Richard K Kim

Richard K. Kim is a partner with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where he specializes in representing domestic and foreign banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions in a broad range of regulatory matters, including in connection with mergers and acquisitions, enforcement actions, compliance and related matters.

Partner in the Corporate Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Previously, he was an attorney with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System where he worked on a wide range of bank supervisory matters. He was also Assistant General Counsel with NationsBank Corporation.

He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association where he previously served as Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Subcommittee of the Banking Law Committee.

He is Co-President of the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund, a member of the the City Year New York Advisory Board, and a former trustee of the Rye Country Day School and The Stanwich School.

Stanford University

A.B.

1983

Columbia Law School

J.D.

1986