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Soyeun D. Choi is Of Counsel to the firm.

Douglas and Soyeun write the Strategy x Law Blog about integrating business strategy and legal strategy to solve difficult problems.

Douglas is Editor in Chief of the Palo Alto Area Bar Association monthly Bulletin. http://www.paaba.org

Douglas serves on the board of directors of the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley.

Douglas Y. Park, Founder

Douglas Y. Park is a business and legal strategist. With a rich background in both business and law, he is ideally positioned to apply interdisciplinary expertise to develop solutions to complex business and legal problems.

Formerly a professor of management in Hong Kong, Douglas is an award-winning teacher of strategy, entrepreneurship, and online commerce. In addition, he has published articles on competitive dynamics and organizational change in leading academic journals. He has consulted to private and public companies on strategy, organization, business planning, and corporate governance in Silicon Valley and China. He has also served on the board of directors of Microweb, Ltd., an enterprise resource planning firm in Hong Kong. Through his various experiences, Douglas has gained valuable insights into the strategic and legal issues of doing business in China.

Douglas has been a corporate and securities attorney at Orrick and a litigator at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy. He has experience in business transactions, intellectual property, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate law, and complex commercial litigation.

Douglas received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, his Ph.D. in Strategy and Organization from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and his A.B. magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College. Among the numerous honors he has received are a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, a Portable Fellowship from the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business, and several Citations for Teaching Excellence from the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

He has worked with and represented a broad range of clients, including iVillage, Sina Corporation, China Macro Finance, Dorado Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric, Smart Patents, and Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

Douglas is admitted to the State Bar of California and the Northern and Central District Courts of California.