The following are brief summaries of our firm's most important areas of practice.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

In addition to rendering advice on licensing and assignment of technology, our firm also has substantial experience in other areas of intellectual property law including:

patent and trademark registration copyright and trademark protection infringement litigation

prosecution trade secrets

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Among the lawyers at our firm, we have specialists with experience in the arears of telecommunications, media and the broadcasting market. In utilizing these unique resources, our firm is able to advise clients in the field of telecommunications, from the laws and regulations governing investment and operation to obtaining relevant licenses and documenting contracts.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Through our network of association with other international law firms in foreign countries, we advise on issues involving foreign parties:

bills of landing cargo claims ship collisions enforcement of foreign judgements foreign investments import/export matters international tax joint ventures marine insurance

cross border transactions charter party disputes commercial arbitration foreign exchange regulations foreign manufacturing and distribution international trade letters of credit facilities oil pollution

ARBITRATION

Our firm has extensive experience in handling commercial arbitrations. The partners in our firm include members of the panel of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board and have handled numerous commercial disputes.

LITIGATION

The litigation department of our firm is one of the core areas of our practice. Some of our firm's senior partners are former Seoul District Court judges with more than twenty-five years of legal experience. Other partners include former prosecutors and corporate in-house counsels. We deal with every aspect of litigation involving civil, commercial, administrative and criminal matters. Areas of litigation include:

antitrust banking construction fraud and business crimes injunctive relief insurance maritime litigation products liability real property

arbitration commercial claims contract disputes individual and corporate tax intellectual property labor law partnership dispute professional indemnity

In addition, our firm also represents clients in dealing with governmental regulatory enforcement agencies.