Nvidia taps Wachtell and Joon H. Kim to probe CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia's board has hired elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate CEO Jensen Huang over whether he was the target of a foreign intelligence effort, with former US attorney Joon H. Kim leading the probe. The investigation follows Huang's admission of an extramarital affair and reports that US intelligence officials believed a woman, Alice Huang, was acting as a Chinese spy. Wachtell, founded in 1965, is known for high-stakes corporate work, including representing Twitter in its 2022 lawsuit against Elon Musk. Kim, who joined Wachtell last month, previously served as acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York and co-led the 2021 investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo. The firm has also handled probes for the NBA, including cases involving team owners Robert Sarver and Steve Ballmer.