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Dean Fealk

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dean.fealk@dlapiper.com

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555 Mission Street, Suite 2400
San Francisco, California 94105-2933
United States
T: +1 415 836 2521 F: +1 415 659 7421

2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, California 94303-2214
United States
T: +1 650 833 2221

Dean Fealk heads the Global Equity practice at DLA Piper. He advises leading multinational companies on a wide range of legal and strategic issues related to doing business overseas. He frequently serves as managing international legal counsel for multijurisdictional and multi-disciplined projects and matters implicating corporate, securities, regulatory, tax, labor, foreign exchange and data privacy. Mr. Fealk has considerable experience in cross-border equity-based compensation programs and international employment matters in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

The Daily Journal has listed Mr. Fealk as one of California's "Top 20 Attorneys under 40." The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal has named him to its list of "40 Under 40" movers and shakers in the Silicon Valley who impact their businesses and communities. He has been designated a Marshall Memorial Fellow by the German Marshall Fund and named a US-Spain Council Young Leader; both these honors recognizing the next generation of American leaders. The New Leaders Council selected Mr. Fealk for its "40 under 40 Leadership Award," celebrating young leaders across the nation for their involvement in entrepreneurship, advocacy, media and politics.

Mr. Fealk regularly counsels on international and cross-border aspects of international data privacy, immigration, intellectual property protection, choice of entity, tax and corporate structure. He also advises on a broad array of international employment matters including codes of conduct, employee handbooks, work rules, personnel policies, independent contractor agreements, offer letters, employment agreements, proprietary information and assignment of invention agreements, secondment agreements, lay-offs and redundancies, discipline and terminations, settlements and release and waivers.

On the transactional side, Mr. Fealk has provided counsel on more than US$30 billion in cross-border deals, among them mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and integrations. He has led over a hundred international expansion and structuring projects for companies across a wide spectrum of industries and jurisdictions from emerging enterprises to Fortune 500 multinationals. Representative industries include high tech, financial services, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, life sciences, energy, media, manufacturing and distribution.

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Mr. Fealk practiced at leading international law firms in both Silicon Valley and Asia. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank on issues of regulatory reform and business climate and has taught as an adjunct professor or guest lecturer at the law schools of UC Berkeley, UC Hastings, Santa Clara University and Kyunghee University. While in law school, Mr. Fealk was the first US citizen to clerk at the Constitutional Court of Korea. He also externed for Chief Federal District Judge Bernard A. Friedman and at the US Department of Justice.

Active in civic affairs and public policy, Mr. Fealk is a Fulbright Scholar, a Truman National Security Fellow and a Carnegie New Leader of the Carnegie Council. He served on the National Security Advisory Board of a leading presidential candidate in 2007 and 2008. He currently serves on the advisory group to the California Economic Strategy Panel, the Finance Council of the California Democratic Party, the Executive Committee for International Law of the State Bar of California and the Council for International Trade of the California Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Fealk has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer Rising Star. He is also a graduate of the 2009-2010 class of Leadership San Francisco and the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Fealk is a Pro Bono Coordinator for the San Francisco office.

Admissions

California

Memberships

The Pacific Council on International Policy
The Atlantic Council of the United States
The Council for Emerging National Security Affairs
The New America Foundation
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
The Halifax International Security Forum

Publications

Interviewed for/Cited in "MF Global's Debt Bets Ignite Fears Of Global Crisis," Law360 (November 1, 2011)
"Extending US Employee Stock Plans to UK Employees," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (October 2011)(Co-Author)
Interviewed for/Cited in "Silicon Valley to Benefit from US-South Korea Trade Pact," San Jose Mercury News (July 9, 2011)
"Ireland: Changes to Irish Tax Laws Impact Tax Treatment of Employee Stock Awards," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (May 2011)(Co-Author)
"China: China Expands Preferential Tax Treatment on Employee Stock Awards," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (April 2011)(Co-Author)
"Tax-free Repatriation of Stock Award Costs to the US," DLA Benefits and Reward Tax Newsletter (Europe and Middle East) (June 2010)(Author)
"Canada May Change Income Tax Rules Applicable to Equity Compensation Awards," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (March 2010)(Author)
Global Data Privacy Regulation, presented at New York City Bar Center for Continuing Legal Education program on Obtaining Evidence Overseas, December 2009
"Australia: Changes to Taxation of Stock Awards," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (December 2009)(Co-Author)
Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, Chapter 22: "Counsel for International Legal Work," West Publications, (February 2009) (Contributing Author)
"CESR Releases Recommendations on Stock Plans Under EU Prospectus Directive," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (February 2009)(Co-Author)
"Thailand's SEC Relaxes Securities Law Requirements For Employee Stock Awards," DLA Piper Global Equity Compensation Alert (February 2009)(Co-Author)
"Global Equity Compensation: Program Compliance," Equity-Based Compensation for Multinational Corporations, Tenth edition (2008)(Co-Author)
"Implementation and Maintaining Compliance of Equity Compensation Plans Globally," Equity-Based Compensation for Multinational Corporations, Ninth edition (2007)(Co-Author)
Cited in World Bank publications: "Doing Business in 2004: Understanding Regulation," "Doing Business in 2005: Understanding Regulation," and "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs"
International Labor and Employment Laws, Volume II, South Korea chapter (2005)(Co-Author)
Interviewed for/Cited in Invest Korea Journal on collective bargaining issues (September/October 2005)
"Human Resources: Market Trends & Critical HR Issues," Amcham Journal (July/August 2005)(Co-Author)

Seminars

Speaker, "Careers in International Law," American Bar Association / Golden Gate University, February 12, 2012
Speaker, "Developing an International Practice 101: Asia," Webinar, International Law Section, State Bar of California, November 15, 2011
Moderator and Speaker, "Doing Business in Brazil," Webinar, DLA Piper and Campos Mellos Advocados, July 28, 2011
Moderator, "Expanding into Asia," Smart Global Expansion Series with Silicon Valley Bank and High Street Partners, Palo Alto, May 25, 2011
Speaker, "Accounting for Income Taxes for Foreign Operations," with True Partners Consulting, Marriott Santa Clara, March 24, 2011
Speaker, "Key Labor Issues in Europe and Asia," co-sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank, SD Forum and UK Trade and Investment, DLA Piper Palo Alto and San Diego, November 9 and 11, 2010
Speaker/Panelist, "Hot International Corporate Tax Issues," Greater Zurich Area, Four Seasons Hotel, Palo Alto, October 22, 2010
Speaker/Panelist, "Legal Reform in East Asia, University of California," Hastings Law School, September 29, 2010
Speaker/Panelist, "Careers in International Law, University of California," Berkeley Law School, March 9, 2010
Speaker/Panelist, "Hastings International & Comparative Law Society," February 4, 2010
Presenter, "Doing Business between US and Korea: Practical Insights and Tips," Association of Corporate Counsel Continuing Legal Education Program, Santa Clara, California, January 22, 2010
Speaker/Panelist, "Act now on new COBRA Rules in Stimulus Plan," Webinar, DLA Piper, 2008
Speaker/Panelist, "Executive Series: Corporate Law for a Corporate America," UC Berkeley, Boalt School of Law, October 25, 2006
Speaker/Panelist, "Employment Law in Asia," Crowne Plaza Hotel, Palo Alto, October 16, 2006
Keynote Commencement Speaker, Korea Kent Foreign School, June 2002

Civic and Charitable

Advisory Board, Legal Services for Entrepreneurs
Pro-Bono Panel, Legal Services for Children
Public International Law and Policy Group, Sri Lanka Peace Project
DLA Piper Co-Chair, AIDS Walk San Francisco
DLA Piper Pro Bono Committee

EDUCATION

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law
Executive Editor of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
Piercy C. Towne Scholar
M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science
Fulbright Scholar, Korea
B.A., Michigan State University

EDUCATION

J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law
Executive Editor of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
Piercy C. Towne Scholar
M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science
Fulbright Scholar, Korea
B.A., Michigan State University