Michael Kim > Stephenson Harwood > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices
LEVEL 21
TWO IFC, 10 GUKJEGEUMYUNG-RO
YOUNGDEUNGPO-GU, 07326 REPUBLIC OF KOREA
South Korea
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Michael Kim
Work Department
Marine and international trade
Position
Michael is the office managing partner of the Seoul office. He is an expert in litigation including alternative dispute resolution. Michael advises on a wide range of shipping, shipbuilding and offshore, international trade and commercial litigation issues including charterparties, memoranda of agreement, shipbuilding and offshore construction contracts, marine and commercial insurance, agency agreements, letters of credit and commercial notes.
Career
In both contentious and transactional areas, Michael has a strong reputation. He manages proceedings in the London High Court and has conducted numerous international arbitrations. His transactional work includes advising on shipbuilding and offshore contracts, ship finance and outward investment from Korea to Europe and Central Asia.
He was listed by Thomson Reuters in its Super Lawyer rankings 2013. Michael was also ranked as a leading individual in Chambers Global 2015 in the ’Shipping International Firms’ category in South Korea, where Stephenson Harwood was listed in Band 1.
Michael’s clients include major shipowners, shipbuilders, insurers, traders, securities houses, banks and P&I clubs in London and Hong Kong. He writes regularly for the trade, shipping and ship finance media and often speaks on marine issues at seminars for shipowners, shipbuilders, ship finance banks, charterers, traders and insurers.
Languages
English, Korean
Memberships
IPBA
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: foreign firms
(Leading individuals)Stephenson Harwood is sought after for its special expertise in shipbuilding, and the team frequently advises clients such as Korean global corporates, international banks, and shipping and shipbuilding trading companies in this sphere. Practice head Michael Kim has extensive experience in ship finance and offshore mandates, as well as in general commercial litigation with a nexus to the industry. The group also includes Stuart Burrell, who acts for clients such as shipowners and shipbuilders in multi-jurisdictional litigation and international arbitration, and Stuart Beadnall, who is a shipping and energy specialist with particular expertise in contract negotiation. Sean Gibbons, who is regularly instructed to defend fraudulent cargo claims made against shipowners, and shipping and offshore financing specialist Gregg Johnston
are also key contacts.