::: Hong Oo Baak :::

[Email] hbaak@lawbjp.com hbaak@koreanlaw.org [Business] Phone     +82 (2) 3482-1121 Cellular   +82(17)  348-5301 Fax          +82 (2) 3482-1123 [Home]       Phone     +82 (2) 2057-9760 Fax          +82 (2) 6245-1507

EDUCATION: University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., 1996) Judicial Research and Training Institute (1974) Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B., 1974) LANGUAGES: English, Japanese, Korean ADMITTED TO PRACTICE: New York State Bar Korean Intellectual Property Office Korean Bar (1974) PRACTICE AREAS: Business Transactions;    Corporate;    Intellectual Preperty;   Litigation & Arbitration THESIS: Corporate Restructuring Under the Laws of Korea;    Korean Arbitration Act and KCAB Rules as Governing Procedural Law and Rules;    Reverse Engineering of Computer Software;    Limitations on the Compatibility of Computer Software;     Joint Representative Director Under the Korean Law

Hong Oo Baak is a senior partner in the Seoul office of BAAK JANG & PARK. Mr. Baak is a former judge of Seoul District Court. He is admitted to the bars of Korea and the State of New York, U.S.A. He is also registered to practice before the Korean Intellectual Property Office. Mr. Baak received his LL.B degree, cum laude, from Seoul National University College of Law and his LL.M. degree from University of Washington School of Law.

When he was a sophomore at SNU in 1972, he passed the Judicial Examination of Korea as the youngest of all. In 1974, he finished the two year course of the Judicial Research and Training Institute, where he was awarded the Korean Bar Association President's Prize. He served as a judge of Seoul District Court, and then entered into practice in 1981. Mr. Baak's practice focuses on business transactions, corporate, intellectual property, and litigation & arbitration. Mr. Baak has represented both domestic and international clients in a broad range of international business transactions, corporate matters, intellectual property and information technology matters, and commercial real estate and construction transactions.

Mr. Baak is currently a member of the Judicial Reform Committee of Korea. He is an arbitrator of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. He is also an arbitrator of National Arbitration Forum [International Arbitration Forum] of the U.S.A. He has been serving as director of the Korean Arbitrators' Association, Korea International Trade Law Association, and the International Association of Korean Lawyers. Mr. Baak was an adjunct Professor of law at Kyungwon University where he taught commercial law and civil procedure, and an adjunct Professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Korea where passers of Korean Judicial Examination have to be taught before they are licensed to become a judge, a prosecutor, or a lawyer. He also taught at World Trade Academy of Korea International Trade Association. He is currently an adjunct professor of law at Youngsan University Graduate School of Legal Affairs where he teaches international contracts and intellectual property.

Mr. Baak is a member of the Korean Bar Association, the Seoul Bar Association, the Korean Patent Attorneys' Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea and the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea.