Category: Law Firms in South Korea

South korea

Seoul – A City Guide for Lawyers and Legal Professionals

Home to large international companies like Samsung, LG and Hyundai, the South Korean capital city of Seoul has transformed economically in just a few years.  Indeed, South Korea has risen rapidly to become one of Asia’s most advanced economies. Seoul is a fashion-forward city with cutting-edge […]

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US law firms face possible roll-back of South Korean legal market access

As the Washington Post reported last week, U.S. President Donald Trump is contemplating withdrawing the United States from the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS).  As the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) details on its website, KORUS entered into force on March 15, 2012, with […]

Law Firms in Asia

Law Firms in Korea: Foreign Firms Can Now Tap into South Korea’s Lucrative Legal

As a result of two recent landmark free trade agreements between South Korea, the European Union and the United States. The South Korean legal market will now be open for American and European law firms. According to Ranajit Dam’s article in Asian Legal Business, South Korea’s […]

Asian legal market

Impact of Asian legal market liberalization outlined at Seoul conference

The panel discussion at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association Annual Conference in Seoul, Korea last week focused on the impact of legal market liberalization on specific legal jurisdictions in the Asian legal market. Lawyers practising in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Korea made presentations highlighting the […]