Chris Kim

Chris Kim oversees the firm’s Asia Pacific (APAC) services, specializing in cross-border investigations, regulatory compliance, and due diligence. He has extensive experience in conducting internal and defense investigations for clients facing criminal prosecutions at the federal and state level and investigations by the multilateral development banks (e.g., World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank).

He has deep expertise in matters involving national security, providing advisory services to clients navigating trade commerce issues involving the FBI, OFAC, U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security, and U.S. Homeland Security.

Chris has been retained as an independent auditor and provided compliance consulting for clients that were under settlement agreements with the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security and the World Bank Group. He has expertise across a broad range of industries, including government agencies, healthcare, technology, financial services, and professional services.

He draws his expertise from the FBI as a special agent investigating matters in public corruption, transnational crime, and national security matters (i.e., export control, in various field offices [New Jersey, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, DC]).

Prior to joining Stout, Chris served as a senior investigator with the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice Presidency, where he led audits of multinational corporations, specializing in China, Korea, India, Indonesia, and Singapore. His investigative and compliance expertise includes U.S. criminal law, sanctions, export control, and multilateral development bank cases. He previously worked at two national consulting firms.