Overview
Bochan Kim has worked on multiple cross-border arbitrations and litigations and internal investigations in New York and Korea.
Ms. Kim earned her B.A. and LL.B. from University of Auckland, New Zealand (2013) and was admitted to the New Zealand Bar (2013) and the New York Bar (2018). While she worked at the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (2017-2021), she represented U.S. and Korean clients in connection with investigations and regulatory matters before U.S. financial regulators such as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the New York State Department of Financial Services. Currently, she focuses her practice on international arbitration and litigation as a foreign attorney in Bae, Kim & Lee LLC.
Related Practices
Representative Experience
2021-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2015-2021
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Representative Matters
Represented a Korean contractor in a SIAC arbitration against a Philippine owner in connection with an EPC-based power plant construction project in the Philippines
Represented a multinational reinsurance company in a SIAC commercial arbitration regarding claims under the retrocession treaty between two multinational reinsurance companies
Represented a Korean contractor in an ICC arbitration against a U.S. real estate investment company in connection with the Songdo development project
Represented a Korean contractor in a VIAC arbitration against a Vietnamese contractor in connection with a housing project in Hanoi, Vietnam
Represented a client in a KCAB arbitration relating to claims for damages arising from a breach of a share subscription agreement
Arbitration
Represented a Korean contractor in a SIAC arbitration against a Philippine owner in connection with an EPC-based power plant construction project in the Philippines
Represented a multinational reinsurance company in a SIAC commercial arbitration regarding claims under the retrocession treaty between two multinational reinsurance companies
Represented a Korean contractor in an ICC arbitration against a U.S. real estate investment company in connection with the Songdo development project
Represented a Korean contractor in a VIAC arbitration against a Vietnamese contractor in connection with a housing project in Hanoi, Vietnam
Represented a client in an ICC arbitration arising from a dispute concerning the put-option clause under a shareholders' agreement
Represented a client in a KCAB arbitration relating to claims for damages arising from a breach of a share subscription agreement
Overseas Litigations
Represented a Korean financial company in a class action suit filed in the State of Michigan
Represented a Korean financial company in a class action suit filed in the State of California
Education
2012
University of Auckland (B.A., LL.B.)
Selected Activities
Publications
M&A Litigation 2023 - South Korea (Co-author, Lexology GTDT, 2023)
Qualifications
2018
New York
2015
New South Wales
2013
New Zealand
