Nina L. Hong

Nina L. Hong, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, specializes in a variety of business transactions and corporate governance matters, including formation and governance of business entities, debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, corporate restructurings, and compliance with federal and state securities laws. Nina also advises clients in acquisitions of assets from distressed companies. Nina represents private and public companies in both domestic and international business transactions, including cross-border transactions involving Asian companies. Among her many engagements, Nina was instrumental in advising on corporate transactions/matters involving Monster Energy, Noble House Home Furnishings, Mountain Express Oil, Kona Grill, Medley Health, Sears, GigaMonster, and IPIC Theaters.

Nina has authored numerous articles and other publications and has spoken on various corporate and transactional topics. Nina received the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association’s President’s Award twice. Nina was also honored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association as part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in 2024. Nina earned her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Epsilon (international honor society in economics), and her JD from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Nina is fluent in Mandarin.

Professional Affiliations

• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Board, 2023- Present
• California Lawyers Association, Executive Committee (2021 – Present)
• Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, President, 2023; Executive Board, 2019-2022
• Century City Bar Association, President, 2022, Executive Board, 2019-2021
• Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles, Board, 2022
• State Bar of California Business Law Section Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies Committee, Chair, 2018-2019
• State Bar of California Business Law Section Corporations Committee, Vice Chair, 2007-2008
• Committee of 100 (C-100) Leadership and Mentoring Program, Elected Member, 2016

Programs and Lectures

Keynote Speaker, Southwestern Law School’s APALSA Banquet (April 2015)

Speaker, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association’s Summer Event (September 2014)

Speaker, “California LLC Operating Agreements,” Teleseminar for State Bar of California Business Law Section (May 2014)

Co-lecturer, “The New LLC Act: Life After Beverly Killea,” UCLA Faculty Center CEB Presentation (November 2013)

Co-lecturer, “Hot Topics in Business Tax and Fiduciary Duties of Managers of Insolvent Limited Liability Companies,” Teleseminar for State Bar of California Business Law Section (May 2012)

"Recent Corporate Law Developments," State Bar of California 80th Annual Meeting (Sept. 2007)

News

Publications

• Working group member, Third –Party Closing Opinions Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships (State Bar of California 2016)

• Contributing editor, Handbook for Incorporating a Business in California (State Bar of California 2006)
• Coauthor, "Selected Developments in Corporate Law," Business Law News 3 (State Bar of California Annual Review 2007)

Events