Present in the Korean market through its Hong Kong office, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP‘s highly experienced team sports ���a deep bench of superb arbitration lawyers,’ who frequently represent major Korean clients in complex arbitration cases. Managing partner of the Hong Kong office and head of the international arbitration practice in Asia, John Rhie handles commercial and investment treaty work, multi-jurisdictional litigation and white collar crime cases. Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and Queensland, Duncan Watson KC handles private equity among other financial services, while also working within the energy, manufacturing and intellectual property industries. Senior associate Tom Brebner has extensive experience in private equity disputes and trading, often acting for major Korean clients. Another key team member is Lillian Li, dual qualified in Hong Kong and New York, who handles insolvency related proceedings and public law litigation.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘John Rhie is hands down one of the top arbitration practitioners in Korea and also internationally. His strategic thinking puts him above the rest. ’
‘A deep bench of superb arbitration lawyers, several of whom are fluent in Korean. ’
‘John Rhie is Korean-British, fluent in Korean and handles some of the biggest arbitrations in Korea. He handles them very well and has built a very good team around him. A very polished and effective advocate.'
‘John Rhie and Duncan Watson KC are superstars. They are both gifted advocates and extremely bright. Associates Lillian Li is an amazingly talented junior associate. ’
‘John Rhie is efficient and very experienced. He handles situations in a commercially sensible manner.'
Key clients
- Chang-jae Shin
- Schindler Holdings AG
- Gen2 Partners Limited
- Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd
- POSCO
- MBK Partners
- Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Glenwood Private Equity
Work highlights
- Advised Chang-jae Shin, the Chairman of Kyobo Life Insurance in two separate international arbitrations at ICC against Affinity consortium and KLI Investors.
- Advised Schindler Holding AG in an investment treaty arbitration against the state of Korea.
- Advised Glenwood Private Equity in an arbitration against Baring Private Equity Asia in a broken deal matter.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
John Rhie