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Min K. Chai 
Irvine, California
phone 949-467-9164
949-467-9147
fax 949-261-8800
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Min K. Chai practices corporate and securities law and business transactions with an emphasis in representing both domestic private and public companies and foreign-based companies seeking to establish a presence in the U.S. Ms. Chai is experienced and proficient in handling a variety of business transactions including entity selection and formation matters, corporate governance, contract negotiations and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, private offerings, strategic alliances, purchase and sale of on-going businesses and commercial properties, establishment of distributorship and licensing arrangements, employment and consulting agreements, nondisclosure and licensing agreements, SEC reporting requirements and compliance, franchise registration and consultations, and other business transactions.

In 2002-2005, Ms. Chai practiced in Seoul, Korea as a foreign consultant representing and serving as corporate counsel to a wide range of U.S.-based companies seeking to establish a presence in Korea in various international business transactions involving project development and project financing transactions in the renewable energy industry, structuring cross-border IT/IP licensing arrangements between U.S. and Korean companies in various industries including, auto, audio, semiconductor, financial, telecommunications, and technology-based sectors, structuring manufacturing and supply agreements, distributorship arrangements, and agency representative agreements for the food and beverage/ spirit industries, clothing, furniture, and shipping industries, and advising U.S. companies on various aspects of operating their foreign-based subsidiaries in Korea, including corporate governance, asset transfers, financing transactions, employment and labor law, privacy law, lease review and negotiations, and contract negotiations.

Areas of Practice:
Corporate/Business Law
Real Estate Law
Employment Law
Franchise Law
Bar Admissions:
California, 2002
Education:
University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California, 2002
J.D.

Kookmin University College of Law, Korea, 2000
Santa Clara Summer Exchange Program

University of California, Riverside, California, 1998
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
Major:  Economics/Law & Society

Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1997
Education Abroad Program

Classes/Seminars Taught:
How to Set Up Business Entities Score, 2010 - Present


Legal Issues of Starting Business, OC Korean American Bar Association (KABA), 2007 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:
OC Korean American Bar Association, 2005 - Present
Board Member
International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL), 2004 - Present
Member
Pro Bono Activities:
Finance Commissioner, City of Irvine, 2007 - Present
Board Member, Orange County Assessment Appeals, 2010 - Present
Languages:
Korean

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