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Observers Speak With One Voice In Proclaiming It
One Of The Most Respected And Reliable Practices In Korea.
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Yulchon is a full-service international law firm headquartered in seoul, Korea. We have over 250 professionals, including more than 60 licensed in jurisdictions outside of Korea. Our perspective is in-ternational and our reach is global. We represent clients from six continents, and we have helped Korean companies expand around the globe. We strive to provide the most innovative solutions to the myriad legal challenges confronting our clients.
Yulchon has become an acknowledged market leader in the de-velopment and practice of law. We are known for our high stan-dards of excellence, our culture of collaborative problem solving, and our strong relationships with government agencies and other international law firms. We are frequently retained to negotiate multi-billion dollar transactions, to help draft new legislation and regulations, and to represent clients in high-stakes adversarial pro-ceedings.
Commitment
Innovation
Excellence
“Yulchon stands out as one of the most trusted law
firms in Korea”
- Chambers Global“Yulchon – a market leader in the development and
practice of law in Korea.”
- AsiaLawIDR
Practice
Yulchon’s International Dispute resolution (IDr) practice is one of the foremost international arbitration practices in Korea and the region generally.
Korea has traditionally encouraged the use of arbitration to resolve disputes between domestic parties. This familiarity with the arbitral process means that Korean companies and governmental organisa-tions have rapidly adopted arbitration as their preferred method to resolve international disputes. International companies investing in Korea or contracting with Korean companies are increasingly choos-ing arbitration for its perceived advantage as a neutral dispute resolu-tion forum.
Yulchon, with its long experience of advising Korean clients on mat-ters of Korean litigation and domestic arbitrations, has been at the forefront of this growth of international arbitration within Korea and the region and its use to resolve high value and complex international disputes.
Our IDr practice has advised on numerous high value international and domestic arbitrations and has experience across all the major worldwide arbitral institutions, including the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the singapore International Arbitration Centre (sIAC), the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the swiss rules of International Arbitration (srIA), International Centre for Dispute resolution (ICDr) as well as before ad hoc bodies under uNCITrAL rules.
This experience in Asian forums as well as before European and American institutions uniquely enables Yulchon to ensure that their clients’ rights are protected both within and outside Korea. Yulchon’s IDr practice comprises a broad range of professionals who include arbitrators, ex judges, litigators and scholars. We have lawyers licensed on five continents who are familiar with different legal traditions.
Yulchon also has the advantage that it can draw on its other highly regarded practice groups, including our award-winning M&A, tax, intellectual property, anti-trust, and litigation practice groups. Further, we have an in-depth regional expertise through our offices in China and Vietnam.
Our extensive experience in all aspects of the arbitral process and expertise in the region means that we can assist our clients on any dispute, regardless of its size or scope.
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Some of the experience involves
• An ICC arbitration, sited in seoul, between a Korean municipal government and an international joint venture for a ppp. Before this arbitration was commenced, Yulchon successfully defended the client against relevant injunction proceedings before the Ko-rean court.
• A KCAB arbitration, sited in seoul, relating to a construction proj-ect between Korean and Cambodian companies.
• An ICC arbitration, sited in London, between a major us mobile technologies company and an Indonesian media company. • A CIETAC arbitration, between a Korean company and an Omani
company relating to distribution agreements.
• An arbitration before the Vietnam International Arbitration Cen-tre, sited in Hanoi, between a Vietnamese company and a joint venture comprising a Vietnamese company and a Korean com-pany regarding a dispute on real estate development.
• A KCAB arbitration, sited in seoul, between a Korean company and a us company in the entertainment sector. The arbitration was also the subject of preliminary court proceedings in California. • An ad hoc uNCITrAL arbitration, sited in seoul, between a major
Korean broadcasting company and a uK broadcasting solution provider. The dispute relates to licensing rights and international telecommunications and involved preliminary injunction cases be-fore the Korean courts.
• An ICC arbitration, sited in London, concerning a dispute be-tween a Korean telecommunications company and a south-Asian telecommunications company.
• An ICDr arbitration, sited in New Jersey, between a major Korean construction company and a us joint venture relating to breaches of a construction agreement for a project in Afghanistan.
• An ICC arbitration, sited in seoul, between a European oil and gas storage company against a Korean company in relation to a dispute over a joint venture.
• An ICDr arbitration, sited in seoul, between a Korean equipment manufacturer and a us distributor relating to distribution agree-ments.
• A sIAC arbitration, sited in singapore, between a Korean steel company and an English trading company relating to a letter of credit claim.
• A srIA arbitration, sited in Geneva, between a Korean biotech-nology company and a multinational pharmaceutical company relating to licensing.
• A KCAB arbitration, sited in Korea, between a German manufac-turer and a Korean distributor.
• Numerous other KCAB and ad hoc arbitrations between domestic Korean companies sited in seoul.
Representative
Young Seok Lee leads the international dispute resolution team at Yulchon. He has handled international arbitration cases in various fields of industry, including international trade, distributorship, construction, engineering, and shipbuilding. He is a member of the ICC Korea international arbitration committee, the KCAB international advisory board and the executive committee of the Korean Arbitra-tors’ Association. Mr. Lee is also a director of the Korean Council of International Arbitration. He regularly speaks on international dispute resolution and also sits as an arbitrator.
Education
■ University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Law School, LL.M. (1992) ■ Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea (1987) ■ Seoul National University, College of Law, LL.B. (1985)
Bar Admission / Professional Qualification
■ Republic of Korea (1987)
Languages
■ Korean, English
Honors and Distinctions
■ Dispute Resolution Leader, Chambers Global ■ Leading Dispute Resolution Lawyer, AsiaLaw ■ Insurance Leader, Chambers Asia
Publications
■ Dispute Resolution Review, Law Business Research (2011)
■ Confidentiality in International Arbitration: Including a Korean Law Perspective,
Professionals
Sae Youn Kim is a partner at Yulchon, who practices primarily in the areas of litigation and arbitration law with an emphasis on commercial and internation-al law. Before joining Yulchon, she served as a judge at various Korean district courts including the Seoul District Court, the Daejeon District Court, and the Suwon District Court. She was also an attorney at Lee & Ko for many years. Ms. Kim is currently an arbitrator at the KCAB and the KLRCA and is licensed to practice in Korea and New York.
Education
■ Duke Law School, LL.M. (2007)
■ Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B. (1991)
Bar Admission / Professional Qualification
■ New York (2011)
■ Republic of Korea (1994)
Languages
■ Korean, English
Honors and Distinctions
■ Leading Dispute Resolution Lawyer, AsiaLaw
Publications
■ Dispute Resolution Review, Law Business Research (2011)
Kim, Sae Youn
Partner
T _ 82-2-528-5349 F _ 82-2-528-5228
CONTACT INFORMATION
Young Seok Lee Tel : 82-2-528-5312 E-mail : [email protected]
Yulchon- Worldwide Office Contacts
Korea
Textile Center 12F, 944-31 Daechi 2-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea T. 82-2-528-5200 F. 82-2-528-5300
www.yulchon.com [email protected]
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City
Unit 03, 4th Floor, Kumho Asiana Plaza, 39 Le Duan St., Ben Nghe Ward, Dist.1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
T. 84-8-3911-0225 F. 84-8-3911-0230 E. [email protected]
Hanoi
Unit M01, Atlanta Place, 49 Hang Chuoi, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi, Vietnam T. 84-4-3972-8123 E. [email protected]
China
Beijing
9F, SK Tower,6A Jianguomenwai Avenue,Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022, P.R.China