Mr. Kim’s practice includes representation of Korean companies in their investments in the United States and China and representation of international institutions in their investments in Korea. Mr. Kim’s representative transactions include:

• Fila Korea in its acquisition of the Fila global brand.
• Wal-Mart in its US$882 million sale of its Korean operations to Shinsegae, one of Korea’s largest retail conglomerates.
• Samsung Electronics in its sale and joint venture of AST Research.
• Samsung Life in its joint venture with Air China Group to form a joint venture life insurance company in China.
• Samsung SDI in its proposed US$200 million joint venture in Hungary with KOC Group of Turkey.
• SK Telecom in its US$440 million joint venture with Earthlink to form Helio mobile phone company in the US.
• Morgan Stanley Private Equity in its asset acquisition of Jinbang Steel.
• Morgan Stanley Private Equity in its minority equity investment in Hyundai Rotem, a Hyundai Motor Group company in Korea.
• Morgan Stanley Private Equity in its acquisition of a controlling interest in KEB Commerz Investment Trust Management.
• Integrant in connection with the sale of the company to Analog Devices.
• FCI in its US$90 million sale to Silicon Motion Technology Corporation.
• A Korean retail conglomerate in its attempted bid for Godiva Chocolate in the US.
• E-Land Fashion China in its proposed initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
• Woongjin Coway in its GDR offering.
• Pixelplus in its Nasdaq IPO.
• J.P. Morgan in a US$97 million ADR offering and Nasdaq listing for Webzen.
• J.P. Morgan in a US$101 million GDR offering and Luxembourg Stock Exchange listing for INI Steel.
• J.P. Morgan in a GDR offering and Luxembourg Stock Exchange listing for Kumgang Korea Chemical.
• Aetos in the sale of Mesa Building in downtown Seoul to Shinsegae Group of Korea.
• Merrill Lynch in its real estate joint venture with Mirae Asset Maps to develop Center One Building in downtown Seoul.
• GE Capital in its acquisition of more than 45 commercial buildings in Seoul and in the establishment of Korea’s first cross-border corporate restructuring real estate investment trust.

Mr. Kim also frequently advises leading Korean corporations on strategies regarding complex cross-border litigation. Mr. Kim’s representation includes:

• Kolon Industries in connection with trade secrets and anti-trust litigation in the US.
• Korean Air in connection with anti-trust class action litigation in the US.
• LG Display in its US anti-trust litigation.
• Honam Petrochemical in connection with trade secrets litigation in the US.
• Korea Exchange Bank in Bernie Madoff feeder funds litigation brought by Fairfield Sentry.
• NCSoft, the world’s largest online game company in Korea, in relation to a trade secret theft case in China.
• Samsung Corporation in its dispute in relation to an ownership of copper mine in Kazakhstan against Dalex, a Russian company.

• Columnist for the largest English daily in Korea: his column, "A View From Abroad," appears frequently in The Korea Herald
• Author of "The Kumgangsan Dam and International Law," published in the Korean Journal of International Law

• Foreign Investment Advisor, Minister of State for Trade of the Republic of Korea
• Advisor, 1998 and 1999 Korean parliamentary delegations to Washington