Jisoo Kim
Partner
Jisoo Kim advises clients on complex business transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, and other strategic investments and partnerships. She represents private and public companies, sponsors, founders, and investors in structuring, negotiating, and executing transactions that support long term business objectives. Jisoo also counsels clients on the formation and structuring of joint ventures and strategic alliances, including the negotiation of governance frameworks, economic arrangements, capital commitments, and exit mechanisms designed to align partner interests and manage long term risk.
In addition to her transactional practice, Jisoo counsels clients on company formation, capital structure and strategic planning, as well as ongoing corporate governance matters. She works closely with management teams, boards of directors, and investors to address key legal and commercial considerations that arise as businesses grow, enter new markets, or pursue strategic initiatives.
Jisoo has extensive experience advising clients across the financial services, media and entertainment, technology, and food & beverage sectors, where she regularly represents companies and investors in transactions and partnerships.
Financial Services
Media/Entertainment
Technology
Food + Beverage
Admitted to Practice
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New York
Education
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J.D., Columbia Law School
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Vice President, Public Interest Law Foundation
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A.B., History and Literature, Harvard University, magna cum laude
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Co-chair, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Affinity Group, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Attorneys of Color Affinity Leadership Group, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
- New York City Bar Association
- Conservators Program, New York Public Library
- Association for Corporate Growth (ACG)
- Former Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Former Board Member, Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law, New York
- Former Mentor, Columbia University Startup Lab
Professional Recognition
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- Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2026
Background
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- Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
- Summer Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
- Summer Associate, Marvel Entertainment, Inc.