Organisation: Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

Shinsuke Yakura has left Orrick to launch White & Case’s dispute resolution practice in Tokyo – while experienced arbitrator Yoshihiro Takatori has joined Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu. 

03 September 2024

Robert Wachter and Sean (Sungwoo) Lim have left their roles as co-heads of international arbitration at Lee & Ko to join Korean rival Shin & Kim – as Sunyoung Kim also leaves the firm to rejoin Baker McKenzie’s Korean arm. 

14 May 2024

KCAB International has appointed Seung Wha Chang, a professor at Seoul National University School of Law and a specialist in international trade and arbitration, as its new chairman. 

19 April 2024

Ing Loong Yang has left the partnership at Akin in Hong Kong to become an independent arbitrator and mediator. 

08 January 2024

A court in Washington, DC has thrown out a US power company’s lawsuit against its former Korean partner over the export of nuclear reactor technology – as a Seoul-seated arbitration continues.

22 September 2023

Young Suk Park has left his role as head of the international arbitration practice at Korean boutique KL Partners to lead the international disputes team at Shin & Kim in Seoul.

22 September 2023

British and Australian arbitrators are hearing a Seoul-seated dispute between a Korean state utility and its former US partner over rights to nuclear reactor technology.

17 August 2023

A Singapore court has upheld partial awards won by Korean videogame developer WeMade in an ICC dispute over the Chinese licensing rights to a popular online game.

04 May 2023

A South Korean videogame developer says it has won a US$150 million award in an ICC dispute over the licensing rights to a popular online game.

28 March 2023

Korean firm Lee & Ko has promoted Bami Yoo and Elizabeth Shin to the partnership – the fourth and fifth female practitioners in a row to be made partner in its international arbitration team.

23 March 2023