Andrew Chongseh Kim

Andrew Chongseh Kim

  • 外国弁護士
  • T. +82-2-3404-0473
  • F. +82-2-3404-7306
  • E. andrew.kim@bkl.co.kr

概要

Andrew Chongseh Kim is a U.S. litigator, former law professor, and Senior Foreign Attorney at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL). Based in Seoul and licensed in Texas and Illinois, he advises multinational corporations, financial institutions, investors, and high-net-worth individuals on complex cross-border disputes, investigations, regulatory matters, and strategic transactions involving the United States and Korea.
Mr. Kim has represented multinational corporations in international arbitration, commercial disputes, antitrust and regulatory investigations, and cross-border matters requiring coordinated U.S. and Korean legal strategies. His practice encompasses competition and antitrust, energy, construction, life sciences and medical devices, and private wealth matters.

Mr. Kim graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and earned a triple major in Physics, Economics, and Anthropology from the University of Chicago. Before joining BKL, he practiced with an international law firm in Houston and served as a law school professor.

Mr. Kim's legal scholarship and commentary have been cited in briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court, congressional hearings, and leading publications including The New Yorker, Bloomberg Businessweek, NBC News, 60 Minutes, and the South China Morning Post.

Mr. Kim is a Member of the Council of Korean Americans (CKA), a leading organization of Korean American leaders in business, law, government, and academia.

経歴

2023-現在 Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2018-2023 Greenberg Traurig LLP
2017-2018 Beck Redden LLP
2013-2016 Professor, Concordia University School of Law
2011-2013 Professor, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
2010-2011 Judicial Clerk, Supreme Court of Connecticut
その他経歴
2026-現在 Member, Council of Korean Americans (CKA)
2022-現在 Board member and Secretary, The Korean American Institute
2002-2006 NASDAQ Stock Trader

主な案件実績

Successfully defended a Korean biopharmaceutical company against US$145 million in claims asserted by a U.S. medical device manufacturer in a complex cross-border commercial dispute
Represented Asian American scientists and researchers in connection with high-profile FBI investigations involving allegations of economic espionage and research security
Defended a medical device manufacturer in multidistrict litigation involving thousands of product liability claims in U.S. federal courts
Represented oil and gas companies in complex disputes involving upstream and midstream operations, ownership interests, environmental liabilities, and mineral rights
Advised a Korean company on potential U.S. legal exposure arising from the international shipment of crude oil
Represented a mechanical and plumbing subcontractor in an American Arbitration Association arbitration arising from the construction of a luxury hotel development
Represented a pharmaceutical manufacturer in litigation involving false advertising claims
Represented a Korean-American entrepreneur in commercial dispute with a former World Series of Poker champion

学歴

2010 Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude)
2000 University of Chicago (B.A., Economics, Physics, and Anthropology)

主な活動

著述
Researching While Asian: An Initiative in Search of a Crime, Criminal Justice Magazine (America Bar Association, 2022)
Racial Disparities in Economic Espionage Act Prosecutions: A Window into the New Red Scare, Committee of 100 white paper (Committee of 100, 2021)
Prosecuting Chinese “Spies”: An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Espionage Act, Cardozo Law Review Volume 40 No. 2 (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2018)
When the Apocalypse Comes, Will Anything Change? Gay Marriage, Black Lives Matter, and the Rule of Law, Savannah Law Review Vol. 3 (Savannah Law School, 2016)
Underestimating the Trial Penalty: An Empirical Analysis of the Federal Trial Penalty and Critique of the Abrams Study, Mississippi Law Journal Vol. 84 No. 5 (University of Mississippi School of Law, 2015)
Beyond Finality: How Making Criminal Judgments Less Final Can Further the ‘Interests of Finality’, Utah Law Review (University of Utah’s S. J. Quinney College of Law, 2013)
活動
Speaker, Korea's New Legal Landscape: ACP, Discovery, and Constitutional Review (Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, 2026)
Speaker, Perils of Korean Inheritance Law for U.S. Citizens (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, 2025)
Civic Engagement Panel, Committee of 100 Annual Conference (2022)
Kenynote Speaker, 2021 ACP MetroCon (DFW Association of Chinese Professionals, 2021)
Speaker, Know Your Rights Under the China Initiative Webinar (Asian American Justice Center, 2020)
Speaker, Understand Your Civil Rights and Learn How to Protect Career and Family in the New Reality (United Chinese Americans 2019 Forum, 2019)
Keynote Speaker, The Asian American Civil Rights Movement (State Bar of Texas, 2018)
Headline Speaker, Committee of 100, Annual Conference (2017)
受賞
NextGen Leader, Committee of 100 (2018)
Professor of the Year, Concordia University School of Law (2014)

資格

2017 Texas
2011 Illinois