Ghyo-Sun Park

Practice Areas

Mr. Ghyo-Sun Park is a senior partner at Shin & Kim. Mr. Park focuses on commercial litigation including intellectual property, product liability, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance and international arbitration.

Mr. Park has been involved in many significant patent infringement cases and product liability cases including first Korean Tobacco Litigation. He has also provided legal advise to SBS, one of the premier private broadcasting station and KBL, one of the popular professional sports entity. Mr. Park serves as a member of Advisory Committee for Intellectual Property Rights of the Korea Trade Commission. Also, He has elected as the President of the KIPLA (Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association) in 2021.

Career

Senior Partner, Shin & Kim; President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KIPLA) (2021-Present); Vice President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (KIPLA) (2019-2020); Member, E-Commerce Mediation Committee (2012-2018); Director, Korean Bar Association (2012-2014); Member, Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property Rights, Korea Trade Commission, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (2008-present); Legal Counsel, Seoul Broadcasting System (2002-present); Legal Counsel, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2000-2004); Legal Counsel, Korean Basketball League and ETRI (2000-2016); Legal Counsel, ETRI (1996-2020); Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garett & Dunner, Washington, D.C. (1999); Morrison & Foerster, Palo Alto (1998).

Professional Memberships

Korean and New York Bar.

Publications

The Legal500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Product Liability, 2022 Legalease Ltd, (2022) (co-authored); The Legal500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Product Liability, 2021 Legalease Ltd, (2021) (co-authored).

Personal

U.C. Berkeley (LL.M., 1997); Seoul National University (LL.B., 1986).

Education