Prof. Chul CHOI (崔 哲) is the Vice-Chair of IIPCC Korea Chapter. He is a professor of law at the Law School of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) and a co-chair of IIPCC Korea. Prof. Choi has been involved in IP policy in Korea and conducted research with regard to IP Finance. He was an expert committee member of the Intellectual Property Policy Council of Prime Minister’s Office and the Presidential Council on Intellectual Property Policy of Korea. He also acted as a non-executive director of Intellectual Discovery, a major IP specialized company with financial asset management subsidiary co., established by the Korean government and major Korean corporations. Prof. Choi co-authored a book, IP Finance: Structure and Case of IP Business Model and Finance, published in Korea by KIIP and in China by IPPH, respectively, under governmental sponsorship. He is also qualified as a Barrister-at-Law in England and Wales. Before joining HUFS Law School as a professor, he practiced law at an international law firm, Allen & Overy LLP, in London and Hong Kong. He holds degrees of LLM in Intellectual Property Law and LLM in International Finance Law from the University of London. He also graduated from Seoul National University and earned MBA in International Business and BA in Management.