Yeonjin Son is a seasoned legal professional specializing in U.S. regulatory compliance, corporate advisory, and international trade. With over 15 years of collaboration with ACI Law Group, she has delivered comprehensive advisory services to South Korean enterprises, multinational corporations, and government agencies navigating U.S. market entry and ongoing business operations.
Her practice covers a wide range of consumer and industrial products, focusing on regulatory compliance and proactive risk management involving key U.S. federal agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Ms. Son possesses extensive experience in handling complex customs matters, such as CBP Protests, Petitions, responses to CBP Forms 28 and 29, tariff classification, customs valuation, country-of-origin verifications, and C-TPAT certification. She also brings deep expertise in FDA regulatory compliance, effectively advising clients on Import Refusals, Import Alerts, and the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Beyond regulatory compliance, she provides full-lifecycle corporate advisory services—covering entity formation, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and dissolution—alongside holistic legal counsel in international trade and maritime law. Leveraging her nuanced understanding of the U.S. import regulatory landscape, she prioritizes mitigating client exposure and delivering practical, solution-driven outcomes.
Additionally, Ms. Son offers strategic counsel to Korean and international businesses on intellectual property acquisition and enforcement in the United States. Her IP practice encompasses USPTO trademark prosecution, response to office actions, infringement defense, licensing agreement reviews, copyright protection for products and content, and enforcement against IP violations on major e-commerce platforms.
She also contributes actively to strategic trade policy analysis and information dissemination, collaborating with South Korean government entities on research initiatives, policy papers, and official compliance guidebooks for U.S.-bound exports.
