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Joongi Kim

Address: 

Yonsei Law School
50 Yonseiro
Seodaemungu
Seoul 120-749
Korea

Phone Number: 
+82-2-2123-4181
Fax Number: 
+82-2-392-0195
Email: 
kimjg@yonsei.ac.kr
Born: 
1965
Languages: 
English Korean Japanese Chinese
Nationalities: 
Korean
Education: 
Columbia College, B.A., 1987
Yonsei University, M.A., 1990
Georgetown Law, J.D., 1992
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
U.S. New York State, 1993
U.S. District of Columbia, 1994
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, Yonsei Law School
Professional Experience: 

Attorney, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C.; Scholar-in-Residence, International Arbitration Group, WilmerHale, London; Visiting Professor, Georgetown, National University of Singapore and University of Florida; Commissioner, Dispute Mediation Commission, Korea Securities Dealers Association Automated Quotation Market; Academic Council Member, Hills Program on Governance, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Professional Associations: 

Director - Korean Arbitrators Association (Academia Representative for International Arbitration Forum) & Korean Council for International Arbitration; Editorial Board Member - Korea Arbitration Review, International Trade Law, Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, Corporate Control; Member - Australasian Forum for International Arbitration

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Korea-EU FTA, CAA, CRCICA, DIAC, HKIAC, JCAA, KCAB, KLRCA, SCIA, SIAC

Arbitration Experience: 

Sole Arbitrator, ICC, shareholder agreement dispute between B.V.I., Italian and U.S. parties; Sole Arbitrator, KCAB, insurance information technology dispute between Korean party and foreign subsidiary; Chair, KCAB, supplier dispute between Chinese and Korean companies; Co-Arbitrator, ICC, acquisition dispute between U.S. and Korean party; Co-Arbitrator, UNCITRAL/HKIAC, shareholder dispute between B.V.I. and Korean parties; Co-Arbitrator, ad hoc, real estate investment dispute between Irish and Cypriot companies; Co-Arbitrator, ad hoc/LMAA, shipbuilding dispute between Cypriot and Korean entities; Co-Arbitrator, KCAB, supplier dispute between two Korean companies; Co-Arbitrator, KCAB, dispute between two Korean parties concerning engineering and supervising services; Co-Arbitrator, KCAB, European distributorship dispute between bankrupt Austrian and Korean parties; Co-Arbitrator, KCAB, defense industry dispute between American company and Korean entity; Sole Mediator, construction dispute, Seoul District Court Annexed Mediation; Expert in Korean corporate law, choice of law and state-owned enterprises in proceedings before U.S. District Courts and High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court, England and Wales

Areas of Specialization: 
Banking & Finance
Company Law
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Intellectual and Industrial Property
International Arbitration
Shipbuilding
Publications from JURIS: 
Professor Don Wallce's Opening Remarks and the Power of the Arbitral Tribunals to Offer Interim Relief - Chapter 04 - Interim and Emergency Relief in International Arbitration - International Law Institute Series on International Law, Arbitration and Practice
Interim Measures under the Rules of Asian Arbitral Institutions - Chapter 02 - Interim and Emergency Relief in International Arbitration - International Law Institute Series on International Law, Arbitration and Practice
Publications: 
  • A Pivot to Asia in Investment Arbitration, ICSID Review Vol. 27 Iss. 2 (2012)
  • Piercing the Corporate Veil in Korean Arbitration, KOREAN ARBITRATION REVIEW, VOL. 2, (forthcoming 2012)
  • The Evolution of Korea's Modern Investment Treaties and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Provisions, FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW AND PRACTICE IN ASIA, ed., Vivienne Bath and Luke Nottage (Routledge 2011)
  • THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, Ministry of Justice (2002)