Joon H. Kim

Represent Nissan in DOJ and SEC investigations relating to alleged misconduct by its former CEO Carlos Ghosn.

Represent Sequoia Capital in litigation and investigations arising out of the collapse of FTX.

Represent Citibank in connection with SEC and CFTC investigation into “off-channel” communications practices.

Serve as counsel for senior executives at two different leading investment advisors and private equity firms in connection with SEC and CFTC’s “off-channel” communications investigations.

Represent Petrobras in major securities class action litigation and other disputes relating to corruption allegations in Brazil.

Represent Citibank in global investigations into alleged manipulation of LIBOR and other market rates by the U.S. Department of Justice, the CFTC, SEC, and state attorneys general, as well as criminal, competition, and regulatory authorities around the world.

Represent a National Football League team in conducting internal investigation into allegations of financial irregularities in the team’s operations relating to allegations of interpersonal misconduct.

Represent one of largest Korean conglomerates in securities and antitrust litigation in U.S. federal court arising out of allegations of price fixing.

Represent telehealth company Cerebral in connection with DOJ, FTC, and New York Attorney General’s Office investigation into allegations of misconduct relating to controlled substances, as well as advertising and cancelation polices and practices.

Represent Board of Directors of major financial institution in DOJ and SEC investigation alleging accounting and valuation fraud arising out of whistleblower complaint.

Represent Board of Directors of highly regulated financial institution in conducting investigation into whistleblower allegations relating to alleged misconduct by senior management.

Represent senior hedge fund executive in insider trading investigation being conducted by the Department of Justice and the SEC.

Represent multinational company in DOJ investigation into alleged fraud in connection with advertising practices.

Represent global financial institution in CFTC investigation relating to swap dealer compliance issues.

Represent Board of Directors of a major bank in connection with OCC investigation arising out of allegations of fraud.

Represent CEO of major technology company in DOJ and SEC investigations into alleged securities and other frauds.

Represent senior executive in connection with DOJ and SEC investigation into allegations of insider trading.

Represent founder of major hedge fund in connection with DOJ and SEC investigations into alleged misconduct arising out of Neiman Marcus bankruptcy.

Represented a consortium of investment banks sued for securities and other fraud in multijurisdictional litigation arising out of the collapse of Adelphia, a major U.S. cable television company.

Oversaw investigation and prosecution of numerous high-profile securities fraud, insider trading, market manipulation, accounting fraud, and other financial offenses, including: precedent-setting insider trading prosecutions arising out of “political intelligence” leaked to hedge funds (U.S. v. David Blaszczak, et al.); the prosecution and trial in multimillion-dollar insider trading scheme involving secret corporate information obtained from the former Chairman of the Board of Dean Foods (U.S. v. William Walters); the prosecution of major accounting firm executives for unlawfully obtaining confidential information from the PCAOB (U.S. v. David Middendorf, et al.); the prosecution of executives involved in an accounting fraud at Valeant (U.S. v. Gary Tanner and Andrew Davenport); and participation in the appellate briefing in the landmark insider trading decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Second Circuit (Salman and Newman decisions).

Represented Board of Directors of UniCredit SpA in connection with U.S. sanctions investigation by the DOJ, OFAC, Federal Reserve, New York County District Attorney’s Office and New York State Department of Financial Services.

Represent major Asian company in DOJ and OFAC investigation into alleged North Korean sanctions violations.

Represent international bank in connection with whistleblower allegations relating to the bank’s KYC function reported to the Federal Reserve and the New York State Department of Financial Services.

Represent U.S. bank in connection with DOJ investigation into allegations of BSA and AML violations arising out of dealings cryptocurrency customers.

Represent a number of financial institutions and companies in investigations into sanctions and money laundering violations being conducted by the Department of Justice, the New York County District Attorney’s Office, the Federal Reserve and OFAC.

Conducted internal investigations and reviews for international banks to help respond to and deal with transactions that may violate U.S. sanctions laws.

Oversaw investigation and prosecution of several landmark sanctions, tax and money-laundering cases, including: the prosecution of a Turkish gold trader and bank executive charged with a billion-dollar scheme to violate Iran sanctions (U.S. v. Reza Zarrab, et al.); the corporate resolutions with several international financial institutions for violations of U.S. sanctions, the Bank Secrecy Act, tax violations, and money-laundering laws; and the civil asset forfeiture of a Manhattan skyscraper that was proven at trial to have been owned by a front for the Iranian government (U.S. v. 650 Fifth Ave.).

Led independent investigation on behalf of New York Attorney General’s Office into allegations of sexual harassment and other related issues made against former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Led independent investigation for Special Review Committee of the board of the FDIC into allegations of sexual harassment and workplace culture issues.

Conducted internal investigation for the board of a major financial institution into allegations of bullying behavior and toxic culture created by senior human resources executive.

Conducted internal investigation for major public company into allegations of bullying behavior by member of executive leadership team.

Advise multiple companies, boards, and institutions in connection of allegations of sexual harassment, bullying, and other workplace misconduct, including providing advice regarding policies and practices, as well as proper remedial measures.

Represent a number of global companies in connection with DOJ and SEC investigations into alleged FCPA violations.

Conducted multiple sensitive corruption and fraud-related investigations on behalf of international corporations.

Assist a number major multi-national conglomerates in creating and maintaining anti-corruption and other compliance systems and providing training and instruction on compliance issues for the companies.

Oversaw investigation and prosecution of several individuals charged with significant FCPA and other corruption offenses, including: an international bribery scheme involving the President of the U.N. General Assembly and a Hong Kong real estate mogul (U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng, et al.); a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme involving senior government officials in Africa and a Chinese energy conglomerate (U.S. v. Patrick Ho and Cheikh Gadio); and fraud and corruption charges against the brother and nephew of the former U.N. Secretary General arising out of a Korean company’s attempt to sell a $1 billion skyscraper in Vietnam (U.S. v. Joo Hyun Bahn, et al.).

Oversaw investigation and prosecution of multiple FCPA-related corporate and individual resolutions, including against multinational telecommunications companies Vimpelcom and Telia, as well as against a senior executive at aircraft manufacturer Embraer (U.S. v. Colin Steven).

Oversaw and participated in several landmark investigations and prosecutions of corruption in New York State government.

Oversaw investigation and prosecution of corruption in U.S. college basketball that resulted in federal criminal charges against multiple coaches, financial advisors, and sports company executives.

Represent major financial institution that was subject of a cyber breach in overseeing internal investigation into the breach, as well as in dealings with regulators.

Represent financial institution in DOJ investigation into alleged KYC issues relating to cryptocurrency customers.

Oversaw investigations and prosecutions arising out of several of the most significant corporate cyber-intrusions, including: hacks into major international financial institutions’ systems that resulted in the largest-ever theft of financial customer data (U.S. v. Joshua Aaron, et al.); a coordinated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on 46 global financial institutions and U.S. infrastructure (U.S. v. Ahmad Fathi, et al.); a hacking and extortion scheme involving valuable intellectual property stolen from HBO (U.S. v. Behzad Mesri); and cyber-intrusions into law firms seeking confidential information about potential corporate mergers and acquisitions that was used to engage in insider trading (U.S. v. Iat Hong, et al.).

Oversaw landmark international investigations and prosecutions into cryptocurrency and financial technology, including: the prosecution of the founder of Silk Road, the world’s largest online black market with Bitcoin-based payments (U.S. v. Ross Ulbricht); the investigation and prosecution that such down Liberty Reserve, a multi-billion dollar, international digital currency service; the prosecution of the CEO of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange, and Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation (U.S. v. Shrem), as well as multiple investigations into cryptocurrency operations, including the trial and prosecution of those running Coin.mx, an illegal Bitcoin exchange (U.S. v. Gross and Lebedev).  

Oversaw outreach to financial and legal professional firms to discuss proper responses to cyber-intrusions and to discuss coordination with law enforcement.

Represent telehealth company in investigation conducted by Federal Trade Commission into advertising and privacy-related practices.

Represent major fitness company in investigation by New York State Attorney General’s Office in connection with advertising and cancelation polices and practices.

Oversaw significant civil investigations and litigation against public and private institutions for alleged violations of the FIRREA, the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as civil rights and environmental laws, including qui tam actions brought against financial institutions alleged to have engaged in mortgage fraud; actions against pharmaceutical companies alleged to have misused speaker programs and improperly marketed its products; and investigations and actions against New York City agencies alleged to have violated civil rights and environmental laws.