As an international trade and customs lawyer, KIM, Jin Woo (or Jin Woo KIM) advises multinational corporations and governments on international trade and customs matters. The scope of his work includes anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and safeguards investigations in the European Union and other countries, World Trade Organization (WTO) matters, EU customs compliance, trade policy, and new EU regulatory measures such as Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), and Forced Labour Regulation.

Mr. Kim also advises clients on EU-Korea trade matters and assists companies seeking to expand market access. In particular, he works closely with Korean companies and advises on EU’s  regulatory regime. He is a Korean-national, New York-qualified lawyer with a law degree from Korea, the Netherlands and the U.S., providing seamless legal service to Korean clients and international clients, with expertise in trade laws and fluency in the Korean language.

He has been recognized by ratings guides such as Legal500 for his capabilities in WTO proceedings as well as his trade disputes acumen, and acknowledged as one of the key lawyers in our international trade and customs team.

Mr. Kim is a member of the Editorial Board of the Global Trade and Customs Journal (Kluwer). He also regularly publishes articles on international trade issues and presents findings at seminars.

Before joining private practice, Mr. Kim gained experience in WTO dispute settlement as an intern at the WTO Appellate Body Secretariat and as a Blue Book trainee at the Legal Service of the European Commission, where he prepared drafts of internal memoranda and written submissions in WTO appeal and panel proceedings. Mr. Kim also focused on EU-Korea trade matters during his internship at the Directorate-General for External Policies (DG EXPO) of the European Parliament and at the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).

During his studies at Georgetown University Law Center in the U.S., Mr. Kim examined implications of Brexit on international trade. He contributed to the book Legal Aspects of Brexit (Hillman and Horlick, eds., 2017), and has written extensively on the EU-Korea FTA. Mr. Kim acquired in-depth understanding of EU law, with an emphasis of EU Common Commercial Policy, during his earlier studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.