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Mr Wai Choy

Work Department
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Position
Wai Choy has deep expertise in technology, media, outsourcing and intellectual property-related transactions and counseling and is a partner in Proskauer’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group, Blockchain Group, Life Sciences Group and Privacy & Cybersecurity Group. He is recognized as a trusted advisor to clients at various stages in their development and across industries, including technology, entertainment, media, asset management, financial services, e-commerce, life sciences, sports, healthcare and advertising.
Wai serves as Co-Editor of Proskauer’s Blockchain and the Law blog and counsels business and legal teams on blockchain and distributed ledger technology development, structuring and implementation, cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), fan tokens and other digital assets, and associated legal issues.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
(Next Generation Partners)At Proskauer Rose LLP, the outsourcing practice focuses on technology-related deals, including software licensing and service agreements as well as the growing area of transitions to the cloud. The team frequently acts for clients from the highly-regulated financial services sector, and also counsels companies involved in education and healthcare. Practice head Jeffrey Neuburger is a long-standing specialist in technology law; he is supported by Wai Choy, who has expertise across the structuring, drafting and negotiation of outsourcing transactions. Named lawyers are in New York.
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
Proskauer Rose LLP has good credentials across a wide variety of technology and e-commerce transactions. The team’s experience spans most established technologies and it has developed especially good expertise in emerging areas such as blockchain, biometrics and big data. The workload includes corporate support on M&A, joint ventures and financings, as well as standalone mandates such as production, distribution, rights and licensing agreements. Other core industry groups include financial services, healthcare and media and entertainment. Jeffrey Neuburger and Robert Freeman jointly lead the team from New York, with strong support from recently promoted partner Wai Choy.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners - United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Outsourcing - United States > Media, technology and telecoms
- Technology transactions - United States > Media, technology and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Tax > Financial products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Industry focus > Sport
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- Tax > International tax
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings