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Whether advising in-house counsel at a Fortune 100 corporation, or counseling principals at a technology start-up, Chris Chan helps clients identify key intellectual property and implement state of the art legal strategies to protect it. His practice encompasses all facets of patent law including international and domestic portfolio management and strategy, patent procurement, opinions and clearance studies, due diligence, licensing and related litigation. Chris offers clients a unique combination of intellectual property legal knowledge, advanced technical training and an intimate understanding of the international marketplace. He obtains and enforces key patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret rights for a variety of technologies, from computers, software, and financial transaction systems, to power generation equipment and controls, electro-mechanical devices and medical devices.

Prior to entering the legal profession, Chris worked as a power industry engineer analyzing and resolving mechanical issues relating to power plant equipment and systems. He is skilled in identifying weaknesses in third-party patents and prepares non-infringement and invalidity opinions. He counsels clients on alternative options, including reexamination, design-around, and pre-litigation activities. Chris focuses on one of the fastest growing global IP issues: protecting and leveraging trademarks and IP on the Internet, including in social media, keywords and sponsored links and domain names. Chris also devises and implements proactive strategies to defend against aggressive patent holding companies.

A native of Taiwan, Charlene Fang immigrated to the United States in 1990. A leader in the banking industry, Charlene served for 15 years as Relationship Officer with Summit National Bank until leaving to join the Touchmark National Bank as its Senior Vice President & Business Development Officer. In 2014, Charlene, an entrepreneur, founded her own educational consulting business.

Charlene has devoted much of her time giving back to the community. She is the past President of the Chinese American Lions Club and served as a Leo Advisor, guiding the youth service club. Charlene was the 2nd female President to serve the Hip Sing Association of Atlanta, a 150 year old Chinese association. She is a founding member of the Taiwanese American Women’s Club and the Chamblee Chamber of Commerce. Charlene is a former board member of Leadership DeKalb, former board member of the DeKalb Police Alliance, former board member of FBI Atlanta Citizens Academy Association and a board member of Interfaith Outreach Home, board member of Discover DeKalb. She is also President of the North Decatur Lions club.

Charlene has a passion for helping others to succeed. She has sponsored many fund raising efforts in the community and serves as an advisor to a number of local businesses and groups. Charlene is a cheerleader for DeKalb County and works tirelessly to promote our region as a whole.

Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

As Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York, Ms Maisie Ho represents the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in fostering economic ties between Hong Kong and 31 states in the eastern part of the United States.

Ms Ho joined the HKSAR Government in 2007. She started as the Assistant District Officer of Tai Po district, one of Hong Kong’s 18 administrative districts, where she gained firsthand experience in district administration and public services. She subsequently joined the Labour and Welfare Bureau, specializing in policies on women’s rights. In this capacity, she represented the HKSAR at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from 2009 to 2010.

In 2011, Ms Ho joined the Security Bureau to oversee matters relating to immigration control as well as birth, death and marriages registrations. She was then appointed as the Assistant Private Secretary to the Chief Executive of the HKSAR from 2015 to 2019, during which she had managed the external liaison affairs for the Chief Executive. 

In February 2019, Ms Ho joined the Health Bureau (formerly known as the Food and Health Bureau) overseeing policy development in the crucial area of primary healthcare. During her tenure, she introduced the Primary Healthcare Blueprint, an important strategic document that set the future direction for Hong Kong’s primary healthcare development. She had also spearheaded the public consultation on tobacco control strategies of the next phase with a view to further bring down the smoking prevalence of Hong Kong.

Ms Ho received her Bachelor of Social Science degree in Government and Public Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005. To further her career advancement, she underwent a special training on the Global City in World Affairs Program at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 2011.

Mrs. Shandry Law, together with her husband Mr. Goodwin Law, has been a very successful entrepreneur in the restaurant industry. They are the owners of the famous Farmer’s Basket Restaurant, a mall-based food court restaurant chain that serves great fresh Southern Food with stores in major malls in Atlanta, including Lenox Square, Peachtree Center Mall, Cumberland Mall, Perimeter Mall, North Point Mall, Mall of Georgia, Southlake Mall, Town Center at Cobb and one in Riverchase Galleria in Alabama.

She has been very active in supporting various Chinese Community organizations and is a Board Member in CCC (Chinese Community Center), CBAA (Chinese Business Association of Atlanta), Kwong Tung Association of Atlanta and the Chair of the Board of CACPG (Chinese American Cultural Performing Group). You will also always see her at the local major fund raising events for the Asian American candidates for the public positions.

Denise is the Broker/Owner of Landmark Commercial & Residential Properties, concentrating on both Commercial & Residential new construction, resale, retail and industrial leasing, and distressed asset transactions. She has over 19 years of experience helping hundreds of families and business owners buying, selling and leasing their properties. She is a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, Georgia Association of REALTORS® and DeKalb Association of REALTORS®. She has earned the Lifetime Phoenix Award Level of recognition for DeKalb Association of REALTORS® Pinnacle Awards Top Producer Club.

Denise is an influential leader and was serving as the 2018 President of DeKalb Association of REALTORS® (DAR). She is the first Asian American President since DAR established in 1957. Working closely with other leaders and members in DAR, under her leadership she established Commercial Council and Past President Advisory Group in 2018. She had been served in numerous officer roles in DAR including 2017 President Elect, Vice President of Finance as well as Chair of the Investment Committee, By Laws and Policy Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and Sponsorship Committee. She also served on the Board of Directors for Georgia Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in 2018. Currently, she serves as a State Director, Member of Professional Development Committee and Form Committee for the Georgia Association of REALTORS® (GAR). She is 2019 Treasurer of the Women’s Council of Realtors, DeKalb Network. She has been serving in Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS® Form Committee since 2010 and was one of the key members to help the Board to transform their online Form System for different internet browsers. She will be serving in GAR as their Vice Chair for Commercial Connection in 2020.

Denise has received several National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) certifications and designations including the prestigious CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist), ABR (Accredit Buyer’s Representation) and BPOR. She is a recipient of 2018 National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) National Commercial Award. She is a Gold Level major investor in REALTORS® Political Action Committee (RPAC) and is a member of National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) President Circle; and also a strong advocate for home ownership and private property rights.

In 2018 U.S. Representative of the Fourth District of Georgia, Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr., issued an official proclamation setting May 10, 2018 as DeKalb Association of REALTORS® Day. This proclamation highlights DeKalb REALTORS® as a champion for civil rights through DeKalb County and the state, ensuring the rights and liberties of our citizens in Georgia are guaranteed through the U.S. Constitution.

Denise is also very passionate about education. She is an active PTA member in Fulton County School System where her children are attending the school. She helps to Chaperon several in state and out of state trips. She was a Vice Chair at Atlanta Contemporary Chinese Academy (a non-profit organization) from 2012 to 2018. In order to help residential agents to learn and understand about commercial real estate, she’s teaching Commercial CE class at REST Institute.

Denise and her family sponsored many different non-profit and faith-based organizations in Asia and United States by donating money and organized clothes or food drive every year to help others. She’s a regular blood donor.

Wendy is the partner leading Aprio’s Chinese Practice. She brings over 19 years of public accounting experience to her clients focusing on strategic planning for multi-national companies on domestic and international tax and non-tax issues regarding their inbound and outbound operations. Wendy also specializes in tax incentives, tax research, tax accounting assurance and federal, multi-state and international income tax compliance. She frequently assists clients in the planning and implementation of the worldwide business restructuring, mergers and acquisition.

Aprio’s Chinese practice concentrates on public, private and foreign-owned companies across various geographies in the fields of manufacturing, wholesale, IT, real estate, blockchain, engineering, pharmaceutical, telecommunication, transportation, e-gaming, and other sectors.

Wendy has been advising Chinese clients from startups to exit-stage companies on their cross-border transactions between China and the U.S. for more than 15 years. She provides strategic planning on various tax and non-tax matters, manages global tax exposure and maximizes tax benefits for Chinese clients investing in the U.S. and U.S. clients with operation in Greater China region.

Wendy is a native Chinese speaker and speaks fluent Cantonese.

Prior to joining Aprio, Wendy worked at a local public accounting firm in Atlanta for six years, serving small to mid-size corporate clients as well as high net worth individuals.

Wendy earned a master’s degree in Accounting at Kennesaw State University and has a passion for serving the Chinese communities. Today she serves as board member in the Hong Kong Association of Atlanta and an advisor in Advisory Board of Symposium on Asia-USA Partnership Opportunities (SAUPO).

Mr. Homing Tam is no stranger to the Hong Kong Business Associations family. Since his first appointment in 2009, as Membership Chair of Hong Kong Business Associations of Washington (HKBAW), he has been actively reaching out to business members and develop opportunities for student members through the Operations Committee (OC). Because of his love and interest to staying connected to the Hong Kong overseas community, he has since taken on roles, such as: Vice President – Global Affairs of HKBAW, Secretary General of National US-Hong Kong Business Association (NUSHKBA).

Homing has the unique ability to connect to people of different background and across many communities. Since 2010, he helped start a young professional committee, led the efforts to a revamped online presence, and worked closely with 90+ business chambers and non-profit organizations. His specialty is creating successful transpacific partnerships for entities between Hong Kong, China, and the US. As one of the Executive Board Member of NUSHKBA, he is currently developing a nation-wide platform for young professionals to exchange ideas and opportunities.

Homing is fluent in English and native in Cantonese, as he was born and raised in Hong Kong. You may have seen him hosting events somewhere in the Greater Seattle area as he is an active emcee and organized 1,000+ events.

Homing currently serves on the following boards:

• Hong Kong Asia Youth Association
• Hong Kong Association of Atlanta
• Hong Kong Association of Washington Foundation
• National US Hong Kong Business Association

Born in Hong Kong, brought up and educated in HK/US, I am US citizen and a multi-cultural business executive fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghais.

I worked and stationed in US, Hong Kong and Beijing China specialize in managing east and west team talent integration and collaborations to deliver the vision and mission to successful commercial reality and profitable result.

Achievement examples:

Currently as Chief of staffs of HGC Global Communications  directly report to the CEO managing over 2,100 staffs, leading on the structure re-engineering HGC in progress for digital transformation from traditional telco business model and as a leading team member on M&A activities and successfully acquired 3 projects from US$50M to US$120M in 9 months

As EVP Sales at NTT, won a multiple years IDC and network contract of US$550 million before the TKO site official open and won Financial customers like UBS, Societe General and Bloomberg etc.

As COO at NWT, creates prepaid calling card ͞Talk Talk card͟ become HK#1 calling card for China and Philippines destinations and #2 IDD Carrier in HK.
At Verizon Business and NTT, APAC Regional management in managing multiple Bus, Sales, pre and post sales units to work with Product and Marketing to deliver customized non standard integrated solutions of SD-WAN, SDN, IDC, BCDR, ICT solutions across all retail , enterprise and wholesale markets

Career History:

– HGC Global Communications (Dec.2018 to Present) Chief of Staffs
– Hong Kong Association Atlanta Chapter (June 2018 to Present) Board of Director
– China Telecom Americas (April, 2017 to May 2018) Regional Sales Manager, East region US
– NTT Com Asia Limited (2009 – 2015) Executive Vice President, Sales Operations
– China Enterprise Netcom Corp (2006 – 2008) President & CEO
– Verizon Enterprise Solutions (2003 – 2006)
Managing Director, North Asia Regional Sales Operations
– Modern Legend Group, HK (2000 – 2003) Co-founder and Shareholder
– New World Telephone (1996 – 2000) Chief Operating Officer
– Teleglobe Canada (1994 – 1996) Managing Director of Greater China Region
– Reuters Asia (1990 – 1994) Regional Sales and Marketing Manager
– Television Enterprise Ltd, HK (1989 – 1990)
– VideoStar Connection, USA – EDS subsidiary (1986 – 1989)
– Cable News Network, USA (1982 – 1986)