SOUTH KOREA Law and Practice Contributed by: Jeena Kim, Sodam Kim and Bochan Kim, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC was founded in 1980 and is a full-service law firm covering all major practice areas, including corporate law, M&A transactions, dispute resolution (arbitration and litigation), white-collar criminal defence, competition law, tax law, capital markets law, finance, intellectual property, employ - ment law, real estate, technology, media and telecom (TMT), maritime and insurance matters. With more than 880 professionals located across its offices in Seoul, Beijing, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
and Dubai, it offers its clients a wide range of ex - pertise through a vast network of offices. The firm is composed of a diverse mix of Korean and foreign at - torneys, tax advisers, industry analysts, former gov - ernment officials and other specialists. A number of its professionals are multilingual and have worked at well-known law firms in other countries, enabling them to assist international clients as well as Korean clients abroad successfully with cross-border trans - actions.
Authors
Jeena Kim is a partner of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Ms Kim practises sanctions and export control in the compliance advisory and internal investigation and enforcement contexts. She also advises on anti-corruption, anti-
Bochan Kim is a senior foreign attorney licensed in New York (US), New South Wales (Australia) and New Zealand. Her practice focuses on cross-border regulatory compliance counselling and investigations. Ms
money laundering and international trade. Ms Kim has represented a broad range of domestic and multinational companies in criminal and regulatory investigations before Korean and foreign regulators. She also has extensive experience in advising clients across various corporate, regulatory and transactional matters, including navigating complex crisis management situations. She studied Law at Seoul National University and in 2014, she earned an LLM degree from Harvard Law School.
Kim has extensive experience advising both domestic and international clients on cross-border regulatory matters, including responding to regulatory authorities following internal investigations. Since joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC after years of experience in a multinational US-based law firm, she has also worked on international arbitration and litigation matters, further broadening her expertise in handling complex cross-border matters.
Sodam Kim is a counsel qualified in South Korea. Her main practice focuses on compliance, international trade, international litigation and enforcement. Ms Kim, experienced in many sanctions and export control
cases, also has a longstanding background in international arbitration and litigation. This enables her to provide clients with comprehensive advice on cross-border disputes and transactions. She completed the International Exchange Program in International and Comparative Business Law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany in 2012, where she gained extensive knowledge in international affairs and cross-border businesses. She earned her LLB from Seoul National University in 2013.
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