China Court of International Arbitration

  • Former Board Member, Shanghai Foreign Correspondents’ Club

Law Firm Experience

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP

  • Cooley LLP

Corporate Experience

  • Senior Counsel and Fund Director, Innovation Works Development Fund

Speaking Engagements

  • “Nation of Engineers,” Automotive Ventures Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2025

  • Panel moderator, “New York as Nexus of Asia-Latam Trade,” Latin America Summit, NYC Bar Association, New York, June 2025

  • Panel moderator, “Geopolitics and Investment Decisions,” Corporate Venture Capital Summit, Miami, Florida, February 2025

  • “U.S.-China Decoupling and Implications for Japan,” American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo, Japan, December 2024

  • “Geopolitics and Industrial Policy: China’s Relentless Drive Forward,” MIT Mobility Forum, Cambridge, MA, November 2024

  • “The Geopolitics of Movement – War, Alliances, Tech and Industrial Policy” Assembly Ventures Summit, Detroit, MI, November 2024

  • “Evolving Risk Profile of Transactions Involving China,” Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University, Tokyo, Japan, June 2024

  • Panel moderator, East Asia Panel of the Global Democratic Decay & The Rule of Law Symposium, Rutgers University Law Review, Rutgers Law School, Newark, New Jersey, April 2024

  • “Global Innovation: China’s Role,” East Coast Corporate Venture Capital Conference, Miami, Florida, February 2024

  • Guest Lecturing, China Practice in the New Geopolitical Age, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, January 2024

  • “Geopolitical Shifts: The Pivotal Role of China in Global Mobility,” MIT Mobility Forum, Cambridge, MA, December 2023

  • Guest Lecturing, Cross-Border Patent Litigation, New York University School of Law, New York, November 2023

  • “Corporate due diligence challenges and opportunities in Asia,” Asian American Bar Association of New York, New York, February 2023

  • Guest Lecturing, International Venture Capital and IP, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (Ignite Program), annually from 2015

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