Benjamin C. Han
Associate
Hong Kong
benjamin.han@lw.com
+852.2912.2701
PRACTICES
- Technology Transactions
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- JD, Columbia Law School, 2014
Editor-in-Chief, Columbia Journal of Asian Law (2013-2014) - BA, University of California, Irvine, 2010
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
PROFILE
Benjamin Han is an associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice.
Benjamin assists in the representation of leading Japanese and multinational companies on a variety of intellectual property and commercial matters, including:
- Intellectual property licensing, sale, and other transactions
- Joint development, joint venture, strategic alliance, and outsourcing arrangements
- Product manufacturing, supply, and distribution arrangements
He has assisted in the representation of clients in a variety of industries, including companies in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications sectors.
Prior to joining Latham, Benjamin was an associate at a leading international law firm in Tokyo.
EXPERIENCE
Benjamin ’s experience includes representing:
- Z Holdings, the holding company of Yahoo Japan, in its US$30 billion business integration with LINE – the largest Japan tech deal announced in 2019, and winner of the ALB Japan Law Awards’ M&A Deal of the Year and TMT Deal of the Year, and ALB Korea Law Awards’ M&A Deal of the Year*
- Toshiba Memory in its agreements with Western Digital to jointly invest in a new manufacturing facility for the production of 3D BiCS Flash memory*†
- Taisho Pharmaceutical in the IP and commercial aspects of its US$1.6 billion acquisition of UPSA*†
- SoftBank in the IP and outsourcing aspects of its joint ventures with OYO Hotels*†
- Toshiba in the IP and commercial aspects of the US$18 billion sale of Toshiba Memory to a consortium led by Bain Capital*†
- Renesas in its US$3.8 billion acquisition of Intersil*†
- Toshiba in the IP and commercial aspects of the sale of its home appliances business to the Midea Group*†
- TDK in the IP and commercial aspects of its US$3 billion joint venture with Qualcomm for radio frequency front-end (RFFE) modules and RF filters*†
* Matter handled under the supervision of Bengoshi or Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi.
†Matter handled prior to joining Latham.