Biography

Hao-Chin (Frank) Jeng is our interim Chief Legal Officer, in charge of the company’s global legal and compliance affairs, practices of the board of directors, and ESG matters. Throughout his legal career, Frank has represented clients in securities and bond offerings in the U.S. and Hong Kong, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, antitrust investigations, commercial litigations, high-stake IP litigations, and licensing transactions. Before joining Maxeon, Frank served as Vice President of Purplevine IP Group, where he founded and led its global IP litigation and licensing practice and international development strategy. Prior to Purplevine, Frank served as a partner in the Hong Kong and Chicago offices of Kirkland & Ellis, where he practiced in both litigation and corporate departments across the firm’s Chicago, Hong Kong, and Shanghai offices. He is qualified to practice law in the State of New York, U.S.A., and Hong Kong SAR, China. He holds J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and BBA and LLB degrees from National Taiwan University. Frank is well regarded in the legal and IP community, where he was named the World's Leading IP Strategist in IAM Strategy 300 by IAM Magazine (2023 & 2024).