Jay Kim rejoined law firm Dorsey & Whitney as a partner in its Banking Industry Group in Minneapolis.

Kim has represented financial institutions for more than 25 years. Most recently, he served as executive vice president, general counsel and director of corporate development for Alerus Financial. His responsibilities at Alerus included oversight of the risk management, audit and compliance functions as well as acquisitions and investor relations.

Before joining Alerus in 2012, he was a partner in Dorsey’s Finance & Restructuring and Corporate groups, where his practice focused on financial institutions, including banks, trust companies, commercial and residential mortgage brokers, specialized lending businesses and health, welfare and retirement plan administrators. Kim advises banking and financial services clients on mergers and acquisitions, risk management, capital formation and regulation, bank regulatory strategy and enforcement matters, and product development and diversification and often serves as outside general counsel to his clients.

Before Kim joined Dorsey in 2008, he was a partner in another Minneapolis law firm and prior to that served as senior vice president and general counsel with Marquette Financial.

“We are extremely pleased that Jay has returned to Dorsey,” noted Ken Cutler, managing partner of Dorsey & Whitney. “Jay is a pre-eminent banking and financial services lawyer, and he returns to Dorsey with deep insights and experience. He will add even more depth to Dorsey’s strong banking industry group and financial services practice.”