Victor Kim

First Year of Call
2020 (ON)

Areas of Practice
Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Description
Victor Kim is a litigation lawyer who provides counsel in all areas of employment and labour law. He assists startups and established businesses in a range of industries, including the automotive, and construction and infrastructure sectors. He provides guidance on the management of unionized and non-unionized workforces, with a particular focus on advising contractors of all sizes on their relationships with Ontario’s construction trade unions.

Acting for employers at the provincial and federal levels, Victor advances the interest of his clients in labour arbitrations, collective bargaining, labour board proceedings, wrongful dismissal and human rights litigation, and occupational health and safety proceedings.

In his advisory practice, Victor counsels vendors and purchasers in connection with the employment and labour implications of complex corporate transactions. He also coaches employers on workplace investigations and the development of workplace policies. Licensed to practise in both Ontario and New York, Victor excels at explaining the intricacies of Canadian workplace laws in plain language to non-lawyers, as well as to American and foreign audiences.

Victor is chair and president of the Korean Legal Clinic and an active member of the firm’s South Korea Group. He is fluent in Korean.

Prior to studying law, Victor worked as a frontline manager at a unionized automotive factory in Ontario’s Rust Belt, where he developed a keen interest in labour relations.