John Kao
Attorney at Law
California
CA
About
John's has more than more than 7 years of experience at two top international law firms and served as in-house counsel for more than 10 years at large corporations. He lives in Glendale, California but represents clients throughout the country.
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Client Reviews
"John was lead counsel in drafting and negotiating a number of complex agreements in which I was a key stakeholder. John is a subject matter expert and proficient in all aspects of contract law. His business-practical advice was instrumental in helping us achieve favorable results in several contracts with major customers. It was also a pleasure to work with John, and I would not hesitate recommending John for contracts, business transactions and general corporate legal matters. -- Michael Harradine, VP Global Sales, Agility Logistics"
"John helped draft the terms of service and privacy policy for our new venture. As a new business we had a myriad questions which John went out of his way to explain in terms that we could understand and added solutions to issues we had not even considered. It made working with him so easy, and we will definitely engage him again as our business grows – Richard Bayston – Principal RIB ~ Consulting"
Work History
Contract Counsel
Jan 2018 - Present
Serving as legal counsel and trusted advisor to the logistics and customer operations functions for the AR/VR division, including reviewing, drafting and negotiating complex agreements with providers of mission-critical services.
Davis Wright Tremaine
Contract Counsel
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Represented a major e-commerce client of the firm in a variety of transactions and agreements, including the licensing of technology and other intellectual property and procurement of transportation, logistics and supply chain services.
Public Storage
VP & Asistant General Counsel
Oct 2015 - Jun 2017
Served as chief counsel for all corporate, transactional, securities and employment matters for the world’s largest, NYSE-listed self-storage company with a market capitalization of approximately $40 billion, and its publicly traded subsidiary, PS Business Parks, Inc.
Agility Logistics
Regional General Counsel - Americas
Feb 2007 - Sep 2015
Led, managed, administered and oversaw the legal department and staff in the Americas region for this global transportation and logistics services company with annual revenues in excess of US$4.5 billion.
Gibson Dunn
Associate
Mar 2004 - Feb 2007
Represented clients on a variety of mergers and acquisitions transactions, securities matters and commercial contracts.
Debevoise & Plimpton
Associate
Aug 1999 - Jan 2004
Represented clients in domestic and cross-border mergers and purchases and sales of stock and assets, assisted borrowers in international financing transactions and provided general corporate legal advice.