Joe Kim is a foreign attorney (admitted in Illinois) at Kim & Chang specializing in disputes and crisis management, with a focus on product liability, white collar defense and corporate compliance issues.
Since joining the firm in 2016, Mr. Kim has provided advice in some of Korea’s most complex and long-running matters, including a multi-year product liability case involving criminal, civil, government and stakeholder dimensions. Moreover, he has extensive experience assisting multinational clients – particularly foreign C-level executives – in investigations by the Korean regulatory and investigative agencies.
Mr. Kim has substantial experience managing internal investigations involving e-discovery, coordinating sensitive, large-scale fact-finding efforts across multiple issues and departments. He also provides ongoing regulatory counsel to global clients doing business in Korea, particularly with respect to product safety, certification requirements and product recalls.
He has played a key role in several bet-the-company level crises, helping clients respond with a multidisciplinary approach that integrates corporate strategy, stakeholder communication and regulatory defense.
Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim worked in leading tech companies, both in the Silicon Valley and Korea, in his capacity as manager in sales and business intelligence.
Mr. Kim holds a J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2015), where he served as an editor of the Journal of International Law and Business, and a B.A. in Political Science (High Distinction) from the University of California, Berkeley (2006). He is a native speaker in both English and Korean.
