CONTENTS
- 1. Cross-Border | Principal Advisory Areas
- - Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Overseas Expansion
- - International Trade and Commerce
- - International Finance and Capital Markets
- - International Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property (IP) Protection
- - International Compliance and Regulation
- - International Asset Recovery and Compulsory Execution
- - International Inheritance and Family Law
- - International Criminal Cooperation and Extradition
- 2. Cross-Border | Domestic Companies
- - Business Entry and Operation
- - Representation in Disputes with Companies and Governments
- - Export and Import Legal Affairs
- 3. Cross-Border | U.S. Companies
- - Business Entry and Operation
- - Representation in Disputes With Corporations and Governments
- - Export and Import Legal Affairs
- 4. Cross-Border | The Need for Legal Advice
1. Cross-Border | Principal Advisory Areas
Cross-border legal services provide the professional advice needed to address the various legal needs and challenges that arise across national borders.
This is complex work spanning the laws, regulations, and economic environments of multiple countries, and it plays a vital role in the operation and growth of global business.
We thoroughly understand the legal systems and regulatory environments of each country and, on that basis, assist companies and individuals in managing the legal risks that may arise in international transactions.
Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Overseas Expansion
In corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and overseas expansion, the legal requirements of each country must be met, and various legal issues such as foreign investment regulations, tax matters, labor law, and intellectual property rights become intertwined.
As a result, accurately understanding and complying with the legal systems and regulatory environments of each country becomes an important task.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Closely reviewing foreign investment regulations, competition law, labor law, and others, and supporting contract drafting and negotiation
- Managing legal risks that may arise during the merger and acquisition process
- Supporting regulatory approval procedures and providing legal advice tailored to corporate strategy
∙ Overseas expansion and establishment of foreign subsidiaries by Korean companies
- Designing legal structures for entering overseas markets and guiding local subsidiary establishment procedures
- Comprehensive advice covering tax matters, labor regulations, and intellectual property protection in each country
- Responding to legal issues that may arise at the operational stage after establishing a local subsidiary
Benefits of the Advisory
: Managing risk through contracts that comply with each country's laws and through strategic negotiation
▶ Securing international competitiveness
: Strengthening competitiveness in overseas markets through a legal response suited to the global market
▶ Efficient business operation
: Smooth execution of business by resolving legal difficulties during overseas expansion and mergers and acquisitions
International Trade and Commerce
In matters relating to international trade and commerce, each country's trade policies, commercial regulations, taxes, tariffs, and import and export restrictions emerge as important legal issues.
In particular, managing the legal risks that may arise in international trade and complying with the differing laws and regulations of each country are indispensable.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Analyzing and managing legal risks in import and export transactions
- Resolving regulatory and tax issues that arise in the import and export process
- Advising on each country's customs clearance procedures and related laws
∙ Use of free trade agreements (FTAs)
- Strategic advice to maximize the benefits of FTAs
- Proposing tax benefits and tariff reduction measures through FTAs
- Designing import and export transaction structures that conform to FTA provisions
∙ Responding to international trade disputes such as anti-dumping and countervailing duties
- Developing legal responses and strategies relating to anti-dumping and countervailing duties
- Responding to and managing risk in unfair trade practices arising in international trade
Benefits of the Advisory
: Drafting contracts and negotiating in a way that reflects each country's trade and commercial regulations
▶ Support for international business growth
: A legal response that supports stable transactions in the global market
▶ Resolution of trade disputes
: Ensuring normal business operation through prompt and efficient legal measures if a dispute arises
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International Finance and Capital Markets
This area handles fundraising, investment, securities issuance, and project financing in the global market, and it requires compliance with each country's financial regulations and international legal requirements.
In particular, attracting foreign capital and international project financing require an accurate understanding of the relevant laws and a strategic approach.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Reviewing compliance with the relevant country's securities laws when issuing foreign-currency bonds overseas and supporting the issuance procedures
- Analyzing legal risks that arise in the process of issuing overseas securities and attracting investment
- Advising on the international regulatory response to securities issuance and fundraising
∙ Domestic investment by foreign financial institutions
- Advising on domestic financial regulations and foreign investment restrictions
- Supporting the legal requirements and procedures when a foreign financial institution invests in Korea
- Legal advice on foreign exchange transactions and foreign investment
∙ International project financing
- Advising on the formation of international consortiums for large-scale projects such as overseas power plant construction
- Reviewing contracts and providing legal advice relating to project financing
- Managing legal risks in project fundraising and the conclusion of international contracts
Benefits of the Advisory
: Managing the legal risks that may arise in attracting foreign capital and in project financing
▶ Facilitating global fundraising
: Smoothly carrying out international fundraising and securities issuance procedures and responding to global financial regulations
▶ Securing investment safety
: Strengthening investment safety through legal analysis of foreign financial institutions and project financing
International Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property (IP) Protection
In the global market, disputes relating to the protection of intellectual property rights (IP) are a key factor in maintaining a company's competitiveness.
If infringement of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and the like occurs overseas, it is necessary to resolve it while at the same time strategically protecting the company's intellectual property rights.
In addition, disputes arising in international transactions or contracts can be resolved through efficient methods such as arbitration.
In this process, it is important to manage the company's legal risks and to strategically prevent disputes.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Litigation and requests to cease infringement regarding patent, trademark, and copyright infringement overseas
- Handling the legal procedures for patent applications and trademark registration
- Advice on preventing intellectual property disputes that may arise overseas
∙ International dispute resolution and arbitration
- Developing strategies for resolving international disputes relating to commercial transactions, investment, and contracts
- Representing parties in arbitration proceedings under the rules of various arbitral institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
- Developing response and defense strategies for investor-state disputes (ISD) brought by foreign investors against the Korean government
Benefits of the Advisory
: Promptly resolving disputes relating to intellectual property infringement and international transactions to prevent business interruption
▶ Strengthened intellectual property protection
: Efficiently protecting patents, trademarks, and copyrights in overseas markets and protecting the company's technology and brand value
▶ Use of global arbitration experience
: Resolving disputes fairly and efficiently through international arbitration proceedings and maintaining international reputation
▶ Risk management and prevention
: Managing a company's risks through advance prevention strategies and legal responses
International Compliance and Regulation
A company that operates internationally must thoroughly comply with each country's laws and with international regulations.
Compliance is indispensable across various fields such as anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, data protection, and international economic sanctions.
In this process, a company must maintain trust in the global market through measures such as establishing policies that reflect each country's legal requirements, building internal audit systems, and training employees.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Developing strategies for complying with each country's regulations, such as anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and data protection rules
- Advising on training and building systems for anti-corruption laws (FCPA, the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, and others) and anti-money laundering laws at overseas business sites
- Establishing policies for compliance with the GDPR (the European Union General Data Protection Regulation) and other personal data protection laws
∙ International economic sanctions and import and export regulations
- Checking international economic sanctions lists, such as sanctions against North Korea and Russia, and analyzing the risk of sanctions violations by import and export companies
- Legal advice on each country's import and export restrictions, sanctions, and licensing regulations
- Developing strategies to respond to the risks of international sanctions violations
Benefits of the Advisory
: Thoroughly complying with international legal requirements to respond to legal risks and sanctions violations
▶ Strengthening the safety of global business operations
: Strengthening trust and stability in global business through a compliance system tailored to each country's regulatory environment
▶ Efficient regulatory response
: Increasing a company's operational efficiency through building internal systems and training for regulatory compliance
▶ Building trust in the global market
: Earning trust in relationships with clients and partners through compliant management and securing competitiveness in the market
International Asset Recovery and Compulsory Execution
International asset recovery and compulsory execution involve complex legal procedures for tracing assets concealed abroad or for enforcing judgments and arbitral awards rendered overseas in another country.
This is a field that requires cooperation with multinational legal systems, and it is important to thoroughly understand and respond to each country's legal requirements and procedures.
In particular, if a debtor's property is dispersed across several countries, a strategy for recovering it promptly and efficiently is needed.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Tracing concealed assets of debtors who have fled abroad and carrying out freezing and recovery procedures that conform to the relevant country's laws
- Tracing the source and movement path of assets at foreign exchanges and overseas financial institutions and carrying out asset recovery procedures
∙ Compulsory execution of international judgments and arbitral awards
- Representing parties in the legal procedures for enforcing a favorable award won in international arbitration in the country where the debtor is located
- Supporting the recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards both domestically and abroad
∙ Illegal asset recovery and restitution lawsuits
- Representing parties in lawsuits to freeze and recover illegal-fund accounts held at overseas financial institutions
- Managing legal risks during the international asset recovery process and proposing effective enforcement strategies
Benefits of the Advisory
: Effectively tracing assets concealed abroad and increasing the likelihood of asset recovery in line with each country's legal procedures
▶ Legal risk management
: Efficient scheduling by carrying out internationally complex legal procedures together with experienced professionals
▶ Efficiency in enforcing judgments
: Supporting the prompt enforcement in another country of judgments and arbitral awards obtained overseas, thereby increasing the efficiency of asset recovery and debt collection procedures
International Inheritance and Family Law
Legal issues relating to international marriage, divorce, inheritance, and kinship guardianship and adoption require the laws of several countries to be considered at the same time, which can give rise to complex legal procedures and disputes.
In particular, because each country's inheritance law and family law differ greatly, it is important to find an efficient solution from an international perspective.
Legal Advisory Areas
- Carrying out international inheritance procedures for the Korean assets of a deceased person of foreign nationality and providing legal advice on inheritance tax
- Supporting the resolution of inheritance disputes that reflect the inheritance laws of various countries
∙ International marriage and divorce, and resolution of child custody disputes
- Applying international private law principles to child custody and division of property in a divorce following an international marriage
- Providing strategic advice for resolving international divorce disputes
∙ International kinship guardianship and adoption
- Legal advice on international kinship guardianship for children residing abroad
- Providing advice to meet the procedures and legal requirements for international adoption
Benefits of the Advisory
: Preventing disputes by securing legal stability in matters of overseas inheritance, divorce, and custody
▶ Efficient legal procedures
: Carrying out inheritance and family law procedures promptly and efficiently from an international perspective
▶ International legal risk management
: Anticipating the risks that may arise from considering the laws of several countries and proposing a logical strategy for dispute resolution
International Criminal Cooperation and Extradition
In international criminal cases, extradition and investigative cooperation are carried out in accordance with each country's laws and international agreements.
Through this, the process of transferring an investigation subject or a defendant internationally or of pursuing international legal responsibility proceeds.
Accordingly, a prompt and accurate response in accordance with the laws and regulations of various countries is required.
Legal Advisory Areas
- A legal response to a request for international criminal cooperation when a domestic businessperson becomes the subject of an investigation for an economic crime that occurred overseas
- Cooperating with overseas investigative agencies and developing a response strategy that conforms to domestic legal procedures
∙ Extradition and response to grounds for refusal
- Representing the defendant in asserting grounds for refusing extradition and responding when an extradition request is made for a defendant who has fled abroad
- Providing legal advice based on the extradition treaties of various countries
∙ Transnational crime investigation and trial
- Legal representation in the investigation and trial procedures relating to transnational crimes such as international hacking and drug smuggling
- Advice on the legal risks and strategic responses that may arise in multinational criminal cases
Benefits of the Advisory
: Proposing a response strategy favorable to resolving the case based on a thorough understanding of each country's investigative agencies and legal systems
▶ Prompt legal procedures
: Carrying out procedures relating to international crime promptly and efficiently to resolve the case within the available time
▶ International legal risk management
: Identifying and managing in advance the legal risks that may arise, based on various international laws and agreements
2. Cross-Border | Domestic Companies
Cross-border legal services provide the advice a domestic company needs to enter overseas markets or to respond to the legal risks that may arise in international transactions.
We thoroughly analyze the various legal procedures and regulatory requirements to help companies achieve a smooth overseas expansion.
Business Entry and Operation
When a Korean company enters the U.S. market, we provide legal advice throughout the entire process, from corporate establishment to contracts, permits and licenses, intellectual property protection, and personnel, labor, and tax matters.
We thoroughly analyze local laws and regulations and support a successful market entry through continuous legal advice from the early stages.
∙ Execution of a strategy for safe market entry within three months
⇒ Stable market entry without unnecessary trial and error
⇒ Management of early operational risks
Representation in Disputes with Companies and Governments
For legal disputes that may arise in the United States, we use a local attorney network to support various procedures such as U.S. court litigation, arbitration, and administrative procedures.
Through strategic negotiation and an efficient response, we reduce the cost and time arising from prolonged litigation and increase the likelihood of a favorable settlement.
∙ Strategic negotiation in parallel
⇒ Reduced time and cost from prolonged litigation
⇒ Increased likelihood of a favorable settlement
Export and Import Legal Affairs
We provide services to prevent and resolve the legal issues that may arise in import and export transactions between Korea and the United States.
We analyze trade contracts, customs clearance regulations, and import and export regulations to prevent trade disputes in advance and propose efficient contract terms.
∙ Eliminating risk through advance regulatory analysis
⇒ Smooth import and export operations
⇒ Preventing unnecessary delays and additional costs
3. Cross-Border | U.S. Companies
Through cross-border legal services, we thoroughly analyze the various legal procedures and regulatory requirements to support smooth business operations and a successful market entry.
Business Entry and Operation
When a U.S. company enters the Korean market, we provide legal advice throughout the entire process, including corporate establishment, regulatory review, and joint venture structure design.
Through a strategy that accurately understands Korean laws and regulations and resolves cultural barriers, we support a fast and stable market entry.
∙ Conducting government permits and contract negotiations in English
⇒ Faster entry into the Korean market
⇒ Preventing unnecessary procedural delays and disputes
Representation in Disputes With Corporations and Governments
We provide representation across a range of procedures, including Korean court litigation, arbitration, and administrative adjudication, for legal disputes that may arise between U.S. companies and Korean companies or the government.
We respond fully to English-language litigation documents and statements, and we secure local evidence to shorten the time required to resolve the dispute.
∙ Prompt securing of local evidence
⇒ Reduction of unnecessary procedures and costs
⇒ Shorter time to resolve the dispute
Export and Import Legal Affairs
We provide services to prevent and resolve legal issues that may arise in export and import transactions between the United States and Korea.
We analyze export and import regulations, including trade contracts, customs duties, and certification procedures, to propose efficient contract terms and to develop regulatory response strategies.
∙ Provision of regulatory response strategies
⇒ Compliance with product launch schedules
⇒ Prevention of losses caused by technical regulations
4. Cross-Border | The Need for Legal Advice
Cross-border legal services play an important role in identifying and preventing the complex legal risks that may arise in international transactions in advance.
If a business proceeds without considering the differences in each country's laws, regulations, and culture, it may face unexpected legal problems or disputes.
Such risks can have a critical effect on a company's credibility and market position.
Our firm includes professionals in various fields of international law who hold qualifications such as U.S. certified public accountant, customs specialist, certified public accountant, and certified tax accountant.
A customs attorney can help prevent the legal risks a company may encounter overseas and support its stable operation in the global market.
: Advance analysis of legal issues that may arise when conducting overseas transactions or business, and review of risks
▶ Guidance on regulations and procedures
: Presentation of accurate legal responses suited to local laws and procedures
▶ Risk prevention strategy
: Establishment of preventive measures and strengthening of internal management systems
▶ Training and information
: Provision of information on the latest regulations and training to improve self-assessment capabilities
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