Maria Kim (she/her/hers) is an associate in the Business Law group at Cassels. Maria’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial law and transactions with an emphasis on oil & gas, renewable energy and merger and acquisitions. Maria’s experience includes corporate share, and assets purchase and sale transactions, acquisition and divestitures of assets in the oil and gas industry, and energy supply contracts, such as power purchase and procurement agreements.
Dual-qualified in Argentina and Canada, Maria obtained her J.D. degree at the University of Buenos Aires, School of Law, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Canada, Maria undertook graduate-level Canadian Common Law at Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia.
Prior to joining Cassels, Maria worked at a construction company and at a large natural gas producer. Maria’s experience in previous roles includes the review and risk analysis of construction contracts, mineral land agreements and oil & gas assets acquisitions and divestitures transactions. During this time, Maria volunteered at Canadian Association of Petroleum Land Administration (CAPLA) Education Committee.
In Argentina, Maria provided advice on corporate, business structuring, asset purchase and sale, and financing to businesses including international oil and gas exploration and production companies establishing business in Argentina.
Maria is fluent in Spanish and Korean.
