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Hyunyang KOO
International Arbitration
As a member of Lee & Ko's International Arbitration Team, Hyunyang Koo handles a broad range of international arbitration and cross-border litigation matters involving international construction, software license agreements, military projects, international sports-related disputes, distributorship agreements and etc.
Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2016, she worked at Samsung C&T legal team (international construction), where she handled legal affairs and advice regarding various offshore construction contracts in Australia, North America, South-East Asia, and Middle East. In Lee & Ko, her main area of practice includes international arbitration cases at leading arbitral institutions such as ICC, LCIA, KCAB, SHIAC, CAS as well as ad hoc arbitrations and cross-border litigations.
Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2016, she worked at Samsung C&T legal team (international construction), where she handled legal affairs and advice regarding various offshore construction contracts in Australia, North America, South-East Asia, and Middle East. In Lee & Ko, her main area of practice includes international arbitration cases at leading arbitral institutions such as ICC, LCIA, KCAB, SHIAC, CAS as well as ad hoc arbitrations and cross-border litigations.
主要事例
- Represented a Korea-based construction company against an Omani company in relation to a water sewage plant project regarding delay and cost claim in an ad-hoc arbitration
- Represented a Korea-based construction company against an Omani subcontractor in relation to a water sewage plant project regarding LD claim and cost claim in an ICC arbitration
- Represented a Korea-based construction company against an Egyptian subcontractor regarding delay and cost claim in an ICC arbitration
- Represented a Swiss construction company against a Korean subcontractor in relation to a plant project in Abu Dhabi regarding LD claim and cost claim in a KCAB arbitration
- Represented an Austrian construction company against a Korean subcontractor regarding delay and cost claim in a KCAB arbitration
- Represented a Korean electric power company against a Japanese manufacturing subcontractor regarding damage claim in a KCAB arbitration
- Represented a Korean rolling stock company against an Indian railway manufacturing company regarding licensing agreement in an ICC arbitration
- Represented a Korean electronics company against an American software company regarding withholding tax matter in an ICC arbitration
- Represented a Korean telecommunication company against a global software company regarding licensing agreement in an ICC arbitration
- Represented a Korean government-owned electric utility company against a global software company regarding licensing agreement in an ICC arbitration
- Represented Tae Hwan Park, a Korean athlete in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to a ban from participating in the Rio Olympic Games
- Represented a Japanese short-track speed skater in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to a provisional ban from participating in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games
学歴
| 2016 | Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law |
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| 2014 | Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2012 | College of Law, Yonsei University-LL.B |
言語
| Korean and English |
受賞実績
| 2023 | Ranked “Recommended” by Who’s Who Legal Arbitration (Korea) |
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| 2021 | Named “Rising Stars 2021” by Legal Times |
著書/活動
- South Korea, in Guideposts to Third Party Funding in International Arbitration (Juris, forthcoming in 2017) (co-author)
- The Baker & McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2018, Korea Chapter (Juris Publishing in 2018) (co-author)
- The Baker & McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2019, Korea Chapter (Juris Publishing in 2019) (co-author)
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