David Chang Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, FI

Helsinki, Southern Finland, FI

Providing strategic support to the founding teams of startups, helping to tackle the people-oriented, and operational challenges associated with scaling an early stage company.David and Michael have a proven track record of working with high performing teams, and are well positioned to offer practical and actionable advice across areas such as HR, Legal.

Los Angeles, CA, US

• My search for a company that reflected my personal values led me to Riot Games, where the Riot Manifesto is not just talk, but the guiding principles for every decision I make. I have had the privilege of working with.
• Advising Riot and Hong Kong Studio leadership, charting the course for projects big and small, always with a view on long term impact over short term gain;
• Exploring strange, new aspects of the legal industry and jury-rigging solutions to unknown problems;
• Managing Riot’s relationships with specialized outside counsel and collaborating to find ways to get things done;
• Organizing on site learning opportunities for Rioters to level up their craft;
• Drafting a variety of commercial agreements including vendor, licensing and publishing agreements, review employment-related documents while complying with privacy and data protection standards, and handling IP.

San Francisco, California, US

• Selected for secondment assignment as in-house contracting counsel with client, Accenture plc, assisting with project management and drafting, preparing, negotiating, and reviewing project proposals, consulting.
• Led negotiations and drafted definitive agreements for private equity and venture capital firms, including Intel Capital, Cathay Capital, Northern Light Venture Capital, and Themes Investments Partners, in their equity.
• Represented emerging growth internet and technology companies in cross-border matters including formation, corporate governance and restructuring issues, private equity and venture capital financings, and technology.
• Assisted U.S.-based companies in forming partnerships with China-based firms to license and commercialize technology in the Chinese market.

San Francisco, California, US

• Led legal diligence, drafted principal and ancillary agreements, assisted in negotiations, and oversaw the final execution for a client’s acquisition by Zynga.
• Represented over 100 emerging growth internet and technology companies, such as Instagram, Uber, and TaskRabbit, in transactions ranging from initial formation to securities regulation compliance, venture capital.
• Negotiated and drafted commercial contracts on behalf of clients, including license, platform, and partnership agreements.
• Counseled founders on formation-related decisions, such as the appropriate corporate structure for the company given the client’s long term goals.
• Advised clients and board members on issues of corporate strategy and law during client board meetings.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Represented emerging growth internet and technology companies in transactions ranging from initial formation to securities regulation compliance, venture capital financings, and mergers and acquisitions.
• Drafted equity and debt financing documents, and ancillary merger documents (more than thirty financings).
• Participated in board meetings and advised clients and board members on issues of corporate governance.
• Modeled distributions on liquidity events and pro forma capitalization tables for complex dilutive financings.
• Assisted in preparing Form 20-F annual report filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and produced 20-F factual backup volume for internal records and risk management filing purposes.
• Prepared numerous company statements of information packages for circulation to company stockholders.

J.D., Law

Ba, Sociology, Ethnic Studies

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