Ms. Hong specializes in a variety of business transactions and corporate governance matters, including formation and governance of business entities, debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, corporate restructurings, and compliance with federal and state securities laws. She has also advised clients in acquisitions of assets from distressed companies. She represents private and public companies in both domestic and international business transactions, including cross-border transactions involving Chinese companies. Ms. Hong is an author and speaker on a variety of legal issues, including developments in California and Delaware corporate law. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she also received her J.D. She is fluent in Mandarin. Ms. Hong is admitted to practice in California and is a resident in our Los Angeles office.

Professional Affiliations

· Vice chair, State Bar of California Business Law Section Corporations Committee (2007-2008; member, 2004-2008)

· Member, State Bar of California Business Law Section Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee (2010-)

· Member, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association

· Member, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

Publications

· Contributing editor, Handbook for Incorporating a Business in California (State Bar of California 2006)

· Coauthor, "Selected Developments in Corporate Law," Business Law News 3 (State Bar of California Annual Review 2007)

Programs and Lectures

· Co-lecturer, "Hot Topics in Business Tax and Fiduciary Duties of Managers of Insolvent Limited Liability Companies," Teleseminar for State Bar of California Business Law Section (May 2012)

· "Recent Corporate Law Developments," State Bar of California 80th Annual Meeting (Sept. 2007)