JIPYONG LLC

Foreign Attorney

Jinhee KIM

TEL +82-2-6200-1782
FAX +82-2-6200-0823
E-MAIL jinheekim@jipyong.com

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Jinhee Kim is Global Practice Chair of Jipyong LLC, one of Korea’s premier full-service firms. She also heads the firm’s Global Dispute Resolution Practice, specializing in international arbitration and cross-border litigation. She acts as the lead dispute counsel for numerous conglomerates and multinational corporations and appears regularly before federal and state courts of the U.S. and major arbitral institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, AAA, SIAC, HKIAC, and KCAB. Jinhee has also served as the sole arbitrator in a number of KCAB international arbitration proceedings.

Jinhee is recognized by peers as a fierce advocate and a first-rate negotiator. She has defended multi-billion-dollar multi-jurisdiction disputes and settled hundreds of cases over her legal career. She is consistently ranked by Chambers and Legal Times as a leading lawyer in international arbitration and Asian Legal Business recognized her as Korea’s Super 30 Lawyers in 2021. Her recent advocacy work as first chair include: trade secret dispute and preliminary injunction before the Northern District Court of California; breach of contract action brought by an Israeli pharmaceutical company against a Korean corporation before the Supreme Court of New York; shareholder dispute involving a Korean conglomerate and a European counterpart; and several private investment disputes involving companies in Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the CIS countries, and the United States.

Jinhee brings a diverse cultural, organizational, and professional background to the practice of law. She trained as litigator at LeBoeuf Lamb (CA) and Paul Hastings (CA) and worked inhouse at LG Display’s Seoul Headquarters before joining Jipyong in 2016. Prior to legal practice, Ms. Kim was a TV journalist and served as an associate expert for the UN Sustainable Development Division.

Education Close

2005UC Berkeley School of Law (J.D.)
2000Seoul National University, Graduate School of International Studies (M.A.)
1995Seoul National University, School of Social Welfare (B.A.)

Experience Close

2016-PresentHead of Global Dispute Resolution Practice, JIPYONG LLC
2023-PresentMember, Foreign Legal Consultant Disciplinary Committee
2022-PresentICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR South Korea Delegate
2022-PresentSIMC Korea Specialist Mediator
2021-PresentMember, Seoul IDRC Steering Committee
2018-PresentMember, KCAB Next Steering Committee
2018-PresentInternational Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
2009-2016Lead Litigation Counsel, LG DISPLAY CO. LTD. (Seoul, Korea)
2006-2009Associate Attorney, PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER, LLP
(Orange County, CA)
2005-2006Associate Attorney, LEBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE & MACRAE, LLP
(San Francisco, CA)
1999-2001Associate Expert, Department of Economic & Social Affairs,
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT (New York, NY)
1996-1999Reporter / Director, ARIRANG TV (Seoul, Korea)
1995-1996Producer, KOREAN CHRISTIAN TELEVISION SYSTEM (Seoul, Korea)

Notable Achievements Close

Represented a Korean construction and engineering conglomerate in an ICC construction arbitration brought by a multinational subcontractor; claims were voluntarily withdrawn after nearly three years of adversarial proceedings
Represented a European based US company in a KCAB arbitration based on US-Korea FTA
Represented a Korean assent management company in a lawsuit against California resident before the Central District Court of California; case was successfully settled after court mediation
Represented a domestic trading in a successful KCAB arbitration against an Eastern European company
Represented a domestic medical device manufacturer in a successful HKIAC arbitration against a Chinese importer
Represented a Korean conglomerate in a contract dispute ICC arbitration against a Taiwanese company
Represented a domestic bio exporter in a KCAB arbitration against a Nigerian company; obtained recognition and enforcement of the arbitral award in Kenya
Represented a California corporation in a successful lawsuit against Korean company before the Central District Court of California

Honors and Recognitions Close

2021-2025 Leading Individual in Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Chambers Asia-Pacific
2023Top 10 Powerful Arbitration Lawyers, Business Today News
2023GAR Academy Fundamentals of International Arbitration Course, Member of the Faculty Group
2019, 2021-2024Leading Lawyer in International Arbitration Practice, Legal Times
2021Korean Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters)

Speaking Engagements and Publications Close

2022Global Practice Guides: Antitrust Litigation 2022 (Trends and Developments) - South Korea (Chambers and Partners)
2022Lexology Getting The Deal Through: Dispute Resolution 2022 - South Korea Chapter (Law Business Research)
2021-2022Cases and Precedents: Vertical Restraints - South Korea (Global Competition Review)
2021The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides: International Arbitration
- South Korea Chapter (The Legal 500), Exclusive Contributor
2020The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides: International Arbitration
- South Korea Chapter (The Legal 500)
2019Comparative Legal Guide: International Arbitration (4th edition) - South Korea Chapter (The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer)
2019Where Do International Civil Servants Go for Justice?
(Kluwer Arbitration Blog)

News & Activities Close

2019Speaker for 2019 IBA Young Lawyers’ Committee Training Event
“The Fundamentals of International Legal Business Practice”
2019Legal Times’ Special Report on Leading Lawyers 2019 in International Arbitration
2019JIPYONG LLC’s Global Dispute Resolution Practice (Korea Economic Daily)
2019Speaker at ABA Section of International Law 2019 Annual Conference on “The U.S. Supreme Court Says ‘No’ to China: Lessons Learned from the Vitamin C Case and the Implications for Cross-Border Litigation”
2018English Writing and Global Perspective Lecture Series
2017ABC’s of International Dispute Management
2017Panelist for 2017 Seoul IDRC Seminar on “Dispute Resolution and Governing Law Clause for Companies in Korea”
2016Jipyong Academy Lecture “In-house Insight” (Jipyong)
2016Seminars on Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act
2016Seminars on Defending Antitrust Class and Individual Actions
2016Jipyong’s 9 overseas offices in China and Myanmar, etc. with expertise in construction disputes (Maeil Business Newspaper)