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Global South Korea Dispute Resolution: International Firms

Dispute Resolution chapters focus on litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. The work covers the full course of a dispute, such as pre-trial negotiations, documentation and preparation for trial, summary judgment applications, trial, appeals and enforcement proceedings. This section also covers white-collar crime, including government investigations. Expertise in alternative dispute resolution, involving non-court mediation and arbitration, may be ranked in separate tables where the market is sufficiently developed. Practice areas such as Insurance, Construction, IP and Media may also contain litigators who are experts in their field in markets that are sufficiently specialised. In some jurisdictions in the region, where the legal profession is not fused, we feature separate ranking tables for barristers and solicitors. In jurisdictions where the legal profession is fused, but there is sufficient distinction between lawyers practising in the style of barristers, and lawyers practising in the style of solicitors, we have sought to make this distinction clear by again having separate ranking tables.

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Band 1
  1. Herbert Smith Freehills
  2. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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Band 1
  1. Herbert Smith Freehills
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 1
  2. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 1
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Band 2
  1. Arnold & Porter
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    Arnold & Porter
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 2 |
    Arnold & Porter combines an office in Seoul with further support from the firm's Shanghai and New York locations and expertise across a range of disputes. It offers experience in cross-border litigation, international trade disputes and class actions on behalf of clients from the engineering, construction, technology and shipping sectors. The team is also well placed to handle international arbitration proceedings arising out of joint ventures and M&A transactions. Its key clients include Toray Chemical Korea, Hyosung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Steel.
  2. DLA Piper LLP
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    DLA Piper LLP
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 2 |
    DLA Piper provides a comprehensive offering, maintaining a presence in Seoul and drawing upon an extensive network of lawyers across the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. The firm handles a wide range of complex international commercial matters, covering both litigated and arbitrated cases, for a clientele which includes a number of leading Korean conglomerates and state-owned industries. The team is notably active on issues arising from transactional disputes, including those governed by the provisions of investment treaties, and on those generated by the construction, oil and gas, shipping and technology sectors.
  3. White & Case LLP
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    White & Case LLP
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 2 |
    White & Case has a well-established Asia-Pacific disputes practice, acting as US counsel on high-profile international arbitration, commercial litigation and international trade investigations. The firm also advises on arbitrations in the construction, energy and natural resources sectors. Its office in Seoul enhances its strong relationships with Korean blue-chip companies in various industries, as well as with government organisations and industry trade groups. Its key clients include the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea and Samsung Bioepis.
  4. Clifford Chance
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 2
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Band 3
  1. Clyde & Co LLP
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    Clyde & Co LLP
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Clyde & Co handles complex disputes related to Korea from its offices in Singapore, London and New York. The firm is known for its strength representing large Korean multinationals in shipping, insurance and construction litigation and arbitration, and fields a number of Korea-qualified or Korean-speaking lawyers in Singapore. It is also adept at using alternative dispute resolution methods in order to achieve the best result for clients.
  2. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer handles Korea-related work out of its Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai offices. Its Korean disputes practice covers a broad range of domestic and cross-border work, with expertise in advising on significant international arbitrations, including investor-state arbitration cases and joint venture disputes involving Korean parties. The firm is well positioned to service multinational clients and leading Korean companies thanks to its cultural and linguistic capabilities and excellent relationships and cooperative interactions with leading Korean firms. The Republic of Korea is one of the firm's key clients.
  3. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Affiliates
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 3 |
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is active on cross-border litigation and international arbitration on behalf of Korean clients. The firm services a client portfolio spanning a variety of industries, including technology, petrochemicals, electronics and automotive. It leverages support from US offices in New York, Palo Alto and Los Angeles to effectively handle Korea-US disputes. Its key clients include Woori Bank, Samsung Electronics America and Rankwave.
  4. Kobre & Kim
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 3
  5. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
    Dispute Resolution: International Firms
    2023 | Band 3