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Meet the OhKims Law team behind LawKit and the global legal professionals working with its Global Business Center. Our Korea team and LawKit-affiliated attorneys bring together cross-border transaction, investment and dispute experience.

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Global Business Center

A Seoul-based control tower connecting the Korea team with legal professionals in the United States, China, Japan and Vietnam. Select a location to meet the relevant team.

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United States

  • PARTNER

    John Ko

    Cross-border transactions, overseas expansion and international corporate restructuring

  • PARTNER

    Sue Han

    Cross-border transactions and inbound and outbound investment for healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech companies

KOREA TEAM

The OhKims Law team behind LawKit

Corporate advisory, healthcare, tax, intellectual property and dispute resolution — supported by the operations team that runs LawKit.

Meet the Global team
Yongbeom Kim, partner
PARTNER

Yongbeom Kim

Managing Partner, OhKims Law · Corporate advisory

  • Attorney (KR)
  • Patent Attorney
  • Dentist
  • Advises pharmaceutical, biotech and medical-device companies — M&A, investment agreements and licensing
  • Practised as a dentist before entering law; has handled a large number of medical disputes
  • Korea University School of Law · Yonsei University, College of Dentistry — attorney, patent attorney and dentist
Profile (Korean)
Sangyeop Lee, partner
PARTNER

Sangyeop Lee

Head of LawKit · Corporate advisory

  • Attorney (NY)
  • International arbitration and cross-border disputes (listed in the Lexology Index, 2024–2026)
  • Corporate law, M&A, corporate governance and crisis management
  • Formerly of the KCAB International Arbitration Center · Adjunct professor, Yonsei University
Profile (Korean)
Byungseok Kim, partner
PARTNER

Byungseok Kim

Corporate advisory · Tax and accounting (CPA)

  • Attorney (KR)
  • CPA
  • Civil and criminal litigation on tax and accounting matters; responses to the Financial Supervisory Service
  • Years of practice at accounting firms — grounded in audit and tax work
  • Korea University School of Law · Korean Bar Examination (3rd) · Korean CPA (41st)
Profile (Korean)
Seongheon Oh, partner
PARTNER

Seongheon Oh

Corporate advisory and M&A · Constitutional litigation · Legislative and policy consulting

  • Attorney (KR)
  • Corporate advisory, crisis management and M&A — AI, ICT, IP, digital assets and complex civil and criminal disputes
  • Legal advisory committee member, Financial Services Commission · Adjunct professor, KAIST and Hanyang University · Director of Planning II, Korean Bar Association
  • Doctoral coursework in law, Seoul National University · Korea University School of Law · Korean Bar Examination (3rd)
Profile (Korean)
Jinseok Cho, partner
PARTNER

Jinseok Cho

Head of Healthcare · Medical disputes — attorney and licensed physician

  • Attorney (KR)
  • Physician
  • Medical malpractice, healthcare administrative and criminal litigation · Advisory to hospitals and medical societies
  • Formerly in-house counsel at Asan Medical Center · Non-standing appraiser, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency
  • Korea University School of Law · Ph.D. in medicine, University of Ulsan · Licensed physician (2007)
Profile (Korean)
Taeseop Um, partner
PARTNER

Taeseop Um

Crisis management · Regulated industries and class disputes

  • Attorney (KR)
  • Corporate crisis management and consumer class disputes — Optimus Fund, Kolon Invossa and the KT Ahyeon fire
  • Former National Assembly policy aide — regulated-industry advisory across defence and healthcare
  • Korea Military Academy (61st) · Jeonbuk National University School of Law · Korean Bar Examination (2nd)
Profile (Korean)
Taegyu Ahn, associate
ASSOCIATE

Taegyu Ahn

Corporate advisory · Intellectual property

  • Attorney (KR)
  • Patent Attorney
  • Intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyright) and general civil and criminal matters
  • Corporate IP, HR and employment advisory
  • Hanyang University School of Law (2020) · Korean Bar Examination (10th) · Qualified as a patent attorney (2024)
Profile (Korean)
Hyunmin Kim, associate
ASSOCIATE

Hyunmin Kim

Civil, criminal and family litigation · Corporate and employment advisory

  • Attorney (KR)
  • General civil, criminal and family matters, alongside corporate advisory work
  • Previously with Korea Post Logistics Agency and Hanteul Law Firm
  • Dong-A University School of Law (2019) · Korean Bar Examination (8th)
Profile (Korean)
Chihyuk Song, team lead
TEAM LEAD

Chihyuk Song

LawKit operations · Content

  • Runs LawKit service operations — designed the single-project and membership structures
  • Develops corporate law content
  • Years of practice in law offices
Profile (Korean)

GLOBAL TEAM

Cross-border legal professionals, connected through GBC

OhKims Law partners and LawKit-affiliated attorneys support cross-border transactions, investment and disputes. Explore each member’s role and qualifications below.

United States

John Ko, partner
PARTNER

John Ko

Partner, OhKims Global Business Center · Cross-border transactions and corporate finance

  • Attorney (CA)
  • Cross-border transactions, overseas expansion and international corporate restructuring
  • Corporate finance structuring — refinancing and bridge loans, IPO and SPAC advisory
  • Southwestern Law School, J.D. — attorney admitted in California
Profile (Korean)
Sue Han, partner
PARTNER

Sue Han

Cross-border transactions and international investment — attorney admitted in Illinois

  • Attorney (IL)
  • Cross-border transactions and inbound and outbound investment for healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech companies
  • In-house counsel at Humax and CJ Group — global supply, content licensing and joint-venture negotiations
  • UIC John Marshall Law School, J.D. — attorney admitted in Illinois (2007)
Profile (Korean)

China

한영호, senior partner
SENIOR PARTNER

한영호

LawKit-affiliated attorney · Chinese intellectual property and cross-border IP

  • Attorney (CN)
  • KCAB International Arbitrator
  • Chinese intellectual property disputes, administrative proceedings and cross-border IP advisory
  • Patent invalidation and infringement, trademark proceedings and infringement, trade secrets and copyright
  • Attorney admitted in China · KCAB International Arbitrator · Chinese-law consultant approved by the Korean Ministry of Justice
Profile (Korean)

Japan

김기언, managing attorney
MANAGING ATTORNEY

김기언

LawKit-affiliated attorney · Korea–Japan matters and Japanese corporate law

  • Attorney (JP)
  • Korea–Japan cross-border matters, corporate law, employment and compliance advisory
  • Three years’ experience in Seoul at Kim & Chang, Lee & Ko, Yoon & Yang and Shinhan Bank’s legal department
  • Kyoto University, Faculty of Law · Ritsumeikan University Law School · Waseda University, MBA · Attorney admitted in Japan (2007)
Profile (Korean)

Vietnam

강승호, managing attorney
MANAGING ATTORNEY

강승호

LawKit-affiliated attorney · Attorney admitted in New York and Texas

  • Attorney (NY / TX)
  • Vietnam and US construction, investment, international arbitration and public-private partnership (PPP) advisory
  • Cross-border transactions, foreign investment, corporate operations and dispute resolution
  • University of Houston, J.D. · Pusan National University, bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering
Profile (Korean)
Vu Thi Thu Huyen, senior associate
SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Vu Thi Thu Huyen

LawKit-affiliated attorney · Vietnam investment, M&A and disputes

  • Attorney (VN)
  • Vietnam foreign investment establishment and amendments, and M&A due diligence
  • Intellectual property, corporate restructuring and employment, trade remedies and dispute resolution
  • Foreign Trade University, bachelor’s degrees in law and economics
Profile (Korean)

R&D

The R&D team building LawKit itself

From legal data analysis and modelling through to service development and operational automation — they build and maintain the systems LawKit runs on.

Junho Choi, senior researcher
SENIOR RESEARCHER

Junho Choi

Data · Systems research

  • Legal data analysis and modelling
  • Systems architecture and integration research
  • Digital workflow prototyping
Minje Park, junior researcher
JUNIOR RESEARCHER

Minje Park

Automation · Development research

  • Process automation and workflow development
  • Back-office tooling and feature prototyping
  • Automation research for recurring operations

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