Biographical Note

Adjunct Professor Calhoun is admitted to practice law in California, the District of Columbia, New York, and Japan (as a junkaiin). He is a senior counsel at Squire, Sanders and Dempsey L.L.P. His practice focuses on the Pacific Rim, with a particular emphasis on bank regulatory issues and bank and corporate mergers and acquisitions, cross-border venture capital startup investments, and the negotiation of joint venture and technology exchange agreements in the United States, Japan, and China. In addition, he has served as a director and general counsel of Union Bank. Calhoun is author of a number of publications including the Bureau of National Affairs Tax Management Portfolio concerning business operations in Japan and law review articles concerning business operations in Korea, eurodollar lending, and software licensing. He has been involved in structuring constitutional convention and election-related arrangements in Afghanistan and provides general corporate counsel to a nonprofit organization working to advance the mutual interests of the United States and the Asia Pacific region.

In 2006, Calhoun received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Japan Society of Northern California for his critical contribution to the postwar revival of the society and his work in Japan. In 2008, he received the New Silk Road Award from the California-Asia Business Council in recognition of his role in globalizing legal services. Calhoun is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the New York State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the American Society of International Law. He has been a lecturer on international business transactions at UC Berkeley and a visiting lecturer at the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade. He is a trustee of The Asia Foundation, founding chair of Give2Asia, chair emeritus of the San Francisco-Osaka Sister City Committee, a director emeritus of the Japan Society of Northern California, and a commissioner of the Asian Art Commission, San Francisco.

Calhoun was born and attended primary school in Shanghai, China. Upon completing high school in the United States, he joined the Army of the United States where he was trained and served as a Japanese language intelligence officer in World War II. He speaks English and Japanese.

Education

BA, Harvard University
LLB, George Washington University

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