James T. Kim
Memberjkim@coleschotz.com New Jersey OfficeCourt Plaza North, 25 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
T: 201-525-6210 / C: 201-214-5774 / F: 201-678-6210
Legal Practice Assistant: Dawn Brea
T: 201-489-3000, ext. 5019
dbrea@coleschotz.com
OVERVIEW
James T. Kim is a member of the Litigation Department and Real Estate Special Opportunities Group. James counsels private equity firms, opportunity funds, sponsors, lenders, investors, shareholders, joint venture partners, and business owners in connection with their business disputes and corporate transactions that require creative solutions and sophisticated structuring. James has been recognized for representing clients in difficult and complex adversarial matters, as well as commercial transactions that require the successful resolution of competing claims and disputes. His litigation practice focuses on representing clients in shareholder and partnership disputes, corporate dissolutions, foreclosure, unfair competition, employment and intellectual property litigation in federal and state courts, commercial arbitration, adversary proceedings in the bankruptcy courts, workouts and chancery court proceedings.
A member of the firm since 2005, James has worked on a number of complex litigation and workout matters, including representing:
- Large private equity fund in a bankruptcy adversary proceeding that resulted in the dismissal of the former sponsors’ claims exceeding $500 million against our client;
- Chicago-based hedge fund in a $1 billion lender liability litigation with a large bank seeking to force a wind-down of the fund and its assets;
- Large New York-based real estate investment fund in acquiring a $70 million senior debt secured against eight apartment buildings that was the subject of a foreclosure and receivership action, and successfully negotiating a workout with the borrowers, mezzanine lenders and receiver that allowed our client to take control of all of the collateral upon closing;
- New Jersey-based real estate developer in successfully resolving a $200 million contested foreclosure with the special servicer;
- New York-based developer in a workout transaction that allowed our client to successfully complete its condominium project and achieved global resolution and satisfaction of the senior lender’s $20 million loan and the junior lienholder’s claims and judgments;
- Hedge fund that invested in a New Jersey golf course in successfully navigating through multiple bankruptcy proceedings filed by the borrower, as well as a state court condemnation proceeding, to recover its entire investment;
- Real estate opportunity fund in successfully foreclosing on a $60 million mortgage in Fort Lee, N.J.;
- 50-percent shareholder in litigation against its partner for breach of fiduciary duties and mismanagement, which resulted in the buy-out of our client’s 50 percent interest in the company and resolution of all claims between the shareholders;
- Sponsor in a chancery litigation with its hedge fund lender that was seeking to impose an equitable lien against the sponsor’s assets; and
- Investors in a corporate dissolution proceeding involving the disposition of over $250 million in stock and other assets.
Recognized for his high marks in business and commercial litigation, James was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of "40 Under Forty" young achievers in the state. Previously, the Law Journal had selected him as one of only 50 attorneys included in its notable "Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession" list. He has been selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Business Litigation, and was named a New Jersey "Future Star" by Benchmark Litigation 2010: The Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. See Award Methodology.
James earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University and his J.D. from George Washington University Law School.
Services
Education
The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1998Wesleyan University, B.A., 1995Bar & Court Admissions
New Jersey, 1998New York, 2014U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1998District of Columbia (inactive), 2011U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2014NEWS
News
Cole Schotz Advised FCA Packaging in its Acquisition of Timber Creek
January 22, 2021
Cole Schotz Ties Success to 'Contemplating the Whole Client, Beyond the Legal Issue'
As published in: New Jersey Law Journal September 18, 2020
Genesco acquires Togast; Enters new US licensed agreement
As published in: Fibre2Fashion January 3, 2020
Wake Up Call: Cole Schotz represented New York-based footwear licensee Togast LLC
As published in: Bloomberg Big Law Business January 3, 2020
Genesco Gains Footwear Sourcing Strength in Levi's Distributor Acquisition
As published in: Sourcing Journal December 19, 2019
Cole Schotz Secures Victory for The Wimbledon Fund in Suit Against Hollywood Producer Kiarash Jam
July 18, 2019
Lawyers and Law Firms
As published in: Bloomberg Big Law Business August 3, 2018
Who Got the Work: A Healthy Aquisition, Big-Money Allegations
As published in: The Mid-Market Report June 7, 2018
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As published in: Club Industry June 5, 2018
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As published in: Club Industry June 1, 2018
We are pleased to announce that our New Jersey Litigation Practice has been rated as Highly Recommended in Benchmark Litigation 2018
As published in: Benchmark Litigation November 1, 2017
Cole Schotz Represents Wiredrive in Business Combination with MediaSilo
February 10, 2017
Cole Schotz Advised FCA in its Acquisition of Crate Tech
November 17, 2015
Cole Schotz Represents Fiberlock in its Acquisition of Dry-Treat
November 17, 2015
Delos Capital's Acquisition of FCA Packaging
December 23, 2014
Cole Schotz ‘Highly Recommended’ by Benchmark Litigation
November 10, 2014
Cole Schotz Attorneys Recognized as Top Local and Future Litigators
September 16, 2013
Super Lawyers Honors Thirty-Three Cole Schotz Attorneys
March 27, 2013