Global law firm White & Case LLP has announced the opening of an office in Seoul, South Korea to strengthen and expand its Korea practice. More >>

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, one of the world’s largest intellectual property law firms, announced today that it has received a license from the South Korean government to open an office in Seoul. Charles H. Suh will serve as managing partner of the new office, which will be located in the Mirae Asset Center 1 building in the heart of the Seoul international business district. More >>

Adding an important hub to its longstanding Asia practice, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP announced it is opening a Foreign Legal Consultant Office in Seoul, Korea. The new office will be headed by Milbank partner Young Joon Kim, a Korean native who started his career with Milbank in New York, and for the past decade has been based in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Mr. Kim was managing partner of Milbank’s Tokyo office from 1997-2003.

One of the first US law firms to establish an Asia-based practice in the mid-1970s, Milbank has a long history of doing business in Korea, well before foreign law firms began to be licensed to practice in the country in 2012. More >>

Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey is pleased to announce the opening of our Foreign Legal Consultant Office in Seoul, Korea. Simon Hong, a registered Foreign Law Consultant in Korea and one of the firm’s founding members, will head the new office. More >>

Simpson Thacher acted as sole international counsel in connection with the update of the US$8 billion global medium term notes program and the offering of US$300 million 2.75% Notes due 2019 by NongHyup Bank. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. More >>

The Firm recently represented Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch and The Royal Bank of Scotland as underwriters’ counsel (and sole international counsel) in connection with the offering by Korea Land & Housing Corporation of its US$500 million 1.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due August 2, 2017, issued under its US$1 billion Global Medium Term Notes Program (the “Program”). The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Firm also recently acted as dealers’ counsel (and sole international counsel) in the establishment of the Program, where Deutsche Bank acted as the arranger. More >>

Stephenson Harwood celebrated the opening of its new office last night at The British Embassy in Seoul.

Two hundred clients and contacts joined key personnel from Stephenson Harwood at its launch event, which follows from the firm receiving its licence to open in August this year. The firm has for some time acted for some of Korea’s largest conglomerates across shipping, ship-building and ship finance work, banking, and trade sectors. Clients include the Export-Import Bank of Korea, STX Corporation, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, and Korea Line, all of which were represented at the launch. More >>