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Paul Cho

Kim & Chang

South KoreaLabor & Employment, Corporate / M&AEnglish, Korean

About

Paul Cho is a Senior Foreign Attorney at Kim & Chang based in the firm's Seoul office and part of a team covering APAC clients through the Hong Kong office, advising on employment and labor matters (including restructuring, collective bargaining and crisis management) and handling M&A, compliance, and civil and criminal litigation matters. He has more than 28 years' experience in Korea and previously served as Vice President and General Counsel of General Motors Korea, was an Assistant Attorney General in Illinois, and earlier worked in private practice and at the Korean Ministry of Finance.

Practice areas

Labor & EmploymentCorporate / M&AAnti-Corruption & ComplianceWhite Collar & Corporate InvestigationsOccupational Safety & HealthLitigation

Office

Expertise

Restructuring & Crisis ManagementCollective BargainingCorporate Compliance & InvestigationsAutomotive / Foreign-Invested BusinessesAPAC cross-border matters

Education

  • School of Law, Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1989)
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 1986)

Admissions

  • Illinois (1991)

Languages

EnglishKorean