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Join Kobre & Kim’s Richard Clarke at the ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes | TL4D Sovereign & States Disputes and Enforcement Summit 2025 on January 29-30 at the Law Society, London. Mr. Clarke will be speaking on the “Plundering the State’s Coffers – Recent Successful (and Unsuccessful) Attempts at Enforcement” panel. Book your place here: https://hubs.la/Q02_XP3g0 #SovereignStates #Enforcement #Disputes #FIRE #TL4

For the 15th year in a row Kobre & Kim partnered with the Association to Benefit Children (ABC), East Harlem.    Association to Benefit Children has always been a relentless champion for children and its commitment to protect every child. Since its founding in 1986, ABC has served children struggling with the complex and compounded issues of poverty, hunger, emotional and physical abuse, lack of educational support, homelessness, disabilities, developmental delays, and/or medical fragilities.    Each year Kobre & Kim spreads holiday cheer by hosting a pizza and ice cream party and providing a gift to children who attend the after-school program at ABC. This year the Firm gave each child an iPad.  

Grassroots Grocery was birthed from necessity in 2020 by Bronx educators who confronted food scarcity in their school community. This nonprofit champions food justice through an innovative model of local engagement, partnering with community leaders to identify and reach families sidestepping traditional food aid systems. Grassroots Grocery mobilizes a volunteer base to deliver nourishment where it's needed throughout Harlem, Upper Manhattan, and the Bronx. They serve nearly 3,000 households every week.   Over 50 volunteers from Kobre & Kim's New York team made 1,690 sandwiches on Tuesday, December 10.

Kobre & Kim’s Michael Ng has been recognized in the 2025 IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders Guide among the very top intellectual property (IP) practitioners and strategists in the world. These rankings identify “the individuals who offer top-tier services to develop and implement strategies that maximise the value of IP portfolios,” IAM states, listing only the “best and the brightest in the field.” Mr. Ng has been globally recognized for his work as lead counsel in trade secret litigation, including a recent US $604.9 million jury verdict in California. He leads the firm’s intellectual property and technology disputes team, which includes on-the-ground specialists in China, Korea, Israel, the UK and the U.S. More after the jump: https://lnkd.in/eVEXSRvQ

Our sincere thanks go out to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre HKIAC for inviting Jason Kang to speak at this year’s Guangdong Bar Association – International Commercial Arbitration Full Process Training.   On December 6, Mr. Kang joined fellow practitioners Xi Zhang, Chief Representative of HKIAC’s Beijing Office; Daming Yang, Council Member of HKIAC and Partner at DLA Piper; and Jingjing Chen of Haiwen & Partners for a discussion on common questions regarding Chinese enterprises’ participation in International Arbitration. Mr. Kang spoke on strategies to consider after obtaining an arbitration award, especially when it comes to cross-border asset recovery efforts.   Please click through to see photos of the conversation.

Thank you to the 2024 Distressed Investing Conference for inviting Kobre & Kim’s Zachary Rosenbaum to speak at the “Liability Management – Bankruptcy Litigation” panel on December 4. Mr. Rosenbaum joined his fellow panelists to discuss some of the latest topics and trends in the industry, in an event hosted by law and business publisher Beard Group, Inc. https://lnkd.in/ey9NrqBv

Global Restructuring Review (GRR) has placed Kobre & Kim on its eighth annual GRR 100, the most comprehensive edition of its guide to the world’s leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. Describing the firm as “an eminent global disputes firm,” GRR noted the firm’s conflict-free profile and global insolvency-focused team across New York, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Delaware and Washington DC. The publication further spotlighted Daniel Saval, Adam Lavine, Timothy de Swardt, Peter Tyers-Smith, John Han, Zachary Rosenbaum and Donna Xu, citing client testimonials praising the firm’s “top of class” skills and ability to deliver arguments “in a way that appealed to the economics of the situation for the plaintiffs.” More after the jump: https://lnkd.in/e3Y7sPZR

Kobre & Kim’s Jason Kang is joining this year’s HKIAC Guangdong Bar Association – International Commercial Arbitration Full Process Training on Friday, December 6 in Shenzhen. Mr. Kang will join fellow experts in Part III: Strategies After the Arbitration Award and speak on Cross-Border Asset Recovery. The training aims to enhance legal business standards in international commercial arbitration within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/eh8vWRya

Kobre & Kim’s Andrew Lomas chaired a panel on “Director’s Duties and Actions Against Directors in the Context of Distressed Companies” at RISA Cayman & South Square 2024.   Mr. Lomas was joined by other industry leaders to discuss the duties and responsibilities of directors on November 20 at The Ritz Carlton in Cayman Islands.   More after the jump: https://lnkd.in/eJbRJyPw

Kobre & Kim’s Zachary Rosenbaum will be a guest panelist at the 31st Annual Distressed Investing Conference on December 4 in New York.   Mr. Rosenbaum will be joined by other legal experts to discuss “Liability Management – Bankruptcy Litigation.”   Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/eBeFRGpM..