Andy Chan

Deputy General Counsel at Infineon Technologies

San Jose, California, United States

About

Andy Chan is currently Deputy General Counsel at Infineon Technologies. Andy is a registered patent attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US). He has extensive experience in intellectual property, patent and commercial litigation as well as IP licensing and other technology transactions, with prior roles both in-house and in private practice. Prior to joining Infineon, he was Vice President, Intellectual Property & Litigation at Coherus BioSciences. He was also a partner at two Am Law 100 law firms focusing on complex patent and trade secret matters involving a variety of technology areas, including computer arts, semiconductor, chemical, and biotechnology. While attending law school, he was a scholar at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he worked to license micropower impulse radar and robotic vision technologies. Before that, Mr. Chan was a chemist for a Silicon Valley manufacturer of capacitive inclinometers and angle sensors.

Experience

  • Infineon Technologies (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Deputy General Counsel
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    • Associate General Counsel
      Oct 2022 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Vice President, Intellectual Property & Litigation at Coherus BioSciences
    2019 - 2022 · 3 yrs

  • Partner at Pepper Hamilton LLP
    2013 - 2019 · 6 yrs

  • Goodwin Procter LLP (Menlo Park, California)
    • Partner
      2012 - 2013 · 1 yr

    • Associate
      2009 - 2012 · 3 yrs

  • Associate at Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder LLP
    2005 - 2008 · 3 yrs

    patents, intellectual property, litigation