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Woong Shik Shin

Address: 

SL. Kang Nam P.O. Box 987
Seoul
Korea 135-284

Phone Number: 
(82-2) 565-6300
Fax Number: 
(82-2) 565-7400
Born: 
1941, Korea
Languages: 
Korean English Japanese German Arabic
Nationalities: 
Korean
Education: 
S.J.D. 1969, Univ. of Virginia Law School; LL.M. 1967, Yale Law School; Dip. Econ. 1966, Oxford Univ.; LL.B., College of Law, Seoul National Univ.; Construction Executive Program, Stanford Univ.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Korean bar 1964
Present Position: 
Senior Partner, Shin & Shin, Seoul
Professional Experience: 

Chairman, Business & Law Journal; President, Int’l Assoc. Of Korean Lawyers; Committee Chairman, South and North Exchange Cooperation Committee, Ministry of Unification; Committee Member, Korea Super Highway Telecom Committee Prime Minister’s Office; Vice President, Central Construction Dispsute Conciliation Board; Senior Partner, Kim Shin & Yu, Seoul; Legal Counsel, Ministry of Energy and Resources, Korea, Export Import Bank of Korea, Korea Development Bank, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Overseas Contractors’ Association; UNDP Tumen River Development Project; Special Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Defense; Chief Judge, High Court Martial, Ministry of Defence, Korea; Lecturer, Judicial Training Graduate School of Law, Seoul National Univ.; Hanyang Univ. Business School

Professional Associations: 

ICC National Committee Member (Korea); ICC Asia-Pacific Conciliation and Arbitration Group Member; ICC Docdex (Documentary Credit Experts) Expert; Advisor Committee Member, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board; Government Legislative Administration Agency, (Legal Policy Advisory Committee); World Peace through Law Center, U.S.A. (Council of Experts); Black and Minority Chamber of Commerce,
U.S.A.; London Court of International Arbitration

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICC Court of Arbitration; Korean Commercial Arbitration Board; ISCID Arbitration, World Bank; China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission

Arbitration Experience: 

Party-appointed arbitrator and counsel, Korean, AAA, ISCID and ICC arbitrations

Areas of Specialization: 
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
International Business Transactions
Licensing
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Section 341 of Korean Commercial Code, Seoul L.J.; Comparative Analysis of Korean and American Judicial Systems, Foreign Investment in Korea; Foreign Investment in North Korea; Telecommunication Laws of Korea, Korea; International Commercial Arbitration: Recognition and Enforcement; South and North Korea Tourism Exchanges.