James Prenton

Experience

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  K&L Gates

  Jan 2002 - Aug 2008

  Partner

  Corporate Partner and Japan Practice LeaderAdvised senior American and Japanese executives of companies in a wide range of industries such as mobile devices, VoIP, online and mobile gaming, venture capital, biotechnology, medical devices, e-commerce, and software development. Performed general transactional, corporate governance, and intellectual property services in California and internationally, frequently leveraging Japanese language and cross-cultural skills. Served as outside general counsel to 100+ domestic and foreign clients. Performed project management, issue spotting, and document preparation as part of “in-house counsel” role. Show less

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  Aristocrat Gaming

  Mar 2006 - May 2006

  Senior Corporate Counsel (Secondment)

  Dedicated in-house assignment from K&L Gates LLP. Provided practical, business-oriented legal oversight and strategic guidance for all transactions, working in partnership with management and in-house legal team. Collaborated with the business operations function to create and implement all legal policies regarding business and strategic development, license negotiation, product development, marketing, human resource, e-commerce and privacy issues.

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  InterFocus Law, LLP

  Aug 2008 - now

  Founding Partner

  CORPORATE, START-UP, CVC, VENTURE CAPITAL & M&A:*Start-up and emerging growth company private financings, strategic transactions and exits.*Corporate venture capital and VC fund investments ($1 billion+ client investment value: 2019 - 2023).*Corporate structuring, formations and governance.*Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances. TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS:*Technology and content development, financing, publishing, distributing, licensing and merchandising agreements.*Intellectual property acquisition, disposition, licensing and protection, including patents, trademarks and copyrights.*Manufacturing, OEM, supply and distribution agreements; sales representative, re-seller, and marketing agreements; prototype development and outsourcing agreements; non-disclosure, non-solicitation and non-competition agreements; and material transfer, sponsored research and joint development agreements.REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT PROFILES:*Corporate venture capital, private equity and VC investment funds, including multiple Japan- and APAC-based VC funds.*AR/VR, online, mobile, console, F2P, casual and social game and content developers and publishers.*Software, cyber security, deep/machine learning, AI, NFTs, Web3.0 and blockchain.*Retailers, food and beverage producers.*Clean tech and power generators, aerospace, UAV/drone, logistics, shipping and construction.*Semiconductor, robotics, biotechnology and medical devices.*Law firms, banking, fintech, cryptocurrency and financial service providers. Show less

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  Monozukuri Ventures

  May 2017 - now

  General Counsel

  Responsible for advising Fund general partners and Chief Investment Officer on U.S. portfolio due diligence, investments and exit transactions.

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  InventumVentures

  Jan 2020 - now

  General Counsel

  Responsible for advising Fund general partners on portfolio deal structuring, due diligence, investments and exit transactions.

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  Final Aim, Inc.

  Aug 2023 - now

  Strategic Advisor

  Final Aim drives the global adoption of Web3 smart contracts technology in industrial design and manufacturing.