Michael K. Leigh is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang and a member of the firm’s Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance and Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense Practices. He advises major global clients on disputes, criminal investigations, regulatory enforcement and internal investigations.
Mr. Leigh has advised multinational corporations in criminal defense, internal investigations and regulatory audit matters, and has advised clients on matters concerning trade secrets, anti-corruption and bribery laws, corporate fraud and embezzlement, breach of trust and fiduciary duties, and Korean criminal procedures.
Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Leigh served as a prosecutor for the State of New York for over a decade (Kings County District Attorney’s Office and the Office of the New York State Attorney General), handling a wide range of cases, including false claims act and white-collar criminal matters, many of which involved international asset tracing and forfeiture.
