Choi & Kim

Maritime/shipping, International trade disputes, Commercial litigation and arbitration, Insurance

Senior Partner

J H CHOI is a founding partner of CHOI & KIM, the largest maritime law firm in Korea.  He was formerly a foreign legal consultant at Holman Fenwick & Willan in London.

He has been actively involved in all aspects of maritime, marine insurance, and international litigation and arbitration practice for 30 years since 1984 and has personally handled most of the major marine casualties in Korea.  He has represented most of the major P&I Clubs, foreign and domestic shipping companies, insurance and reinsurance companies, and International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund.

English, Korean

He is acting as a member of the Special Committee for the Modernization of Korean Commercial Code (2011-), which is sponsored by the Ministry of Justice of Korea. He was also the president of the Korean Maritime Law Association (2014-2016). He serves as an arbitrator for the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.

He received his LL. B. from Seoul National University (1978) and was admitted to bar in Korea (1981). He received his LL. M from the University of Michigan, Law School (1990) and was admitted to bar in New York, US (1991). He has a Ph. D in law from Seoul National University (2001). He was a professor at Yonsei University, Collage of Law specialized in Maritime Law and Commercial Law (2005-2008).