英伟达董事会周二表示，已聘请一家精英华尔街律师事务所，主导针对首席执行官黄仁勋的调查，此前外界正审视他与一名涉嫌中国间谍的关系。这家人工智能芯片制造商的独立董事在一份声明中表示，他们聘请了前曼哈顿联邦首席检察官金俊（Joon H. Kim）及其所在的纽约律所 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz（以下简称 Wachtell 律所），进行“彻底且独立的调查”。
Nvidia's board said Tuesday that it has tapped an elite Wall Street law firm to head a probe into CEO Jensen Huang amid scrutiny of his relationship to a suspected Chinese spy. The independent members of the AI chipmaker's board said in a statement that they hired former top Manhattan federal prosecutor Joon H. Kim and his New York firm, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to conduct a "thorough and independent investigation."
董事会周日宣布，将启动独立调查，以查明黄仁勋是否为“外国情报行动的目标”，此前他承认有过婚外情。这起风波的核心人物是 Alice Huang（黄爱丽丝），《纽约时报》上月报道称，美国情报官员认为她为中国政府充当间谍。
The board announced Sunday that it would launch an independent investigation into whether Huang was the "target of a foreign intelligence effort" after he admitted to having an extramarital affair. At the center of the saga is Alice Huang, whom The New York Times reported last month was believed by US intelligence officials to be acting as a spy for the Chinese government.
Wachtell 律所成立于 1965 年，是一家企业法领域的巨头，以在并购、公司治理、股东纠纷及其他高风险事务上为大公司及其董事会提供咨询而闻名。该所在其网站上称：“我们处理美国及全球一些最大、最复杂、最具挑战性的交易。”该所创始合伙人之一马丁·利普顿（Martin Lipton）因发明“毒丸计划”而闻名，这是公司董事会用于抵御恶意收购的一种策略。
Wachtell, a corporate law powerhouse founded in 1965, is known for advising major companies and their boards on mergers, corporate governance, shareholder fights, and other high-stakes issues. "We handle some of the largest, most complex and demanding transactions in the United States and around the world," the firm says on its website. One of the firm's founding partners, Martin Lipton, famously developed the "poison pill" defense, a strategy used by corporate boards to fend off a hostile takeover.
近年来，该所曾代表推特（Twitter）于 2022 年起诉埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk），迫使他完成对该公司的 440 亿美元收购。美国职业篮球联赛（NBA）也曾于 2021 年聘请 Wachtell 律所，调查针对菲尼克斯太阳队老板罗伯特·萨弗（Robert Sarver）的职场不当行为指控。调查结束后，萨弗被禁赛一年并处以 1000 万美元罚款。
More recently, the firm represented Twitter when it sued Elon Musk in 2022, forcing him to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the company. The NBA also hired Wachtell in 2021 to investigate workplace misconduct allegations against the Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver. Sarver was suspended for a year following the investigation and fined $10 million.
NBA 随后再次聘请 Wachtell 律所，调查洛杉矶快船队及球员科怀·伦纳德（Kawhi Leonard）是否违反薪资帽规避规则。去年 9 月，NBA 引用该调查结果，对快船队处以 3000 万美元罚款，并对老板史蒂夫·鲍尔默（Steve Ballmer）禁赛一年。
The NBA again hired Wachtell to investigate whether the LA Clippers and player Kawhi Leonard violated salary cap circumvention rules. In September, the NBA fined the Clippers $30 million and suspended owner Steve Ballmer for one year, citing the investigation.
金佑镇上月作为合伙人加入Wachtell的诉讼部，此前他在白鞋律所Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton工作了近十年。根据Wachtell官网上的个人简介，金佑镇专注于“高风险诉讼和执法，包括内部调查、白领犯罪和监管辩护、商业诉讼、仲裁以及危机管理”。简介称，他定期为公司、董事会、政府机构和高管在其“最重大的诉讼、执法和调查事务”方面提供咨询。
Kim joined the firm last month as a partner in Wachtell's litigation department after nearly a decade at the white-shoe firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. According to his biography on Wachtell's website, Kim focuses on "high-stakes litigation and enforcement, including internal investigations, white-collar criminal and regulatory defense, commercial litigation, arbitration, and crisis management." Kim regularly counsels companies, boards, government agencies, and executives in their "most significant litigation, enforcement, and investigative matters," the bio says.
他曾于2017年至2018年担任美国纽约南区代理检察官。在该职位上，他监督220多名助理美国检察官的工作，处理各类刑事和民事案件，涉及欺诈、公私腐败、洗钱和经济间谍等事项。多年前，即2000年至2006年，金佑镇曾在纽约南区担任助理美国检察官，调查和起诉一系列犯罪。在此期间，他帮助获得了对多名高级有组织犯罪人物的定罪，包括臭名昭著的黑帮头目约翰·戈蒂的兄弟彼得·戈蒂。
He previously served as acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2017 to 2018. In that role, he oversaw the work of more than 220 assistant US attorneys handling criminal and civil cases across a range of matters, including fraud, public and private corruption, money laundering, and economic espionage. Years earlier, from 2000 to 2006, Kim served as an assistant US attorney in the Southern District, investigating and prosecuting an array of crimes. During that time, he helped secure convictions against several high-ranking organized crime figures, including Peter Gotti, the brother of the notorious mob boss John Gotti.
最近，2021年，纽约州检察长莉蒂夏·詹姆斯任命金佑镇共同领导一项独立调查，针对时任州长安德鲁·库莫的性骚扰指控。调查结论认定库莫性骚扰多名女性后，库莫宣布辞职。
More recently, in 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James appointed Kim to co-lead an independent investigation into sexual harassment allegations against then-governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo announced his resignation after the investigation concluded that he sexually harassed multiple women.