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U.S. Corporate & Transactional Counsel
U.S. Corporate and Transactional Counsel for Companies, Founders, and Investors
DP Counsel advises on U.S. and cross-border M&A, private financings, corporate governance, technology transactions, and commercial contracts. We structure each matter, align the governing documents, and guide it through negotiation, signing, closing, and implementation.
Primary Capabilities
Core Practices
Mergers & Acquisitions
Counsel on private-company acquisitions and divestitures, integrating transaction structure, diligence, definitive documentation, risk allocation, approvals, closing, and post-closing execution.
Venture Capital
Company-side or investor-side counsel on venture financings, aligning economics, dilution, governance rights, securities compliance, capitalization, approvals, and closing execution.
Private Financings
Counsel on SAFEs, convertible notes, preferred equity, and private placements, aligning investment terms with capitalization, governance, securities-law exemptions, approvals, and closing mechanics.
Technology Transactions
Counsel on SaaS, software, API, data, AI, development, and platform transactions, integrating IP rights, implementation, security, service performance, commercial terms, and exit planning.
Commercial Contracts
Drafting and negotiating services, supply, manufacturing, distribution, and strategic agreements that translate operating priorities into precise economics, performance standards, risk allocation, and exit rights.
Cross-Border Transactions
U.S. counsel on cross-border acquisitions, investments, market entry, and expansion, coordinating entity structure, authority, funding, contracts, local counsel, and multi-jurisdictional closings.
Founder & Managing Attorney | DP Counsel PLLC
Daehoon Park
Daehoon Park is a corporate and transactional lawyer admitted to practice in New York and the founder and managing attorney of DP Counsel PLLC. He advises companies, founders, executives, business owners, investors, and fund sponsors on corporate and transactional matters involving U.S. law, whether domestic or cross-border. His practice includes mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other private financings, corporate structuring, ownership and governance arrangements, commercial contracts, and technology transactions.
Admitted in New York
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Representative Matters
PRIVATE FINANCINGSOFTWARE ACQUISITIONCROSS-BORDER MANUFACTURING
Rule 506(c) Fund and Offering Documentation
The Firm advised the sponsor on fund and offering documentation for a Rule 506(c) private offering, including accredited-investor verification and Reg D compliance.
Private Funds & Investment Vehicles
Software Business Purchase Agreement
The Firm advised on the acquisition of a software business, focusing on the purchase documentation, transferred business assets, software-related rights and continuing operational arrangements.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Asia Manufacturing, OEM Supply and Trademark Licensing
The Firm advised a U.S. hardware company on coordinated manufacturing, OEM supply, and trademark-licensing documentation for production in Asia, addressing production assets, intellectual property, quality, and supply-chain risk.
Commercial ContractsCross-Border Transactions
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Insights
Selected Insights
Corporate Structuring & Governance · June 2026
Founder Equity Before the First Financing: Vesting, 83(b) Elections, IP Ownership, and Cap-Table Integrity
Founder equity is not merely a percentage allocation. The legal package must align issuance, vesting, tax elections, intellectual-property ownership, approvals, and stock records before outside capital is introduced.
Read Insight →Mergers & Acquisitions · June 2026
Earnouts in Private M&A: Turning a Valuation Gap into an Enforceable Payment Mechanism
An earnout can bridge disagreement over future performance, but only if the metric, accounting rules, operating covenants, information rights, payment mechanics, and dispute process form a single coherent system.
Read Insight →Featured Analysis · Private Financings
Seed Preferred Stock Financing: A Closing Checklist for Founders and Investors
This guide provides a structured closing checklist for seed preferred stock financings, helping founders and investors navigate the transition from term sheet to final execution while maintaining corporate hygiene and regulatory compliance.
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