Kevin Chou Partner

Kevin Chou is a business and technology-focused attorney with over 20 years of experience in complex commercial, technology and corporate transactions, intellectual property licensing, Internet law, startup counseling, and private equity and venture capital financings. As head of the firm’s Commercial & Tech Transactions practice, he has represented, or served as head of legal of, numerous companies, and has a unique understanding of the legal needs of high growth and technology ventures. Kevin’s first-hand business and legal experience allows him to provide effective, practical counseling to his clients. Kevin serves as outside general counsel for several clients.

Kevin has represented companies in a wide variety of industries, including software-as-a-service, video games, mobile gaming and apps, mobile video services, online retail, voice-over-IP, marketing analytics/services, enterprise software, consumer apps, app stores, hardware manufacturing, data analytics, biopharmaceutical research, software development, banking, real estate, news and digital media, online advertising, and consulting services. His practice includes commercial and technology transactions such as master services agreements, development agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, collaboration agreements, end user license agreements, privacy policies, terms of use, non-disclosure agreements, sales rep agreements, consulting and professional services agreements, distribution agreements, and joint ventures; marketing and promotional matters such as advertising agency agreements, demand management platform and demand side platform agreements, and advising on sweepstakes, contests and other promotions; and angel and venture capital financings.

Prior to joining Egan Nelson, Kevin founded Kevin Chou Legal, and focused on supporting his clients on their commercial, corporate and general day-to-day legal matters, including serving as outside general counsel when requested; served as Senior Counsel, Digital for Amazon.com, Inc., where he was primarily responsible for supporting the launch and growth of the Amazon Appstore (standalone and in connection with the Kindle Fire, the Amazon Fire phone, and Amazon TV), and the digital video games and software businesses; served as Vice President and General Counsel of Glu Mobile Inc., including leading Glu through its initial public offering; served as Senior Counsel for Knight Ridder, Inc., a newspaper and media company, and as General Counsel for Knight Ridder Digital, its digital division; served as Associate General Counsel of The Thomas Kinkade Company, an art and licensing company based on the works of artist Thomas Kinkade; and served as Senior Director of Legal of Dialpad Communications, Inc., a voice-over-IP pioneer, leading Dialpad’s legal department until Dialpad’s acquisition by Yahoo! Kevin was also an Associate at Fenwick & West LLP in Silicon Valley, where he focused on general business/startup counseling, venture capital financing, technology law, securities, and mergers and acquisitions, and an Associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in San Francisco, where he focused on corporate law, corporate and secured finance, and real estate.

Education

• Yale Law School (J.D., 1996)
• U.C. Berkeley (B.A. in Economics, 1993)

Publications

• PNW Startup Lawyer – a legal blog on startup law, venture capital and technology company growth

Community Service

• Board Member, Mercer Island Schools Foundation
• Board Member and Coach, Mercer Island Little League
• Member, Mercer Island School District Boundary Committee
• Member, Mercer Island School District Diversity Committee