Region: South Korea

South Korea has said it will not pursue a further appeal over a US$43 million investment treaty award in favour of US hedge fund Mason Capital after a Singapore court rejected its annulment bid earlier this year. 

22 April 2025

A Singapore court has rejected South Korea’s bid to set aside a US$43 million investment treaty award won by US hedge fund Mason Capital over the state’s interference in a Samsung merger. 

20 March 2025

A Samsung-led consortium has won €315 million in an ICC case against a Qatari state-owned company over a terminated contract to build two metro stations in Doha.

04 March 2025

Sung Woo (Sean) Lim has left Shin & Kim to join Baker McKenzie’s joint venture with KL Partners in Seoul. 

18 December 2024

Eun Young Park, the co-founder of Kim & Chang’s international arbitration group, has joined Lee & Ko as its head of international disputes in Seoul.

14 October 2024

A federal court in Los Angeles has enforced a US$52 million ICC award against a South Korean airline relating to a “lucrative” catering contract, rejecting arguments that it would contravene US public policy against financial crimes.

26 June 2024

South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries says it will file a claim at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre against a Russian shipyard owner that cancelled contracts worth US$4.3 billion for the supply of oil and gas tankers. 

13 June 2024

An award requiring South Korea to pay US$32 million to US hedge fund Mason Capital for interfering in an US$8 billion Samsung merger is now public.

21 May 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

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10 May 2024