Many of our engagements involve matters in which our clients face significant public attention. The following is a list of news stories about the firm, our clients, cases and the results we have achieved.
Kobre & Kim’s work representing corporate interests and navigating the business environment in Hong Kong recently led to accolades from a prominent Asia-focused legal publication.
Kobre & Kim was featured in Vault’s second-annual “Top 150 under 150,” a list of the nation’s top midsize legal firms. The 2017 ranking recognized Kobre & Kim as a “go-to firm for complex cross-border dispute resolution.” Vault also ranked the firm as the sixth-best boutique litigation firm in the nation.
Kobre & Kim’s international dispute resolution work has been shortlisted for a major award from AsiaLaw, a guide to the legal services market in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm has been nominated in the “Best in Compliance and Regulatory” category for the 2016 AsiaLaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Awards.
Chambers & Partners has recognized Kobre & Kim and a number of the firm’s lawyers for outstanding achievements during the past year in the categories of General Commercial Litigation, Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, and Restructuring/Insolvency.
Kobre & Kim has been recognized as a leading firm in General Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense in The Legal 500 United States 2016 rankings, with six lawyers named for outstanding work in their respective fields.
Who’s WhoLegal recognized Michael S. Kim, Randall Arthur, James Corbett QC, Marcus J. Green, Robert W. Henoch, Rebecca Hume, Andrew C. Lourie, David H. McGill, and Tim Prudhoe in its recently published analysis of the asset recovery practice area.
Kobre & Kim has strengthened its government enforcement and investigations team with the addition of Jason A. Masimore in London. As a former prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Masimore will focus his practice on advising corporations and individual clients in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa facing allegations of corruption/bribery, securities, tax and accounting fraud, market manipulation, and violations of U.S. sanctions, among other violations.
James Pooley, former deputy director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Michael Ng, intellectual property trial lawyer; and Andrew Stafford KC, trade secret litigator based in the firm’s London office, discuss the U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act, the European Trade Secrets Directive, and what businesses must do now to prepare.
Jason Masimore, a former prosecutor in the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice who is member of the firm’s Europe government enforcement defense and investigation team in London, discussed the impact of the U.S. government’s growing regulatory regime in the UK.
Citing the growth of cross-border litigation, Jonathan Cogan, John Couriel, and Robin Rathmell hosted a webinar on ways to locate and gather evidence in the U.S., the UK, and English-law jurisdictions.
Former U.S. federal prosecutor Vasu Muthyala, based in Asia, will share insights on U.S. anti-corruption enforcement trends in India at the 2016 FCPA Master Class hosted by BDO INDIA and the American Chamber of Commerce in India to take place in New Delhi.
Michael Kim explored strategic approaches for effective asset tracing investigations in Asia at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 34th Annual Spring Meeting in Washington DC.
