Jong Bae Kim from Lee & Ko has been appointed as the outside director of STX Pan Ocean Co., Ltd. as of March 27, 2011.
Sungwoo Lim the team leader of Lee & Ko’s International Arbitration Group and the secretary general of the Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group, gave the keynote speech at the 14th IBA International Arbitration Day Event held at Seoul Shilla Hotel on March 4, 2011. Around 350 international arbitration attorneys and mediators working in the global legal market participated in this event and traded various opinions on the development of international arbitration and the responsibilities of mediators.
Unho Kim of Lee & Ko’s Intellectual Property Group has been appointed as a member of the 3rd Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee as of October 2010, and as such committee member, he will be overseeing internet domain name disputes during his three year term.
Hee Jeu Kang and Hyunjoo Oh of Lee & Ko’s Capital Markets Group have been appointed as expert members of the Financial Supervisory Service’s Financial Disputes Settlement Committee as of February 12, 2011.
Hyeong Gun Lee and Keum Nang Park of Lee & Ko’s Healthcare Group published an article in the Life Sciences Handbook 2011 published by the Practical Law Company. (see article – link).
Tae Soo Jung from Lee & Ko’s Corporate Group, together with Koji Ishikawa, an attorney from the Tokyo office of DLA Piper, published an article entitled “The Korean structure for listing companies and matters to be mindful of when listing foreign companies” in the Japanese magazine “Kyung-ree Jung-bo” (see article – link).
Hwan Sung Park of Lee & Ko has been appointed as an advisory member of the Committee on of the Korea Trade Commission.
Hyunjoo Oh from Lee & Ko gave a presentation discussing recent derivatives regulations in Korea at the Current Development in the OTC Derivatives Market Conference of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, which was held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on March 2011.
Jin Hwan Jung of Lee & Ko’s Corporate Group has been appointed as the integrity ombudsman of the Fair Trade Commission as of March 7, 2011.