About us
HL Partners
Founded in 2016, HL Partners is a global advisory and business development firm helping startups, growing businesses, and enterprises expand across borders and unlock new growth opportunities.
With a strong presence in the United States, Japan, and China—and an expanding network across Europe, Korea, and Southeast Asia—we support clients navigating international markets with confidence and speed. Our team brings together professionals from strategy and management consulting, business development, sales and marketing, tax, finance, legal, and emerging technology. This multidisciplinary expertise enables us to address complex business challenges from multiple perspectives and deliver practical, actionable solutions.
At HL Partners, we actively embrace AI and agentic technologies to improve efficiency and accelerate execution. By leveraging modern tools, we spend less time on routine tasks and more time helping clients solve critical business issues and capture growth opportunities.
We do more than advise—we help clients develop strategies, build partnerships, generate opportunities, and execute growth initiatives that create measurable business results.
Leadership
Has been advising clients from various industries such as telecom, high-tech, manufacturing in their development of new business, oversea market entry and growth strategy at HL and Ernst & Young. He leads research teams and BD teams around the world and works with local intelligence partners and network of subject matter experts.
He is the owner of HL Partners. His role provides unique value to clients and how the company differentiates itself from other competitors. He works with client counterparts to ensure project quality and efficient communication. In his leisure time, James enjoys travel, fitness and tasting cuisine from different cultures.