Profile
Joe C. Wie is a member of the Corporate Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Washington, D.C. office. Joe focuses his practice on commercial transactions and general corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spinout and technology transfers, licensing and commercial transactions, as well as general corporate governance matters. In his previous role as legal counsel for the Device Solutions Division of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Joe reviewed and drafted a broad range of transaction documents, including loan documents, leasing agreements, license agreements, financing statements, joint development agreements, supply agreements, and other commercial agreements. He conducted due diligence for M&A transactions, and collaborated with subject matter experts to address antitrust, CFIUS, and insurance issues. Joe has a wide breadth of domestic and international experience and has directly negotiated deals with many multinational corporations on licensing, commercial, and transactional matters.
In his role with a real estate investment fund, Joe analyzed real estate financing documents from multiple commercial banks; reviewed and drafted license agreements, personal guaranty agreements, NDAs, and stock purchase agreements in connection with acquisition of franchises; drafted letters of intent and reviewed purchase and sale agreements for acquisition of businesses; and negotiated terms of the purchase and sale agreement with the seller’s counsel.
Capabilities
Experience
- Advised on software development agreement and directed-part capacity agreement with a German multinational automotive corporation regarding semiconductor products to be used in automotive parts and applications.°
- Advised on general terms and conditions and pricing and purchase agreement with an American multinational automotive company regarding memory products to be used in automotive infotainment system.°
- Advised on supply agreement with a German multinational technology company regarding semiconductor products to be used in automotive applications.°
- Advised on licensing of various software licenses with an American cloud-based software company for testing, evaluation, and subscription purposes.°
- Advised on potential transfer, license, and acquisition of an American multinational technology corporation’s intellectual property and potential supply and purchase of devices incorporating the same technology.°
- Advised on transition services agreement and employee matters agreement relating to potential acquisition of an American multinational technology corporation’s business unit and related technologies therein.°
- Advised on purchase and sale agreement with a German lighting producer whose LED driver business has been acquired by a Chinese global manufacturer and supplier of LED driver products.°
- Advised on commercial agreements relating to sale of semiconductor products for an American multinational technology corporation’s production of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.°
- Advised on license agreement with an American electronic design automation company related to the use of firmware source codes for development of algorithms and optimal memory test pattern.°
- Advised on professional services agreement with a French multinational technology company relating to development and licensing of modules to be used in application processers of smartphones.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Wie prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Legal Counsel, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Device Solutions (DS) Division, 2021-2023
- Attorney, JNC Realty Investments LLC, 2017-2023
- Law Clerk, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Office of Inspector General, Fall 2016
- Summer Legal Intern, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Market Regulation–Legal, 2016
- Spring Student Honors Intern, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, 2016
- Summer Legal Intern, Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, 2014
Credentials
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J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2017
- Associate, The George Washington Law Review
- B.A., University of Virginia, 2013
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Korean, Native
- English, Native