Moon & Song

maritime law. shipping

His practicing areas are shipping, insurance, international trade, cross-border insolvency, international litigation & arbitration and he deals with a variety of cases including charterparty / BL disputes, cargo claims, crew injury, fire, explosion, collision, groundings, salvage, oil pollution, limitation, total loss.  He has acted for international shipowners, their insurers and P&I Clubs including North of England, Britannia, Gard, UK, London, West of England, Steamship Mutual, American Club, Swedish P&I, Japan P&I, QBE Hong Kong & Shanghai Insurance, Korea P&I, Korea Shipping Association et al.  He also acted for Korean major shipping companies such as Hyundai Merchant Marine, Hyundai Glovis, KMTC, Pan Ocean, Sinokor Merchant Marine, Dong-A Tanker.  In the Hebei Spirit oil pollution case, the largest oil spill incident in the history of Korea, he acted as the legal adviser to the Korean government, the local county and the major group of claimants living in the most affected areas.  KM Moon has represented foreign shipowners in cross-border insolvency cases arising from Korean rehabilitation proceedings of Samsun Logix, Korea Line Corporation, STX Pan Ocean and Hanjin Shipping under the instruction of the major FD&D Clubs.

Trained Judicial Research & Training Institute of Korean Supreme Court; qualified 1999; lawyer at Choi & Kim; founding partner of Kwon & Moon 2006; delegate of the Korean Government to IOPC Fund Executive Committee; legal advisor for Taean County and Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs; legal advisor for Western Regional Headquaters of Korean Coast Guard. Current directorships: Director of the Korea Maritime Law Association. Publications of note: ‘Bill of Lading FIOST Clause: Is It Surviving The Hague Rules?’, ‘A Study on Judicial Precedents of Korean and Other Jurisdiction regarding Oil Pollution Damage’, ‘Specific Issues of Marine Insurance Law in Korea – English Governing Law Clause, Warranty, and Direct Claim of the Third Party’, and others.

Korean and English.

Korean Bar.

Seoul National University (1994 BA); University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (2005 LLM).

Golf and football.