Mia KIM - Kim & Chang

Bio

Mia Kim is a foreign attorney in the firm’s Real Estate Practice and Health Practice.

As a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice, Ms. Kim provides a broad range of foreign investors and private equity funds in real estate transactions with expert advice on matters involving sale and purchase of real properties, construction projects, and leasing projects, and advising on the most effective and feasible deal structures.

Ms. Kim has extensive experience in advising publicly and privately held multinational companies in a wide range of cross-border transactions, including share and asset purchases and joint venture, corporate governance, general corporate and commercial law matters, and setting up of Korean operations.

Also as a member of the firm’s Health Practice, Ms. Kim has vast experience in advising a broad range of companies in the pharmaceutical/medical device/cosmetic sectors on matters of regulatory advice, compliance, competition law issues relating to promotional and marketing practices in the industry, M&A, and restructuring of business operations.

Before joining the firm in 2005, Ms. Kim worked in the Office of the General Counsel and the US Department of Health and Services in Washington, DC. In that capacity, Ms. Kim advised government agencies on regulatory issues involving biomedical research and reviewed proposed regulations and legislation affecting significant issues of health and human services.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2005.7.-Present)

Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Health and Human Services (2003-2005.6.)

Law Clerk to Honorable Barbara Zucker-Zarett, Superior court of New Jersey (2001-2002)

Judicial Intern, Wisconsin Supreme Court (2000.8.-2000.12.)

Clerk, Kim & Chang (2000.6.-2000.8.)

Intern, Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field (1999.6.-1999.8.)

CJ Corporation (1997-1998)

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Real Estate Transactions

Advised on multiple land acquisitions in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, as well as logistics warehouse development projects through a Korean real estate fund or project financing vehicle, including the land located in industrial complexes and regulated by special laws governing industrial complexes.
Advised on multiple warehouse acquisitions and sales in the Seoul Metropolitan Area and elsewhere in Korea using Korean real estate fund structures or general corporate structure.
Advised a foreign investor on a joint venture project involving land acquisition and the development of logistics centers in Korea.
Advised a foreign investor on a joint venture project involving land acquisition and the development of private rental housing in Korea.
Advised numerous major retailer clients overseas on commercial building leases and department store leases in Seoul.
Assisted a foreign investor with the acquisition of a state building through a real estate fund structure in Seoul.
Advised various foreign private equity investors with the acquisition and sale of first-class commercial (office) buildings in Seoul.
Advised on a foreign investor client’s sale of retail buildings located in Seoul, Jeju Island and Daejeon.
Advised on sale and lease back transactions involving logistics centers and commercial buildings.
Advised on an international data center operator’s data center development project in Seoul, including advice on licensing and permit requirements and various aspects of operational matters.
Advised various international hotel owners and operators relating to the acquisition and sale of major hotel properties in Korea, including regulatory advice on licensing and permits and various statutory requirements relating to hotel management.
Advised on Singapore-based funds’ acquisition of hotels located in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
Advised on hotel re-development projects.