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Goodwin Offices

THREE EMBARCADERO CENTER
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Kevin Liu

Position
Partner
Career
Kevin Liu is a partner in Goodwin’s Business Law Department and a member of the firm’s Strategic Technology Transactions and Licensing and Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity practices. He counsels clients with respect to a broad array of intellectual property and privacy matters in connection with their day to day business operations, venture financings, M&A transactions, and initial public offerings.
Education
MS Electrical Engineering 2015 University of Southern California; JD 2014 The George Washington University Law School; BS Chemical and Nuclear Engineering 2011 University of California, Berkeley
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
At Goodwin, the technology practice has a strong record of advising emerging and well-established tech companies on seed financings, M&A, and IPOs, in addition to handling transactional work in the tech space. The department is collectively led by Stephen Charkoudian, James Riley, Craig Schmitz, and Kenneth Gordon. Charkoudian is based in the Boston office and focuses on transactions at the intersection of data, IP, and tech, in addition to handling open-source matters. Silicon Valley-based Riley frequently represents venture capital firms in IP strategy concerns, as well as demonstrating skill in AI, machine learning, and cloud computing work. Schmitz divides his time between Los Angeles and Silicon valley and primarily advises tech and life-sciences growth companies on their transactional activities, while Gordon handles a diverse range of corporate and securities matters for tech clients from the Boston office. Also in Boston, Bethany Withers handles publicity rights and IP concerns for start-up firms, while Silicon Valley-stationed Kevin Liu assists clients with computer and mobile gaming matters. In the San Francisco office, Kevin Lam handles an extensive range of commercial and tech concerns.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism