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Una Cho

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Work Department

International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation; Mergers & Acquisitions

Career

Una Cho is a senior foreign attorney in the International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice at Kim & Chang.

Ms. Cho specializes in international arbitrations and cross-border litigations, representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes of wide ranging subject matters, including aviation, construction, energy, financing, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. She has advised clients under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Center for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. She has a broad range of experience, including in proceedings related to emergency arbitration, sports arbitration, internet fraud and aviation accidents among others. She has also advised Korean and international clients on corporate cross-border merger and acquisition matters.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Ms. Cho practiced for several years in the International Arbitration Practice at White & Case LLP in New York. She also practiced in Hong Kong and Shanghai at other international law firms. She has also worked in an international entertainment company in California specializing in the production and distribution of film and television products.

She received a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 2002, an M.A. in Communications from Syracuse University in 1996, and a B.A. in Psychology from Yonsei University in 1994. Ms. Cho is admitted to the New York bar.

Languages

Korean and English

Memberships

Admitted to bar, New York, 2003

Education

Columbia Law School (J.D., 2002)
Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (M.A., 1996)
Yonsei University (B.A., Psychology, 1994)