Charlie Kim

Charlie Kim is co-chair of Cooley's global capital markets practice group. He is a nationwide leader in capital markets transactions and has worked on 200+ successfully completed public company securities offerings since 2019 (including Uber's $8.1 billion IPO and 3 of the 5 biggest biotechnology IPOs to date). Charlie focuses on representing US and non-US issuers, investment banking firms and venture capital firms in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities. He is also co-chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Attorney Affinity Group as well as a member of the DEI Advisory Council at Cooley.

Charlie has been consistently recognized by many legal publications, including:

• Chambers USA: Band 1 for Capital Markets – California and Nationwide
• LMG Life Sciences 2023 Corporate Attorney of the Year
• The Legal 500: Leading Lawyer – Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
• Daily Journal: Top 100 Lawyer across all specialties in California and recipient of the California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award
• The Daily Transcript: San Diego Top Attorney
• Law360: MVP of the Year – Capital Markets
• Thomson Reuters: Super Lawyer – Southern California and San Diego

Charlie has worked on securities offerings by leading innovative companies across industries, including: AbCellera, Accelerate, ACELYRIN, Acutus, Advaxis, Aerohive, Agenus, Akari, Akcea, Akero, Allogene, Alteryx, Ambrx, Amylin, Anadys, AnaptysBio, Angion, Annexon, Anthera, Apogee, Applied Molecular Transport, Arcadia, Arcus, Arcutis, Ardea, Arena, Aridis, Artiva, Ascendis, ASLAN, Athira, Audentes, Avidity, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, BioAge, Biomea, Boundless Bio, Cadence, CARGO, CASI, Castlight, Cerus, CG Oncology, Cidara, Clorox, Corcept, Crinetics, Cue Health, Cyan, Cytori, Day One, Dermira, Design, DICE, Doximity, Dynavax, eBay, EHang, Eidos, Elevation Oncology, Entropic, Erasca, Exagen, Evofem, Fangdd, FIGS, FireEye, Five Prime, Gemphire, Genomatica, Global Blood, Gossamer, Gracell, Graphite Bio, Gritstone, Guardant Health, Halozyme, Health Catalyst, Healthcare Royalty, HealthEquity, Horizon, IGM, Ignyta, Immune Design, IMV, Inhibrx, Inovio, Insys, Invitae, Ionis, Janux, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Kamada, Kinnate, Kite Pharma, Kronos, Landry's, LifeLock, Limelight, Livongo, Longboard, Lyell, MannKind, Medallia, MethylGene, Metropark, MindBody, Minerva, Mirati, NantHealth, NantKwest, Nektar, Neon, Neumora, Neurocrine, ObsEva, Olink, Ooma, Optimer, ORIC, Otonomy, Pernix, Phathom, Poseida, PRA Holdings, PROCEPT, ProfoundBio, Progressive Gaming,  ProNAi, ProQR, Proto Labs, Qualtrics, Quidel, Radiant Systems, Rani, Raptor, RayzeBio, Reata, Receptos, Regulus, ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services, Sana, Sangamo, Santarus, Savara, Seattle Genetics, Senomyx, Sequenom, ShockWave, Sierra, Silverback, Singular Genomics, Somaxon, Strongbridge, Structure, Surface Oncology,Sutro, Syndax, Tableau Software, Tabula Rasa, Taiwan Liposome Company, Tangoe, Tarsus, Third Harmonic, TRACON, Treace, Tricida, Trius, TriVascular, Uber Technologies, Vaxcyte, Ventyx Biosciences, Verenium, Verona, Vical, ViewRay, Viking, Vir, Vital Therapies, Vor, Xencor, Xenon, XenoPort, Zealand Pharma, Zentalis, Zogenix, Zscaler, Zymeworks, 4D Molecular Therapeutics, 10x Genomics and 89bio.

Charlie regularly represents all the leading investment banks, including: BofA Securities, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, J.P. Morgan, Leerink, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler and TD Cowen.

Charlie also represented Jeff Moorad/JSM Acquisition in connection with their acquisition of the San Diego Padres Major League Baseball franchise.

Charlie is a regular panelist at numerous IPO preparation conferences every year. He has also been a featured panelist in the Practising Law Institute's national "How to Prepare an Initial Public Offering" seminar, the Securities Regulation Institute's national panel on "Key issues in Capital Formation," the Asia and US Life Sciences Roadshow, and the BFC Global Healthcare Investment Conference focused on Asian healthcare companies and investors. He has been a multi-year member of Law360's Capital Markets Editorial Advisory Board. Charlie has also served as a regular guest lecturer at the Entrepreneurship Clinic and in a course entitled "High Tech Start-Ups" at the University of San Diego School of Law. Charlie also contributed to the widely read textbook entitled "The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law" as well as to Cooley's IPO handbooks.