David Chun > Ropes & Gray LLP > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Ropes & Gray LLP acts on behalf of a number of prominent domestic and international corporate entities, and demonstrates significant expertise across the chemical, automotive, heavy industry, and biochemical sectors, among others. The group has strength in both contentious and non-contentious mandates, and is highly active in cross-border matters, with a particular emphasis on work involving the US. The team is co-led by David Chun, who is experienced in both local and US law, and William Kim, a market veteran of 35 years, noted for his expertise in licensing negotiations and transfers of IP.

Ropes & Gray LLP‘s trade secrets practice has considerable experience handling the array of investigations and disputes at both state and Federal court level for its portfolio of clients. Team co-leads Steven Pepe and Peter Brody are based in New York and Washington DC respectively. Employment litigation specialist Douglas Brayley who is based at the firm’s Boston hub is a name to note, as is David Chun who splits his time between Silicon Valley and Seoul and has notable experience dealing with misappropriation disputes and the array of IP matters. Scott McKeown departed to Wolf Greenfield & Sacks in July 2023 from the DC office.

The intellectual property group at Ropes & Gray LLP represents a broad range of domestic and cross-border clients in all major patent litigation forums, with particular expertise in proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board as well as the International Trade Commission. Steven Pepe in New York chairs the firm’s IP litigation practice group and is highly experienced in multijurisdictional patent infringement litigation. In Silicon Valley, Jim Batchelder represents tech clients in a variety of IP disputes, David Chun has experience litigating in district and appellate courts, and Jim Davis and Andrew Radsch are experienced in patent disputes relating to a broad range of technical fields. The group also includes Washington DC lawyers Kevin Post, who handles patent disputes for high-tech and life sciences companies, and Matthew Rizzolo, who leads the firm’s group in Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission.