Hye Sung Kim

Hye Sung Kim

Hye Sung Kim is an attorney in the firm's International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice and ESG Practice. Ms. Kim represents both domestic and international clients in various cross­border disputes and has extensive experience in cross-border litigations and international arbitration cases administered by ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC, KCAB, and AAA. Her recent work includes representing the world's leading companies and Korean companies in multinational disputes in litigation and arbitration involving China, Korea, Japan, the UK, the U.S., France, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Australia, Italy, and Canada. The disputed matters include issues related to construction, sales, insurance, reinsurance, shipbuilding, hedge trading, and intellectual property. Ms. Kim has been recognized by several leading legal directories, including Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, where she was named a “Future Star” in Commercial and Transactions, as well as in International Arbitration for three consecutive years since 2018. The Legal 500 Asia Pacific also listed her as a “Next Generation Lawyer” in International Arbitration for two consecutive years since 2017. Ms. Kim received an LL.M. from London School of Economics and Political Science in 2017, and she graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2010. She received an LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 2008. She is admitted to the Korea bar (2010) and is admitted to practice in England & Wales (2018).

Publications

Environmental, Social & Governance | 1yr

Chapter: South Korea

This first edition, written by leading ESG legal specialists, provides an up-to-date jurisdictional comparison of the latest legal and regulatory developments, enforcement and litigation trends, and policy and non-legal drivers of the major ESG developments impacting businesses around the world....

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