Shiau Yen Chin-Dennis

Practice Areas

Shiau Yen Chin-Dennis offers business-focused legal solutions, advising domestic and multinational companies on corporate matters and transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring, and corporate governance. She has extensive experience in international and cross-border issues, including market entry, integration, and expansion. Shiau Yen has represented foreign investors, including Asian investors entering the US market and manages global corporate governance for multinational companies. She also represents companies in commercial agreements, contract management, and international commercial transactions, along with executive employment matters. Additionally, she is a founding faculty member of the firm's mini-MBA program, which trains associates in key business concepts.

Shiau Yen is also the managing partner of the firm's Portland office and a member of the firm’s Management Committee. She is the chair of the firmwide Opportunity and Inclusion Committee. Drawing from her corporate America experience, she is a strategic and innovative thinker as well as an experienced board member.

Professional Memberships

APPOINTMENTS

National District Export Council (Steering Committee Member, Pacific North Region)

National District Export Council Trade Policy & Legislative Affairs Committee (Chair, Asia Subcommittee)

Oregon District Export Council (Chair and Member, appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce)

Oregon-China Sister State Committee (Member, appointed by the Office of the Senate President for the State of Oregon)

North Carolina District Export Council (Member, appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce, 2005–2011)

ASSOCIATIONS

Oregon Business and Industry (Executive Committee and Board Member, 2021–present)

The Library Foundation, (Board of Trustees Member, 2019–present)

Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council (Board Member and Founding Co-Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, 2018–2021)

Green Empowerment (Board Member, 2018–2019)

International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (Member)

International Bar Association (former Corporate Counsel Forum Committee Member)

Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Member)

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Member)

Oregon State Bar Association, International Law Section (former Nominating Committee Member)

North Carolina Bar Association (Member, former Treasurer and Officer, and Mentorship Chair for the International Law Section)

Professional Human Resources (PHR) Certification

Technology Association of Oregon (Member, International Community)

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

K&L Gates Firmwide Opportunity and Inclusion Committee (Chair)

2020 Women on Boards, Oregon Leadership Committee (Member)

Eleventh and Twelfth Annual Career Strategies Conference, Corporate Counsel Women of Color (K&L Gates Representative)

Women’s Leadership Alliance of Greater Portland & SW Washington (Founding Member & Advisory Council Member, 2014–present)

Japan-America Society of Oregon (Women’s Leadership Council, 2018 - present; Board Member, 2016–2018)

Asian Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (Co-Founder, Board Member, and President, 2022–present)

Northwest China Council (Pro Bono Counsel)

League of Minority Voters (Pro Bono Counsel)

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (2014 Fellow)

International Women’s Forum (Member)

International Trade Education Minority Initiative, City of Durham, North Carolina (former Member)

American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (former Board Member)

Education