孫柾延 - Kim & Chang IP | 金・張法律事務所

紹介

Before joining Kim & Chang, Ms. Sohn was an in-house counsel for a tech startup in the area of Confidential Computing and blockchain systems. She has advised investor relations, M&A exit strategies, B2B sales contracts, and cooperative R&D agreement with industry partners. She also advised on establishing the company’s U.S. branch office, and preparing partnerships with local accelerators.

Representing major U.S. banks and global construction companies, Ms. Sohn has worked on discovery preparations for patent infringement suits, multi-million dollar securities litigation, and class-action lawsuits related to asbestos and other hazardous material. She also conducted compliance reviews of bank policies and broker/dealer practices in the insurance divisions, and assisted in responding to Department of Justice antitrust reviews.

At a Silicon Valley law firm, Ms. Sohn also worked on IP transactional matters, including M&A due diligence reviews, trademark protection for startups and global tech companies, and prosecution of trademark registrations with the USPTO.

経歴

Kim & Chang (2023-Present)

In-house Counsel, TEEware Inc., Daejeon, Korea (2019-2022)

McGuire Woods LLP, Charlotte, NC (2005-2009)

Neil & Associates, CA and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA (2004)

Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View/ San Francisco, CA (2001-2002, (Summer 1999))

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Tech Startups

company IR (Investor Relations) materials, project proposals, and product advertisement content,
investment agreements, employee stock options, M&A exit strategies,
B2B sales contracts, privacy policy, SDK license, cooperative R&D agreement with industry partners,
establishing a U.S. branch office, and preparing partnerships with local accelerators for product sales and FIPS compliance.

On behalf of U.S. banks and global companies

e-Discovery matters in patent infringement suits, multi-million dollar securities litigation,
asbestos and other hazardous material class-action lawsuits,
compliance reviews of bank policies relating to insurance divisions and broker/dealer practices,
preparation of materials in response to the Department of Justice antitrust review of a hostile takeover bid.

Intellectual Property

M&A due diligence reviews (including for the acquisition of a domain registry company, a medical imaging company and the distribution of a documentary film),
trademark protection for startups and global tech companies,
prosecution of trademark registrations with the USPTO for tech startups (in the areas of distributed computing, messaging and collaboration applications, DNA genomics, and educational software).