Bio

Tony Chan is the leader of the firm’s interdisciplinary corporate practice in Washington, DC, where he advises clients on public and private company mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity, growth equity, and venture capital transactions, as well as on corporate governance, joint ventures and corporate finance. Tony’s clients include global strategic buyers and sellers as well as financial sponsors and their portfolio companies in the life science, healthcare, investment management, technology, and video game industries. He also regularly advises on complex international and cross-border transactions. Tony serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School where he has taught Takeovers, Mergers and Acquisitions since 2015. He is also involved in the community, serving on the boards of the Arlington Arts Center, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of DC, and the Harvard Law School Association of DC. Tony also maintains an active pro bono practice, serving as counsel to a number of nonprofit organizations, including Aequitas, APAI Vote, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Film Society, and the Harvard Asian Alumni Alliance, in addition to a number of charter schools, including Rocketship Education. Tony has been recognized for his life sciences and M&A work by a number of notable publications, including The Legal 500 US, Law360, IFLR1000, and Legal Media Group. In particular, Law360 highlighted his work in navigating the complex life sciences industry and key partnership negotiations between biotechnology and drug companies.