Sejeong Son

Sejeong is a Korean patent attorney and partner at FirstLaw. She graduated from Seoul National University, College of Pharmacy, and received her LLM degree from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.

Sejeong has been actively involved in patent prosecution, intellectual property trials, and litigation and opinion work in the fields of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and chemicals. She has worked on several landmark patent cases, including invalidation trials and scope confirmation trials, on behalf of multinational and domestic pharmaceutical companies. Sejeong has also successfully handled matters related to the patent-approval linkage system.

Through the firm’s overseas education programme, she gained fluency in the language, culture, and intellectual property system of Japan. As the leader of FirstLaw’s team dedicated to serving the firm’s Japanese bio/pharma clients, Sejeong has shared her expertise in the relevant fields through numerous lectures throughout Japan, and has established close and trusted working relationships to provide customised service for Japanese clients.