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Guiding your business through a time of crisis: a lawyer’s guide to Covid-19 in South Korea

On 24 June, The Legal 500 and JIPYONG LLC, a leading law firm in South Korea for over 20 years, presented a webinar exploring how Covid-19 has changed the outlook for South Korean businesses and their lawyers.

Attorneys representing JIPYONG shared their expertise on trends and risks arising in connection with the pandemic.

Topics for discussion included:

Surviving Covid-19: developments in Korean debt financing
How Korea is tracking cases of corona without violating privacy laws
Staff reductions and layoffs
Legal developments impacting the supply of medical products and the provision of healthcare in Korea
Practical advice for dealing with force majeure events
How corona affected litigation and dispute resolution in Korea

Speakers:

  • Bernard K. Ham, Foreign Attorney, JIPYONG LLC
  • Genny S. Kim, Foreign Attorney, JIPYONG LLC
  • John C.W. Ro, Foreign Attorney, JIPYONG LLC
  • Hoon Lee, Foreign Attorney, JIPYONG LLC
  • Jane Young Sohn, Foreign Attorney, JIPYONG LLC
  • Jinhee Kim, Foreign Attorney, JIPYONG LLC
  • J.M. (JongMyung) Park, General Counsel, Delivery Hero Korea
  • James Wood, Editor – Head of International Content and Research, The Legal 500

Press coverage: 

  • Bernard K. Ham, JIPYONG LLC Genny S. Kim, JIPYONG LLC John C. W. Ro, JIPYONG LLC 
    Hoon Lee, JIPYONG LLC Jinhee Kim, JIPYONG LLC