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Kunhee Cho
Lawyer
London
Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London, EC2N 1HQ
+44 (0) 20 3301 5740
London
Tower 42
25 Old Broad Street
London, EC2N 1HQ
+44 (0) 20 3301 5740

Kunhee Cho is a dual-qualified Korean lawyer and English solicitor focused on complex cross-border litigation involving commercial fraud and misconduct.

Mr. Cho advises clients across multiple sectors including finance, energy and construction on the monetization and dilution of high value claims, judgments and arbitral awards. His cases involve the formulation of multi-jurisdictional strategies across common law and civil code systems, which often engage issues of enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, asset tracing and recovery, interim relief, disclosure and insolvency.

He has represented clients in English and South Korean courts.  He is well versed in international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration, having conducted proceedings in major arbitral institutions around the world (ICC, LCIA, LMAA, PCA, UNCITRAL, KCAB and JCAA).

Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Cho practiced at Kim & Chang’s cross-border litigation and international arbitration group.

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England & Wales
  • Attorney-at-law, South Korea

Education

  • College of Law, Korea University, LLB
  • Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
  • Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London, MSc

Languages

  • Korean

Select Engagements

  • Representation of a U.S.-based quantitative trading services company against alleged manipulators regarding a sale made in Korea.
 

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Korean Bar Association, Member
  • Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Country Reporter (South Korea)
  • Legal Advisory Panel for Outbound Small to Medium Businesses, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea, Member
  • ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Member
  • LCIA Young International Arbitration Group, Member

Publications & Presentations

  • Author, State Immunity and Arbitration in South Korea (LexisPSL, 2017)
  • Author, Interim Measures in Support of Arbitration in South Korea (LexisPSL, 2017)
  • Author, KCAB International Arbitration Rules (LexisPSL, 2016)
  • Author, Enforcing Arbitral Awards in South Korea (LexisPSL, 2015)
  • Co-author, Guide to International Arbitration for Korean Companies (Ministry of Justice, 2014)

Credentials

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England & Wales
  • Attorney-at-law, South Korea

Education

  • College of Law, Korea University, LLB
  • Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
  • Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London, MSc

Languages

  • Korean

Engagements

  • Representation of a U.S.-based quantitative trading services company against alleged manipulators regarding a sale made in Korea.

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Korean Bar Association, Member
  • Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Country Reporter (South Korea)
  • Legal Advisory Panel for Outbound Small to Medium Businesses, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea, Member
  • ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, Member
  • LCIA Young International Arbitration Group, Member

Publications & Presentations

  • Author, State Immunity and Arbitration in South Korea (LexisPSL, 2017)
  • Author, Interim Measures in Support of Arbitration in South Korea (LexisPSL, 2017)
  • Author, KCAB International Arbitration Rules (LexisPSL, 2016)
  • Author, Enforcing Arbitral Awards in South Korea (LexisPSL, 2015)
  • Co-author, Guide to International Arbitration for Korean Companies (Ministry of Justice, 2014)

“Kunhee has worked with us on a very important piece of litigation, and his advice is great…[he] managed to guide our team very well through the whole case.” – Client Testimonial