William Choe

Bill Choe is a corporate and securities attorney who has deep expertise in domestic and cross-border technology mergers and acquisitions (including stock and asset sales and purchases, mergers, tender offers, spin-ins, and divisional sales), having led significant buy and sell-side representations of public and private technology companies with deal sizes ranging from a few million dollars to billions of dollars.

Additionally, Mr. Choe specializes in advising high-technology companies at early-through-exit stages of their growth cycle, as well as venture capital and private equity funds who focus on investing in such companies. In such role, Mr. Choe advises issuers and investment funds with respect to equity and debt financings, and provides day-to-day counsel to the senior management and boards of directors of issuers concerning fiduciary obligations, corporate governance, options and restricted stock, employment-related matters, intellectual property protection, commercial agreements and disputes, pre-exit strategies and planning, and other business issues.

Mr. Choe has also has served as Vice President of Legal at a publicly-traded information and analytics company, Neustar, Inc., where in such role he headed up the department's M&A, securities, and corporate governance matters.

Mr. Choe is recognized as a leading business lawyer in Chambers USA and Legal 500 US. Chambers USA calls him a "talented corporate partner" and notes that "clients admire his strong business knowledge as well as his grasp of the law", and Legal 500 US credits Mr. Choe with having an "exceptional transactional record".

Good to know

Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Mergers & Acquisitions, 2) Private Equity, 3) Technology, 4) Media and 5) Telecommunications
Law School University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D.,1991)
Education Columbia University - Columbia Business School (M.B.A.,1995);University of Michigan (B.A.)
Bar Member / Association California State Bar Association
Most recent firm White & Case LLP
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/billchoe
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