Sylvia Fung Chin

Teaching

• Drafting and Negotiating Contracts, Fordham University School of Law, 2013
• Secured Transactions. Fordham University School of Law, 2013
• First-Year Legal Writing, Fordham University School of Law, 1979-81.
• Inaugurated New Associates Orientation Program at White & Case.
• Presentations on Secured Transactions, Legal Opinions, and Project Finance

Experience

• Partner, White & Case, 1986 - present
• Associate, White & Case, 1979 - 1986
• Law Clerk, Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce, U.S. Court, SDNY

Education

• Fordham University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1977
• Associate Editor, Fordham Law Review
• New York University, BA, cum laude, 1971

Publications

• Author of chapter on Lease Syndication in Equipment Leasing, Matthew Bender & Co. (2011)
• Co-author of "Representing Buyers and Sellers in the Sale of Goods" in Negotiating Business Transactions, John Wiley & Sons (1988)
• Co-author of chapter on Third Party Beneficiaries in Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate, ALM Publishing, May 2003

Admitted

• New York State Bar
• US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• US Supreme Court

Affiliations

• ABA Business Law Section Council
• ABA Business Law Section Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• ABA Legal Opinions Committee
• ABA Project Finance and Development Committee
• ABA Women's Business Law Network Subcommittee
• American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers
• American College of Investment Counsel
• American Law Institute
• Asian American Bar Association of New York
• Asian American Law Fund of New York
• Fordham Law Alumni Association
• NAPABA Law Foundation
• NY Bar Foundation, First Judicial District
• Tribar Opinion Committee