Lawyers

Y. Ping Sun

Of Counsel

Ping’s principal area of practice was corporate and securities law.  She has participated in a great variety of transactions involving both sovereign and private issuers.  She represented United States corporations, banks and insurance companies; Japanese and Korean banks and corporations; Canadian companies; and Chinese government entities, banks and corporations in a wide range of domestic and international financings.  These included both equity and debt, and both public and private offerings.

Prior to joining the firm, Ping practiced law in New York City with White & Case LLP and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.  She was raised in Shanghai and is fluent in Mandarin.

• Member: Asia Society Global Board of Trustees, 2020 - present
• Chair: Asia Society Texas Board of Directors, 2020-2021
• Member: Greater Houston COVID-19 Recovery Fund Volunteer Task Force, 2020
• Co-Chair: Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Grants Committee, 2017
• Speaker:  Houston Bar Association Law Day Naturalization Ceremony, 2016
• Honored with proclamation of "Y. Ping Sun Day" by the City of Houston, Texas, 2015
• "Success to Significance" honoree, Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council, 2015
•  Named as one of the "Most Powerful and Influential Women," National Diversity Council, 2015
• Advisory Board Member: Houston International Trade & Development Council – Asia & Australia; Asian Chamber of Commerce; Chinese Community Center; Houston Arts Alliance; University of Texas Houston Advisory Task Force Executive Committe

• Friendship Ambassador Award, U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association (co-recipient with Former President of the United States, George H.W. Bush), 2014
• Director: East West Bank and Era Group
• Honorary Summit Co-Chair and Featured Panelist: The Center for Asian Pacific American Women, The National Leadership Summit, 2011
• Named one of “Houston’s 50 Most Influential Women of 2010” Houston Woman Magazine
• “2010 International Executive of the Year,” Greater Houston Partnership and Kiwanis Club
• "2010 Women On The Move Award," Texas Executive Women
• “2010 Texas China Leadership Award,” International Trade Center
• “2009 Arrival Award,” Law Center of the University of Houston
• Member: Texas Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees
• Member: Teach For America Houston Regional Board of Directors
• Honorary Chair: Round Table at Baker Institute at Rice University
• Rice University Representative
• Shepherd School of Music Advisory Council and Member

• Columbia University, J.D., 1988 (Editor, Journal of Transnational Law)
• Princeton University, A.B., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, cum laude, 1985
• Admitted to Practice: New Jersey, 1988, New York, 1989