NEXUS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024

Partner, Nexus Law

2021-2024

Partner, Kim Chang Lee

2011-2020

Partner, Nexus Law Group

2008-2010

Lee International Law Group

2008-2009

Trustee in Bankruptcy, Hyundai Electron Ltd

2008-2009

Commissioner, Central District Court

2001-2008

Wooil Law Group 

2000-2001

Han Suh Law Office

2000

Judicial Research & Training Institution (29th Class)

EDUCATION

2008

Yonsei University, Graduate School of Law, LL.M.

1991

Seoul National University, School of Law, LL.B.

1986

Yeongheung High School

BAR ADMISSIONS

2000

Korea

PRACTICE AREAS

Corporate General & International Trade

Litigation & International Arbitration

M&A

Construction & Real Estate

Insolvency & Restructuring Litigation

Intellectual Property

Criminal Litigation

Trust & Estates Litigation

REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL MATTERS

• Foreign shareholder’s lawsuit to nullify a shareholder resolution

• Asset purchase transaction between a Korean corporation and Chinese corporation

• Domestic and cross-border share purchase and joint venture transactions

• Establishment of a joint venture between an Israeli corporation and Korean corporation

• Lawsuit for damages arising from breaches of a joint venture agreement and a related criminal case for fraud

• Representation of Korean shareholders in an AAA/ICDR arbitration seated in New York against a French multinational company defending a claim for breaches of various representations and warranties under a share purchase agreement for acquisition of a Korean auto-parts company

• Representation of an international freight shipping company based in Norway and England in relation to various disputes with a Korean joint venture partner, including management control dispute, preliminary injunction proceedings for enforcement of non-compete covenant and prohibition of use of trade name, lawsuits for damages and dissolution of company and criminal lawsuits for fraud and forgery of documents and the dissolved company’s application for appointment of liquidator

• Foreign hedge fund’s campaign opposing the merger between Samsung C&T Corporation and Cheil Industries Inc. and related litigation

• ISDS matters before ICSID

• Representation of foreign company in the application for recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral award in Korea, related preliminary attachments of real estate and claims, and the lawsuit for revocation of fraudulent conveyance transaction

• Representation of foreign national in a case involving violations of the Narcotics Control Act and immigration law matters

• Advisory engagement on matters involving violations of the Immigration Act (restrictions on employment of foreign nationals and false invitation of foreign nationals)

• Claim for settlement amount following termination of a business partnership and claim for dissolution of company

• Representation of foreign franchisor (restaurant franchise) in a lawsuit against a Korean franchisee involving the validity of a foreign arbitral award and whether a suit for damages filed in Korean court despite the foreign arbitral award should be dismissed for breach of the original arbitration agreement

• Filing of applications for commencement of rehabilitation proceedings; acted as bankruptcy trustee in bankruptcy cases

• Several domestic commercial arbitrations (as arbitrator)