Jane Kim is the Firm’s managing partner. She advises debtors in possession, distressed companies, and other parties, in both in-court and out-of-court situations.
Jane's recent engagements include representing Trinitas Farming, LLC and 17 almond ranch operators in the Central Valley of California, and Shift Technologies, Inc., an omnichannel automobile retailer, in their chapter 11 cases in the Northern District of California. Jane also serves as bankruptcy co-counsel for Pacific Gas & Electric Company in its chapter 11 case, the largest chapter 11 filing in the Northern District of California in over a decade, which emerged from bankruptcy in July 2020 through a confirmed, largely-consensual plan of reorganization.
?Before moving to California and joining Keller Benvenutti Kim in 2014, Jane practiced in New York at a large international law firm for over a decade.
Jane is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and has been recognized as a leading lawyer by numerous publications and organizations, including Chambers USA. She was named Lawyer of the Year in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers and included on Global M&A Network’s Annual Top 100 Restructuring Professionals in 2022 and the Daily Journal’s list of Top Bankruptcy Lawyers of 2022. She is a frequent speaker on a wide range of bankruptcy-related subjects, including the intersection of bankruptcy and arbitration, mass torts bankruptcy cases, asset sales, and cross-border insolvency issues.
AWARDS & HONORS
EDUCATION:
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Columbia College, Columbia University (B.A., cum laude, 1999)
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Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2002)
ADMISSIONS:
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California, including all federal districts;
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New York State; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (federal)