Kiwon Sung

About Kiwon Sung

Kiwon Sung is a seasoned counsel who understands what a corporate legal team needs. Kiwon\'s practice focuses on the representation of companies in business transactions and counseling involving intellectual property and technology, including licensing, development agreements, distribution and commercialization activities, joint ventures, outsourcing, and other service arrangements. Kiwon has extensive experience in cross-border deals as well as in assisting companies with mergers, acquisitions, and other complex business transactions involving technology and intellectual property that protect enterprise value. He regularly advises clients on a wide range of complex transactions involving patents and technology, including structuring and negotiating strategic licensing, development, collaboration, procurement, and distribution deals.Prior to establishing Law Office of Kiwon Sung, Kiwon worked at a recognized litigation law firm in Los Angeles. He has litigation experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in actions addressing a range of claims, including patent infringement, entertainment, breach of contract, and probate issues. He has also helped clients in handling, among other things, dispositive motions, e-discovery, and pre-trial preparation. Kiwon has been practicing law since 2012, and he worked as general counsel for legal affairs at the automotive electronics company of Korea’s second largest conglomerate.

Experience

1. Managing Partner

   K-Startup Law

   Jul 2020 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   As an experienced startup lawyer, Kiwon has been a trusted advisor to entrepreneurs and tech startups in a number of industries, including mobile games, metaverse entertainment, NFT, medical device, data analytics and online commerce. We closely work with startups and founders, like a general counsel, on matters ranging from business formation, intellectual property protection and transactions, and venture capital investments to day-to-day operational counseling.

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law

  LL.M., Specialized in Media, Entertainment, and Technology Law and Policy

  2018 — 2019

• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  Bachelor's degree (B.S.), Industrial Systems Engineering

  2003 — 2009

• Sungkyunkwan University

  Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law

  2009 — 2012