Michael Kim > Stephenson Harwood > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices
LEVEL 21
TWO IFC, 10 GUKJEGEUMYUNG-RO
YOUNGDEUNGPO-GU, 07326 REPUBLIC OF KOREA
South Korea
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Michael Kim
Work Department
Marine and international trade
Position
Michael is the office managing partner of the Seoul office. He is an expert in litigation including alternative dispute resolution. Michael advises on a wide range of shipping, shipbuilding and offshore, international trade and commercial litigation issues including charterparties, memoranda of agreement, shipbuilding and offshore construction contracts, marine and commercial insurance, agency agreements, letters of credit and commercial notes.
Career
In both contentious and transactional areas, Michael has a strong reputation. He manages proceedings in the London High Court and has conducted numerous international arbitrations. His transactional work includes advising on shipbuilding and offshore contracts, ship finance and outward investment from Korea to Europe and Central Asia.
He was listed by Thomson Reuters in its Super Lawyer rankings 2013. Michael was also ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Global 2015 in the ’Shipping International Firms’ category in South Korea, where Stephenson Harwood was listed in Band 1.
Michael’s clients include major shipowners, shipbuilders, insurers, traders, securities houses, banks and P&I clubs in London and Hong Kong. He writes regularly for the trade, shipping and ship finance media and often speaks on marine issues at seminars for shipowners, shipbuilders, ship finance banks, charterers, traders and insurers.
Languages
English, Korean
Memberships
IPBA
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: foreign firms
(Leading partners)Stephenson Harwood has a distinguished track record in representing Korean global corporations, international banks, insurance companies, and shipbuilding and trading firms in onshore and offshore disputes. Michael Kim co-heads the team and brings extensive experience in shipping, ship finance, and commercial litigation as well as expertise in ADR, advising on charter parties, shipbuilding, and offshore construction contracts. Stuart Burrell specialises in high-value dispute resolution and international arbitration while Stuart Beadnall is a leading expert in shipping and energy, focusing on contract negotiations in offshore oil, gas and shipbuilding. Newly promoted partner Matthew Seah acts for both financiers and shipowners on a broad range of projects, including syndicated and bilateral financings, ECA-backed financings and sustainability-linked loans.