Won Hee CHO

Introduction

Won Hee CHO is a founding member and partner at D’LIGHT, where he focuses on technology M&A, ICT & new technologies, entertainment and startup & venture capital practices. Recently, he has been actively advising clients in the blockchain industry as well. As an experienced patent lawyer with extensive commercial transactional experiences in various speciality industries including entertainment, ICT and healthcare, CHO is uniquely positioned to advise clients in a wide range of complex IP, corporate and regulatory matters.

He started his career as an associate at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL) and went on to serve as a partner of the firm leading BKL’s prominent IP and technology transaction practices, spanning a total of 16 years. CHO also worked on secondment at Ropes & Gray (New York) in 2014 in the firm’s IP division. He has earned a reputation at home and abroad as an exceptional multi-disciplinary lawyer with deep and extensive career experiences representing local corporations, multi-national companies, government agencies and non-profit organisations.

CHO is now an adjunct professor at KAIST-MIP (Master of IP) and serves in leadership roles at various local and state organisations, including the Korea Fair Trade Commission Advisory Committee, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, US Korea Law Foundation, the Korea Licensing Executive Society, and Korea Association of Entertainment Law, among others. CHO holds a BA from Seoul National University and received an LLM from the University of Texas.