When the interviewer interviews the interviewer is how Richard Hsu host of Hsu Untied (“Shoe United”) opened up the podcast recording with me. To which I replied I felt like the Interviewed Interviewer, and with that we started our chat!

In this podcast you can hear:

✅ How I got to being a lawyer in NZ, then moved my career to Japan

✅ How creating my own niche as an in house counsel in the manufacturing industry led to being on the boards of two of the biggest companies in Japan

✅ Where my interest in Japanese first came from and why I recommend Japanese language plus another skill to be successful and thrive in Japan

✅ The signficance of mentors (or are they angels who come across our paths?) are significant in seeing things inside us that we do not see ourselves

When I saw that none other than the famous Tony Robbins was THE guest interviewed before me I did wonder why Richard wanted to speak with me but he’s an extremely curious person and he told me that he found interest in my unsual career path and podcasting and so plucked me out of Linkedin to have this chat with me.

I hope you enjoy it!

LINK TO LISTEN HERE

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About Richard Hsu:

Richard C. Hsu is a Managing Director of the Partner Practice Group in the San Francisco office of Major Lindsey & Africa (MLA).  Richard is also the host and producer of an ABA award winning podcast HsuUntied and author of the LMA award winning blog HsuTube.

Prior to joining MLA, Richard was a Partner and Global Head of the IP Transactions Practice as well as Co-Chair of the Privacy & Data Protection practice at Shearman & Sterling. He was also Co-Head of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Industry Group and was a CIPP/US/E, CIPM and CIPT Privacy Specialist.

Before joining Shearman & Sterling, he was a partner at King & Spalding’s Silicon Valley office and former Managing Partner and Practice Group Leader at Townsend LLP, where he was part of the management team that led the merger with Kilpatrick Stockton to form Kilpatrick Townsend in 2010. Prior to joining Townsend, Richard was a Senior Attorney at Venture Law Group (founded by Craig Johnson from Wilson Sonsini) and the former General Counsel at Cyrano Sciences, Inc. (acquired by Smiths Detection), a venture-backed company founded by Caltech Nobel Laureate Robert H. Grubbs.