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Mr Hyongsoon Kim
Work Department
Partner; Complex Commercial Litigation, Class Actions & Trials
Position
Hyongsoon Kim leads Akin’s California litigation practice. He is highly experienced in complex commercial litigation, particularly in high-stakes class action matters and product liability cases. He has gained a reputation for innovative legal tactics and efficient results for clients. Hyongsoon has achieved multiple denials of class certification, as well as dismissals at the pleadings stage and through motions for summary judgment. He has defended clients in numerous class actions involving unfair business practices and false advertising laws across multiple states. He also has represented clients in defending claims brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the Videotape Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), and various securities laws. His client portfolio spans industries such as electronics and digital, oil and gas, retail, and food and beverage.
To learn more about Hyongsoon, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/hyongsoon-kim
Career
Mentions: https://www.legal500.com/rankings/ranking/c-united-states/media-technology-and-telecoms/cyber-law-including-data-privacy-and-data-protection/50038-akin
Memberships
California Bar
New York Bar
Education
J.D., Columbia Law School, 2001
B.A., California State University, Los Angeles, magna cum laude, 1998
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)