David K. Lee

David K. Lee is Chair for the Corporate Practice Group and the Media and Entertainment Practice Group at the law firm of Lee & Kaufman, LLP, in Los Angeles, California. David represents studios, music companies, software companies and other content providers, broadcasting companies, real estate owners, developers and funds, motion picture distributors and investors, auto manufacturers, securities companies, insurance companies, national retail chains, and publishing companies in connection with general and complex corporate and business work such as general corporate work, content license and distribution, investment and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. David represents many foreign companies in international deals including Korea, Japan, China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Italy and Australia.

David began his legal practice in 1991 with the highly prestigious international law firm of Kim & Chang in Seoul, Korea as an associate. At this firm, David represented mainly Fortune 500 companies from all over the world such as the Walt Disney Company, IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett Packward, and Apple on business, corporate and government compliance and regulatory matters in Korea. David later joined one of the leading boutique transactional and litigation law firms, Radcliff, Fransen Tricker & Dongell, in the Los Angeles office, where he managed business and corporate transactional matters for private clients and public entities.

Between these firms, David spent time with Asiana Airlines, the U.S. Offices, as head legal counsel in the U.S. During his time with the airline company, David coordinated and managed all legal matters for the more than 20 offices in the U.S, reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, head of North America and South America operations. David’s work included both managing and working on transactional, litigation and government compliance and regulatory matters, coordinating with numerous outside counsel throughout the U.S.

David received his bachelor degree from the University of California, at Los Angeles, and his juris doctorate from the McGeorge School of Law, in Sacramento, California. David also studied economics at Oxford University at Oxford, England. David’s legal expertise and accomplishments are recognized in Strathmore’s Who’s Who. David is also passionate in his support of political candidates and projects in the U.S. and Korea.