Jimmy Kang

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Jimmy Kang counsels private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, and portfolio companies on fund formation and compliance matters.

He advises clients on structuring, formation, and ongoing operational needs, related regulations, and other supervisory issues, in addition to drafting and negotiating organizational and offering documents, side letters, and service provider agreements.

Jimmy also has broad experience counseling investment advisers, financial institutions, broker-dealers, and FinTech companies on anti-money laundering (AML), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions, and other regulatory compliance frameworks, including the development and implementation of know your customer, transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting, and OFAC sanctions compliance programs.

Before joining the firm, Jimmy was a manager in the financial crimes advisory unit at a Big Four professional services firm, where he advised multinational and global banking and financial services corporations on AML and OFAC compliance, examination, and enforcement issues with regulatory agencies such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Federal Reserve Board, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the New York State Department of Financial Services.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, with which he served in a combat tour in Iraq, Jimmy manages many of the firm’s veteran-related pro bono matters. He currently leads LS Vets, Lowenstein’s employee resource group dedicated to supporting military and veterans-related issues, develops strategies to recruit and retain veterans and offers programming focused on giving back to the community.

He is fluent in Korean.