Many of our engagements involve matters in which our clients face significant public attention. The following is a list of news stories about the firm, our clients, cases and the results we have achieved.
The past eighteen months have seen increasing risks for businesses in Asia as the pandemic and geopolitical shifts have swept the world. As part of the invite-only ALB Hong Kong In-House Legal Summit 2021, Kobre & Kim’s Calvin Koo will moderate a panel on how businesses can manage these cross-border risks at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong on September 7, 2021.
Kobre & Kim’s Farrington Yates has been recognized in Best Lawyers’ latest edition of “The Best Lawyers in America,” placing him among the top lawyers within Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law rankings.
Ensuring proper compliance has become more critical than ever, especially to guard against cyber threats, money laundering and other regulatory pitfalls. Kobre & Kim’s Robert Henoch, a former U.S. federal prosecutor based in Israel, will discuss this topic in a fireside chat hosted by FinTech Aviv – the Israeli FinTech Association – at the WeWork Shoken Rooftop in Tel Aviv, 7:10 pm local time on August 18, 2021.
Benchmark Litigation has again named Kobre & Kim’s Danielle Rose as one of their Top 250 Women in Litigation. The 2021 version of the publication features the “most distinguished women in the world of litigation.” Benchmark compiled its list based on peer and client review as well as consideration of recent case work.
The economic impact of the pandemic will likely lead to an uptick in bankruptcy filings and restructurings around the world, and attorneys with experience in the field will be in high demand. Kobre & Kim’s Donna Xu, who focuses on cross-border insolvency disputes, will discuss her career in bankruptcy and share how others can break into the field in a New York City Bar webinar at 6:00 pm New York time on August 5, 2021.
According to the court documents filed in the Hong Kong Court on 2 August 2021, Steven Zhang, President of the Italian soccer team Inter Milan, is sued by China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited as agent of a group of creditors, seeking more than US$250 million in outstanding debts held by Suning Xiaodian, less than a week after Steven Zhang’s appointment as a non-independent director of Suning.com on 29 July 2021.
Who’s Who Legal’s latest “WWL: Asset Recovery 2021” rankings recognized thirteen Kobre & Kim lawyers among the top global asset recovery practitioners, giving the firm the second-most number of total individual recognitions.
In Chambers and Partners’ latest High Net Worth Guide Rankings, both Kobre & Kim and Robin Rathmell have been recognized in Band 2 of the “Financial Crime: High Net Worth Individuals in UK Rankings.”
In the latest edition of Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite,” Kobre & Kim’s Adriana Riviere-Badell was recognized among the top 1.4% of Florida attorneys.
In the era of social media and the 24/7 news cycle, reputation and privacy have never been more important to high-net-worth individuals and private clients. Kobre & Kim’s Polly Wilkins, a recognized leader in reputation management, discussed the latest trends in defamation and privacy in a STEP City of London webinar on July 12, 2021.
The global economic downturn has left a growing wave of defaults and non-performing loans (NPLs) in its wake in China. At the end of 2020, the Chinese banking sector’s NPL balance amounted to 3.5 trillion yuan. Kobre & Kim’s Jason Kang will join a panel discussion at the 7th China NPL Management and Restructuring Summit in Shanghai on what distressed Chinese companies can do on July 15, 11:30 am local time.
Kobre & Kim and its intellectual property (IP) lawyers Michael Ng, Daniel Zaheer and Michael Rosen have been recognized in the latest 2021 IAM Patent 1000, which lists the leading IP law firms and practitioners around the world.
In the latest Chambers & Partners “Global-wide Asset Tracing & Recovery Rankings,” both Kobre & Kim and founding partner Michael Kim were recognized in Band 1.
Korean companies face an increasing number of cross-border disputes that require costly and complex discovery processes. Alongside the International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL), Kobre & Kim’s Daniel Lee will join a panel to discuss managing the complexities of discovery in cross-border litigation matters on Monday, June 28 at 12:00 PM GMT / 9:00 PM KST.