Kim & Chang

Labor & Employment; Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance; Antitrust & Competition; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes; Mergers & Acquisitions; Foreign Direct Investment; Energy; Insurance

Matthew F. Jones is a senior foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. He primarily practices in the area of labor & employment.

Mr. Jones advises multi-national clients doing business in Korea on day-to-day legal issues affecting the workplace, including employee discipline and terminations, unions and collective bargaining negotiations and strategy, workforce reductions, workplace privacy, employment contracts, labor-related issues in M&A, crisis management, immigration issues and other human resources issues. He has also overseen and conducted hundreds of internal investigations involving allegations of employee misconduct.

Mr. Jones co-authored the chapter on Korea in PLC Employment and Employee Benefits Guide (Practical Law Company, 2013). He also regularly speaks at various Chambers of Commerce in Korea as well Employer Associations.

Mr. Jones received a J.D. from Albany Law School in 2000 and a B.A. in Asian studies from Williams College in 1997. He is admitted to the New York bar and the Massachusetts bar.

English and Korean

Admitted to New York and Massachusetts Bars, 2001

Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2000)

Williams College (B.A., Asian Studies, cum laude, 1997)