Mr Kwang-Myeong Moon > Moon & Song > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Moon & Song Offices
2ND FLOOR, NAEJA BUILDING,
33 GYEONGHUIGUNG-GIL, JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03176
South Korea
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Mr Kwang-Myeong Moon
Work Department
maritime law. shipping
Position
His practicing areas are shipping, insurance, international trade, cross-border insolvency, international litigation & arbitration and he deals with a variety of cases including charterparty / BL disputes, cargo claims, crew injury, fire, explosion, collision, groundings, salvage, oil pollution, limitation, total loss. He has acted for international shipowners, their insurers and P&I Clubs including North of England, Britannia, Gard, UK, London, West of England, Steamship Mutual, American Club, Swedish P&I, Japan P&I, QBE Hong Kong & Shanghai Insurance, Korea P&I, Korea Shipping Association et al. He also acted for Korean major shipping companies such as Hyundai Merchant Marine, Hyundai Glovis, KMTC, Pan Ocean, Sinokor Merchant Marine, Dong-A Tanker. In the Hebei Spirit oil pollution case, the largest oil spill incident in the history of Korea, he acted as the legal adviser to the Korean government, the local county and the major group of claimants living in the most affected areas. KM Moon has represented foreign shipowners in cross-border insolvency cases arising from Korean rehabilitation proceedings of Samsun Logix, Korea Line Corporation, STX Pan Ocean and Hanjin Shipping under the instruction of the major FD&D Clubs.
Career
Trained Judicial Research & Training Institute of Korean Supreme Court; qualified 1999; lawyer at Choi & Kim; founding partner of Kwon & Moon 2006; delegate of the Korean Government to IOPC Fund Executive Committee; legal advisor for Taean County and Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs; legal advisor for Western Regional Headquaters of Korean Coast Guard. Current directorships: Director of the Korea Maritime Law Association. Publications of note: ‘Bill of Lading FIOST Clause: Is It Surviving The Hague Rules?’, ‘A Study on Judicial Precedents of Korean and Other Jurisdiction regarding Oil Pollution Damage’, ‘Specific Issues of Marine Insurance Law in Korea – English Governing Law Clause, Warranty, and Direct Claim of the Third Party’, and others.
Languages
Korean and English.
Memberships
Korean Bar.
Education
Seoul National University (1994 BA); University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (2005 LLM).
Leisure
Golf and football.
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: local firms
(Leading individuals)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.