[Website] Attorney Sung-ho Choi "I, who dreamed of being an entrepreneur, have become a lawyer helping entrepreneurs."

“I used to dream of being an entrepreneur, and now I’m a lawyer helping entrepreneurs.”

It is said that around the year 2000, when the IT bubble was in full swing in Korea, the admission scores for medical school and computer science were similar. This means that in the early 2000s, all of society's attention was focused on IT. However, a student who entered the popular computer science department at the peak of the IT bubble decided to become a lawyer, not a developer. This is the story of Choi Seong-ho, partner lawyer at Law firm Veat. Lawyer Choi Seong-ho said, “I’m been fascinated by computers since I was young, and I won awards in various competitions, dreaming of starting a business someday. That’s why I entered Seoul National University’s computer science department, but there were naturally ‘computer geniuses’ everywhere in the computer science department I actually attended.” He added, “While changing my thinking, I explored a third field to properly understand IT, and that’s when I decided to become a lawyer specializing in IT.”

Lawyer Choi currently provides legal advice to various IT companies, venture capital firms, and university technology holding companies. He specializes in startups. He participates in legal due diligence or general investment procedures when startups receive investment or venture capital firms review investments. The reason startups are at the center of Lawyer Choi’s legal advice is clear. It’s because Lawyer Choi, who once had the dream of being an entrepreneur, believes that ‘startups’ are the field where he can work and learn most enjoyably.

Lawyer Choi said, “Because I majored in IT, I can easily understand even complex technical stories, and I have a network that allows me to interact casually with many people in the startup industry.” He added, “There are even places that tell me not to worry about lawyer fees until the startup receives investment, and they help me wholeheartedly.”

Lawyer Choi emphasizes that IT companies inevitably encounter legal issues in the process of expanding their business. For example, legal advice is essential even in the situation where the Chinese game market is growing, leading to the production of many domestic game ‘copycats’. Lawyer Choi explained, “IT and law are intertwined in various fields, not just when a small company seeks investment, but also in patent litigation, trademark infringement, and plagiarism.”

Lawyer Choi’s plan is to establish a Law firm Veat specializing in IT and startups and to be recognized as an expert in the field. Lawyer Choi said, “I still have the dream of being an entrepreneur.” He added, “However, my goal is to play a role in creating a healthy startup ecosystem in Korea through a Law firm Veat specializing in startup work, which is an extension of the work I’m currently doing.”