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Provided by Ara Cho

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

International Arbitration, Investment Arbitration, Construction, Litigation

Career

Ara Cho is a partner at Peter & Kim in Seoul. As a Korean qualified lawyer since 2011, Ara has represented clients in numerous international arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and KCAB, seated in various jurisdictions and governed by various legal systems including English, Canadian, Japanese and Korean law.

Ara has acted as counsel in cases concerning a range of large-scale international projects including thermal power plants in Middle East, a nuclear power plant in Middle East, a refinery plant in Africa and real estate developments in Korea and Australia, as well as distribution contracts concerning pharmaceutical products and others. Ara has also represented a state party in an investment treaty arbitration focusing on tax issues.

Ara participated in the Committee for Amendment of the Korean Arbitration Act as an assistant researcher and is a contributing author of “Arbitration Law & Practice”, a Korean language textbook on international arbitration.

Ara graduated from Seoul National University (School of Law, LL.B) in 2007, and received a Master of Law degree from Stanford Law School in 2017.

Professional Memberships

Korea and Seoul Bar Associations; Panel of International Arbitrators: KCAB

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