Peter & Kim

International Arbitration

Dongsuk Shin is a Foreign Attorney at Peter & Kim in Seoul and is a member of District of Columbia bar. Dongsuk has acted as counsel in international commercial/investment arbitrations under most arbitral institutions and rules, including the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, and SIAC.

Prior to joining Peter & Kim in Seoul, Dongsuk worked as a Foreign Registered Lawyer at the Hong Kong office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and as a Junior Associate at the Geneva office of Peter & Kim, where he specialized in international arbitration.

Dongsuk also worked as an in-house counsel at Kolon Industries, Inc. for about five years, where he performed a wide range of corporate advisory and compliance work and gained extensive experience in international disputes, including cross-border trade secret litigation and related criminal proceedings.

Dongsuk is native in Korean and also fluent in English.

Representative Cases

• Acted for a Korean steel conglomerate against a Kazakhstan state-owned company in an ICC arbitration
• Acted in a London seated LCIA arbitration for a Korean construction conglomerate against a Kuwaiti company
• Acted for a Swiss company in an investment treaty arbitration against the Republic of Korea administered by the PCA
• Acted for one of the largest private equity firms in Asia against the founder of an acquired company in relation to breach of non-compete obligations in an arbitration administered by HKIAC
• Acted for a Hong Kong hedge fund in 18 concurrent HKIAC arbitrations against a Korean investment company in relation to a winding-up petition in Jersey
• Acted for a major private equity firm in a US$1+ billion ICC arbitration involving a post-M&A dispute, including a breach of warranty claim against a major retail chain
• Acted in an ICC arbitration between a Central Asia mining conglomerate and a contractor, with more than US$ 500 million in dispute
• Acted in an arbitration under UNCITRAL rules arising out of a dispute between a Canadian company and two mainland Chinese companies in relation to a gas project in China
• Acted for a French professional football club, and one of its players in their appeal to the CAS against a decision by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body

Foreign Attorney, Peter & Kim (2023 – present) Registered Foreign Lawyer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Hong Kong SAR (2021 – 2023) Junior Associate, Peter & Kim, Geneva, Switzerland (2019 – 2020) Internship Trainee, Morgan Sports Law, Lausanne, Switzerland (2019) Senior Associate Counsel, Kolon Industries, Inc. (2013 – 2018) Legal Intern, Paul Hastings LLP (2013)

Korean, English

The District of Columbia Bar

The Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (LL.M., 2020) Handong International Law School (M.A., 2012) Korea University (BPE, 2007)