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Jae Hoon Kim

Jae Hoon Kim

Global 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

IP, Corporate, Life Science, White Collar Crime, Internal Investigation

Career

As Head of IP Practice Group, Mr. Kim is a brilliant litigation strategist who has represented multinational corporations such as ExxonMobil, P&G, GE, Microsoft, Google, Novartis, BMS, Bayer GSK, Jack Daniel’s, 7-Eleven, ASICS, Broadcom, KLA-Tencor, and POSCO in cases involving patent, trademark, unfair competition and trade secret misappropriation disputes, as well as white collar crime/internal investigation cases. He received his LLB from Seoul National University (1980) and worked briefly at Morrison & Foerster (1993) after receiving LLM from Cornell Law School (1992).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar, NY Bar.

Publications

'Evidence Gathering Mechanisms in Patent Infringement Actions' (2006); 'Enforcement Of Rights Of Well-Known Marks Under Article 7(1)12 (MIP-2008)

Personal

Mr. Kim has been named a leading lawyer in patent, trade secret misappropriation and trademark area, for more than 10 years by all IP related magazines such as IAM Patent 1000, Chambers Asia/Global, Legal 500, MIP IP Stars, Who's who legal, Asia IP Experts, Asialaw Profiles and Euromoney's Expert Guides.

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Chambers Global Guide

Intellectual Property - South Korea

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Individual Editorial
Kim Jae-Hoon is a prominent figure in the market who has an extensive track record of advising on IP matters. He continues to provide guidance on high-profile patent litigation on behalf of domestic and international clients in the pharmaceutical and materials technology sectors.

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