John Kang
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John Kang

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kang.john@dorsey.com

Overview

John leverages extensive real estate and finance experience to guide clients through complex commercial transactions.

John represents private sector clients, including financial institutions, commercial purchasers and sellers, developers, and high-net-worth investors. His practice involves a broad range of commercial transactions, including purchase and sale transactions, corporate and real estate finance, capital markets, leasing, and development. With skills gained at prominent national and international law firms during the first ten years of his career, John has extensive experience in secured lending, project development, real estate joint venture and equity fund formation, and equity- and asset-based property acquisitions and dispositions.

His experience also includes representing both landlords and tenants on a variety of leasing matters, including negotiating leases for office space, industrial warehouses, retail, medical office buildings, and data centers, as well as build-to-suit construction leases and ground leases. John also represents lenders in the negotiation and documentation of credit facilities, loan sale transactions, deed-in-lieu transactions, forbearance transactions, and loan modifications.

Education & Admissions

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D.)

Haverford College (B.A., Economics)

Admissions

  • California

Languages

  • Korean

News & Resources

Industries & Practices

Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
  • Banking & Financial Institutions
  • Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction & Design
  • Construction Litigation
  • Development & Infrastructure
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Real Estate & Land Use
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Technology

Professional & Civic

Professional Achievements

  • California Lawyers Association, Business Law and Real Property Law Sections
  • Korean American Bar Association of Southern California (Former Board Member)
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • IR Global, Capital Markets in California, Bronze Member, 2019 – Present
  • International Association of Korean Lawyers
  • Orange County Asian American Bar Association
  • Orange County Korean American Bar Association
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • ProVisors
John Kang