Mr Jong Ku KANG > Bae, Kim & Lee LLC > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Mr Jong Ku KANG

82.2.3404.0126 jongku.kang@bkl.co.kr

Work Department

International Trade & Anti-dumping, Shipping & Maritime, Insurance, Litigation, Arbitration, Finance

Position

Jong Ku Kang is a partner in our Maritime and Insurance Practice Group. His exposure to product liability issues started from an insurance-related context where he has defended product liability claims on behalf of the manufacturers and their insurers as well as from defending shipbuilders and ship engine manufacturers against product liability claims. Since then, he has developed his practice and is now highly experienced in all areas of product liability, including advising on the relevant laws and regulations, assisting in preparation of drafting recall protocols and / or customer complaint manuals to representing clients in product liability proceedings.

Career

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC(1989-Present Legal Advisor, Financial Dispute Resolution Committee, Financial Supervisory Service(2016-Present), Member, Deliberation Committee of Special Complaints, Financial Supervisory Service(2016.4-Present), Director, Vice President, The Korea Maritime Law Association(2012.4.-2014.4), Vice Chair, International Exchange Committee, Korean Bar Association(2011-2015), Member, Deliberation Committee for Leading Companies in Consumer Protection, Financial Supervisory Service(2011.10.-2012.9), Member, E-Commerce Dispute Resolution Committee, National IT Industry Promotion Agency(2010-2015), Member, Special Subcommittee on Revision of Commercial Act (combined transport), Minstry of Justice(2010-2012), Member, Financial Dispute Resolution Committee, Financial Supervisory Service(2009-2016), Legal Advisor, Ministry of Strategy and Finance(2008-2010), Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board(2003-Present), Legal Advisor, Insurance Dispute Resolution Division, Consumer Protection Board(1999-2013), Advisor, Life Insurance Industry Restructuring, Financial Supervisory Commission(1999-2000), Expert Member, Presidential Committee on Judicial Reform(1999-2000), Lecturer, Graduate School of International Trade, Sungkyunkwan University(1998-2000), Lecturer, Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea(1997), Legal Advisor, Board of Audit and Inspection(1996-1998), Legal Advisor, Defense Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defense(1994-1997), Lecturer, The Insurance Research & Training Institute(1994), Associate, Central International Law Firm(1987-1989)

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

Korean and Seoul Bar Associations; Korea International Trade Law Association, and others

Education

University College London (Course in Maritime Law, 1990), Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.,1987), Seoul National University Law School (LL.B.,1982)