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JOOWON 
Premier Law Firm

Experience. Respect. Results.

Founded and actively led by Managing Partner Kun Kae Lee, JOOWON is a historical law firm based in Seoul that helped form the modern Republic of Korea and grow to become an advanced and well-respected economy, primarily through its founder's leadership for more than five decades in various capacities.  With the historical context, JOOWON is very well-equipped with its professionals leading in their respective legal fields.

Services

CROSS-BORDER PROJECTS &
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

This Center of JOOWON LLC is dedicated to your international projects and arbitration cases thereof.

JOOWON's CORPORATE CLIENTS

JOOWON's international team has served best interests of, notably, various multinational companies, including global companies like Google and conglomerates like SK, promising SMEs and Start-ups.  Based on the experience and success stories therewith, this INT'L CENTER will serve as the contact point to take care of your all the legal needs.


Current Team Members of at least 40+ Lawyers and Experts (Patent and Tax Lawyers included) including but not limited to the following Korea and Foreign Lawyers for your cross-border projects and arbitration cases thereof:

Kun Kae Lee, a graduate of Seoul National Univ., Seoul National Univ. Law School, Judicial Research and Training Institute (Top of the Class) and Harvard Graduate School, former high-ranking prosecutor of South Korea, former Chief of Seoul National Police, former Legislator of National Assembly of Korea, and founder and current Managing Partner of JOOWON. For more information on JOOWON lawyers, click
here (JOOWON's Full Webpage).
 

SeokHyun Hong, a graduate of Seoul National Univ. (cum laude) and Korea Univ. Law School (summa cum laude), former judge advocate of Korea Army, former associate at Kim & Chang, former seconded lawyer to Google Payment Co. Korea, and current Partner at JOOWON. For more information on JOOWON lawyers, click here (JOOWON's Full Webpage).

Won Jun "Sam" Lee, a graduate of George Washington University (B.A.) and Washburn Law School (J.D.), a former law clerk to a KCBA arbitrator, judge advocate of Korea Army HQs, and lead Foreign Counsel of market-leading business entities including SK Group's EPC projects business (invited to be listed on Top 1% Talent of the SK Group), and current Director of Korea Real Estate Academy, Vice Chair of American Bar Association ILS Cross-Border Real Estate Committee, Steering Member of American Bar Association ILS Exports Control and International Sanctions Committee, and Senior Foreign Counsel and Experts Member at JOOWON.  Sam is also an exclusive contributor on several inter-related multi-disciplinary subjects including Real Estate, Construction, Sanctions, and AI for leading comparative law databases including Legal 500 and Lexology as well as a lecturer with Thompson Reuters Korea for in-house counsels. For more information, click here (JOOWON's Full Webpage).

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Other 40+ market-leading lawyers at JOOWON include current arbitrators, former high-ranking judges and prosecutors, current or former members of national or presidential or judicial advisory committees, current or former external advisors to various national government agencies or their committees, current or former adjunct professors (including one on Artificial Intelligence) of major universities, current or former directors of Korea Bar Association and other trade and professional associations.  Many of them are particularly specialized in emerging fields such as blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence.  JOOWON's lawyers are very frequently cited by major news publications on a wide rage of major public issues. 

*** For more information, visit our extensive website also at: www.joowonlaw.com ***

Alumni:
 

Current distinguished minister-level officers and top-level politicians including Legislators of the National Assembly of Korea of both major parties in S. Korea.

Dedicated International
Counsel will greet you.

6F, 711, Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Won Jun "Sam" Lee, Esq.
sam@joowonlaw.com

Desk +82-2-6710-0300
Direct +82-10-8777-1737

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Designated Contact Counsel:
Won Jun "Sam" Lee
sam@joowonlaw.com
+82-2-6710-0300 /
+82-10-8777-1737

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JOOWON's official website dedicated to the International Clients,
concerning all cross-border projects and arbitration issues.

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