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Paul Kim

Paul Kim

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Ranked in 1 practice area

Corporate/M&A: International Firms

South Korea

8 years ranked

About

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Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Paul Kim is a partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. He is also the Representative of the Firm's Foreign Legal Consultant Office in Seoul.

Paul advises clients on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity, venture capital and securities transactions, restructurings and multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Paul has more than 25 years of experience representing a diverse range of clients operating in numerous industries and in many countries, practicing exclusively in New York for nearly 20 years where he focused on advising clients in M&A and other transactional matters. He has also been practicing as a foreign legal consultant in Seoul for nearly 10 years. His clients include private equity funds and investment managers, industrial and manufacturing companies, pharmaceutical and biotech companies and commercial banks and other financial institutions.

Paul has particularly broad experience representing Korean, European and US clients in complex multi-jurisdictional transactions, restructurings and other matters.

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Corporate/M&A: International Firms - South Korea

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Paul Kim operates out of Sheppard's Seoul office. He offers advice on a broad range of cross-border corporate matters, spanning M&A, financing, formation of entities and corporate governance. His expertise attracts regular instructions from corporate and fund clients.

Strengths

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  • He has done M&A work in the USA for a long time. He's very well known in M&A.

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South Korea

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