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Moon & Song
2ND FLOOR, NAEJA BUILDING,
33 GYEONGHUIGUNG-GIL, JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03176
South Korea

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South Korea > Shipping: local firms Tier 2

Moon & Song, a maritime boutique, expertly advises on the gamut of wet shipping matters, including oil spills, collisions and groundings. The firm is more generally versed in handling all varieties of contentious and non-contentious shipping matters for major shipowners, charterers, government bodies, insurers and P&I clubs. Kwang-Myeong Moon, Sang Hwa Lee and Hun Song are the key senior contacts.

Leading individuals

Kwang-Myeong Moon - Moon & Song

Hun Song – Moon & Song

Practice head(s):

Kwang-Myeong Moon; Sang Hwa Lee; Hun Song

Testimonials

‘This shipping law firm shows its excellent performance across all shipping fields. Relatively young partners are working with passion and knowledge of local practice for their client and their service is very competitive in comparison with other law firms in this field.’

‘Moon & Song is a leading law firm in Korea with expertise especially in shipping and corporate law.’

‘Moon & Song are highly reputable and the most reliable law firm. Well known for their expertise in shipping.’

‘Kwang-Myeong Moon provides clients with precise and insightful advice, and he has an excellent skill to resolve complicated situations that clients are faced with.’

‘Sang Hwa Lee is exceptional in all types of maritime cases and shows the professional capacity for shipping legal disputes by offering extensive and clear legal advice and solutions focused on the clients’ needs.’

‘Hun Song provides an efficient and clear solution to clients under a precise view of the situation.’

‘Hun Song provides precise and lucid legal advice to clients, attentively considering their commercial interests. As a well-balanced problem solver, he prioritises safeguarding clients’ interests.’

Key clients

North Standard P&I Club

Japan P&I Club

Korea Shipping Association

Korea P&I Club

Britannia P&I Club

UK P&I Club

Steamship Mutual P&I Club

London P&I Club

HYUNDAI GLOVIS CO., LTD

KMTC

HMM

Pan Ocean

Namsung Shipping

A&G Korea

PANDIN Insurance Co., Ltd

HS Corporation

Hill Dickinson LLP

Reed Smith LLP

Campbell Johnston Clark

KORHI Average Adjusters & Surveyors Ltd.

Woohyun Shipping

K-World Line

Sea Net Shipping

KOGAS

Korean Register

Sejung Shipping

Rajah & Tann

Samsung Shipping

KTS Shipping

Work highlights

Representing Taekyung BK in disputes arising from the engine propulsion problems encountered by the MV Darya Shanti while departing from a Canadian port.
Representing Samsung Shipping in criminal and civil proceedings following the accidental sinking of MV Samsung No.1 navigating from Jeju Island to Goheung.
Defending Hyundai Glovis against a brokerage commission claim brought for the remaining commission by the cancellation of the Time Charter Party of CT Ace and CT Confidence.

The firm: Established in 2006, Moon & Song (formerly Kwon & Moon) has grown to become one of Korea’s leading maritime specialist law firms by providing the highest quality legal advice to international shipping businesses. Managing partner Mr Kwang-Myeong Moon had long pioneered the field at a shipping law firm in Korea before founding Moon & Song. Mr Hun Song has been promoted to name partner after building his career as a maritime lawyer in the shipping area and Mr Sang-Hwa Lee is a newly recruited partner who has worked for another maritime law firm, Choi & Kim. Moon & Song has concentrated the development of its capabilities and the growth of its expertise on the specialised areas of shipping, marine insurance and international litigation and arbitration. Moon & Song has received many accolades from clients for its prompt, detailed, enthusiastic and knowledgeable services. With a sound understanding of the shipping market, both from the perspective of underwriters and clubs and that of the their assureds and shipowning members, Moon & Song is widely recognised as a specialist adviser to the shipping and insurance sector.

Areas of practice
Shipping: Moon & Song advises on all aspects of admiralty, from collisions and explosions to salvage and wreck removal. With considerable expertise, the firm has handled emergency incidents and disasters, including maritime collision, oil pollution, personal injury, fishing net damage, salvage and wreck removal, and limitation of shipowners’ liability for those incidents as well. In the Hebei Spirit oil pollution case, the largest oil spill incident in the history of Korea, Moon & Song acted as the legal adviser to the Korean government, the local county and the major group of claimants living in the most affected areas.

Advising on all forms of shipping contracts, charterparties, pool agreements and bills of lading, Moon & Song has managed the issues arising out of such contracts. The firm is also experienced in advising on disputes arising from shipbuilding and the sale and purchase of commercial ships.

Marine insurance: Moon & Song provides a full service for all marine insurance claims by acting on behalf of many of the offshore casualties and advising many domestic and international clubs and underwriters. Its insurance practice covers all forms of marine insurance including H&M, P&I, marine cargo policy and international shipping business liability insurance.

International trade and commodities: Moon & Song offers a full service for global commodities’ business enterprises and focuses on assisting international clients with financing, developing and growing their business. In Korea, the firm has strategised with global businesses wanting to enter the Korean market by dealing with Korean regulations and utilising cultural differences to achieve maximum results.

International litigation and arbitration: by providing specialised services for the resolution of cross-border disputes faced by business enterprises in the international trade and commodity sectors, as well as in the shipping and insurance sectors, Moon & Song has developed the expertise to tackle the most complex of disputes and the capability to handle large, multi-jurisdictional cases. Moon & Song also has a great deal of experience in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. The firm is particularly well-recognised for its abundant experience and ability to assist in cross-border insolvency cases under the Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act of Korea, where it has acted on behalf of international creditors and for domestic clients undergoing rehabilitation or bankruptcy.

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
Shipping	Kwang-Myeong Moon
Shipping	Hun Song
Insurance	Kwang-Myeong Moon
Insurance	Sang-Hwa Lee
International trade	Kwang-Myeong Moon
International trade	Sang-Hwa Lee
International litigation and arbitration	Kwang-Myeong Moon
International litigation and arbitration	Hun Song

Name	Position	Profile
Mr Sang Hwa Lee	Sang Hwa Lee has worked as a lawyer for another Korean maritime…	View Profile
Mr Kwang-Myeong Moon	His practicing areas are shipping, insurance, international trade, cross-border insolvency, international litigation…	View Profile
Mr Hun Song	Hun Song specializes in shipping, insurance, international trade, cross-border insolvency including disputes…	View Profile