South Korea: 11th International Arbitration & Corporate Crime Summit

  • Seoul local time
     July 23, 2025
     9:15 am - 5:30 pm

This will be conducted in English and according to Tokyo local time. 

The South Korea: 11th International Arbitration & Corporate Crime Summit is scheduled on Wednesday 23 July 2025 and this year it will be hosted at Lee & Ko Seoul’s office. 

We are delighted to invite a group of local and international speakers at the summit whom will be presenting on various topics in relations to international arbitration and corporate crime.  speakers will share the upcoming trends and provide updates to assist businesses to avoid arbitration as well as tips and tricks. It will also be an excellent platform to mingle with fellow legal professionals in the region.  For more information, please refer to the flyer.  Download

Registration is now open.  We are offering complimentary pass to in-house legal professional (non law/consulting firm only) and discounted rate is available for law / consulting firms.  For more information, please refer to the registration below. 

If you are interested to sponsor or speak at the event, contact Jason at jason.sinclair@legalplus-asia.com for package details.  For registrations details, contact Bettina at legalpluseventsasia@legalplus-asia.com.

Speakers

Michael D. Lee, Chairman
Founder, Michael Lee Chambers
Michael D. Lee is the Founder of Michael Lee Chambers. He is a dynamic and accomplished independent international arbitrator, mediator, and consultant with a distinguished career in dispute resolution. Recognized for expertise in international commercial arbitration and mediation, with a deep understanding of the rules and procedures of leading arbitration institutions. Proven track record in managing complex cases and providing effective solutions. Committed to upholding fairness, efficiency, and integrity in all aspects of dispute resolution.
Biography
Dr. Eun Young Park, Opening Address
Chair of Global Disputes Group & Co-Head of International Arbitration, Lee & Ko
Dr. Eun Young Park is Chair of the Lee & Ko’s Global Disputes Group and Co-Head of International Arbitration Team. With over 30 years of experience in international dispute resolution, he specializes in commercial and investment treaty arbitration. His practice spans various sectors, including M&A, finance, insurance, energy, technology, pharmaceuticals, and overseas investments. He has served as an arbitrator in multiple prestigious institutions, including ICC, SIAC, JCAA, and KCAB, and has represented major clients, such as a prominent US defense company in litigation against the Korean government. Dr. Park has held leadership roles in numerous organizations, including Vice-President and Court Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and Vice-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee. He is also a founding co-chair of the IBA Asia Pacific Arbitration Group and has been involved in drafting the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interests in International Arbitration. He has served until recently on the SIAC Court of Arbitration and as Chair on SIAC National Committee on Korea. Widely recognized for his expertise, Dr. Park has earned top rankings as one of the "Leading Lawyers" in Chambers Asia-Pacific, "Litigation Stars" in Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation, and "Thought Leaders" in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration. In 2020, he received the Grand Prize Award in Arbitration Practice at the Korea Legal Awards for his innovative approach and public contributions. In 2018, he was honored by the Republic of Korea for his contributions to the promotion of arbitration. Dr. Park has published extensively, including in the ICSID Convention’s 50th Anniversary book and various arbitration-related journals. He has co-authored a book on Alternative Dispute Resolution methods globally.
Biography
Zac Sharpe
Senior Foreign Attorney, Lee & Ko
Zac Sharpe has extensive experience in complex international disputes, including international arbitration and enforcement proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. He has lived and worked in Asia for nearly two decades and his practice covers energy, engineering and construction, investor-state, health care/life sciences, technology, joint venture and M&A disputes. Zac has acted as counsel in multibillion dollar disputes and in arbitration proceedings at major arbitration centers across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. He has extensive experience with high stakes and complex disputes involving multiple jurisdictions. He has represented clients in arbitration proceedings under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the International Center for Dispute Resolution, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center and the London Maritime Arbitrators Association. Zac is a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience in the Senior (Civil) Courts of England & Wales. Zac is also admitted as an attorney in New York and admitted as a foreign lawyer in the Singapore International Commercial Court.
Biography
Elizabeth Shin
Senior Foreign Attorney, Lee & Ko
Ms. Elizabeth Shin is a Senior Foreign Attorney in the International Arbitration Team at Lee & Ko. Over the past decade, Ms. Shin’s first-class performance in complex high-value commercial, construction and investment treaty arbitrations have earned her much-deserved recognition both at home and abroad. Market commentators have described her as a star player who “provides eloquent advocacy… and operates to an international standard”. Ms. Shin covers a broad range of industries, including trade, infrastructure, energy, nuclear, construction, shareholder disputes, shipping, entertainment, sports, IP and the arts. She played a key role in the heavily reported Kyobo Life Insurance ICC arbitrations which spanned across five years. Ms. Shin also has substantial experience assisting clients in foreign court proceedings in the UK, US and in Europe, and is noted for her ability to handle high-stakes negotiations in multi-billion dollar projects. She serves as a newly-appointed member of the ERA APAC Sub-Committee and previously served a two-year term as a Member of the Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center’s (SIDRC) Public Relations Sub-Committee. Ms. Shin has authored a number of legal publications, including a recent KCAB article examining CAS arbitration, and the South Korea Chapter in “GAR Know-how: Investment Treaty Arbitration”. Ms. Shin was named as a “Next Generation Partner” in International Arbitration by Legal 500 in 2025 and a “Rising Star” in 2023 and 2024. She was also selected as a “Rising Star” in International Arbitration by the Legal Times in 2024, and earlier this year, she was selected by the Korea Economic Daily as one of the three leading female partners at Lee & Ko.
Biography
Douglas Clark
Partner, Tanner De Witt
Douglas Clark is an intellectual property partner with Tanner De Witt, an independent firm based in Hong Kong. He commenced practice in Hong Kong in 1993. He was based in Shanghai from 2000 to 2010 where he founded and was managing partner of the office of a large international firm. He handled contentious and non-contentious IP matters in Mainland China including patent litigation, technology transfer and international arbitrations. He moved back to Hong Kong in 2011 and practiced as a barrister until 2020 when he moved to become head of Global Dispute Resolution for an IP boutique firm. He joined Tanner De Witt this year. He has been appointed an arbitrator and acted as counsel in numerous technology disputes involving China. He regularly advises clients on IP issues related to de-risking and digitisation. Doug is the author of a number of legal texts, including Patent Litigation in China, as well as a history of extraterritoriality in China and Japan, Gunboat Justice. He speaks both Japanese and Mandarin fluently.
Biography
Jerome McDonagh
Director, MDD Forensic Accountants
Jerome has over 15 years of experience in Forensic Accounting. He joined MDD in 2015 and is Director of their Litigation Support Services in Hong Kong. He focuses on matters related to business valuation, business disputes, loss of profits and fraud & investigations. He has extensive experience in litigation support and has acted as an expert witness in Hong Kong and UK court proceedings. In business valuations, Jerome has advised clients and acted as an expert witness in a variety of assignments including shareholder disputes, divorce proceedings, and valuations of start-ups and mature businesses. The assignments relate to parties from various jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Singapore, PRC, Korea, Cayman Islands and United Kingdom. Jerome has been involved in numerous damage quantification matters including loss of profits, post-M&A breaches of warranties and aborted contract claims.
Biography
Marcus Khoury
Head of Legal, Averda
Marcus Antoine Khoury is Head of Legal at Averda. Marcus has been working as an inhouse legal counsel in the construction industry in the GCC, in particular in Saudi Arabia and in the UAE, for the past 20 years. He is both German and Lebanese and has graduated at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Universities of Cologne and Munich. In his spare time Marcus loves to hike and considers having walked more than 1000 km to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela as one of his greatest experiences.
Biography
Moses W. Park
Barrister, Liberty Chambers
Moses W. Park is a dispute resolution lawyer practicing as a barrister (trial advocate) based in Hong Kong. His practice mainly focuses on conduct and resolution of cross-border and international commercial arbitration and litigation. He has handled a broad spectrum of commercial work with an emphasis on civil fraud, assettracing /recovery, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards/judgments, family office as well as shareholder disputes. Moses has expertise concerning recovery strategies and emergency relief measures related to fraud including Mareva injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal orders and asset tracing proceedings. He is well versed in the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards process in Hong Kong. His clients have included multi-national corporations and businesses as well as high and ultra-high net worth individuals. Moses specialises in multi-jurisdictional financial crime and regulatory matters. He advises financial institutions on cross-border fraud and asset recovery related issues and has particular expertise in conducting complex multi-jurisdictional asset tracing. His experience spans a wide range of industry sectors, particularly, financial services, family offices and private equity funds. His work extends to regulatory fields (providing advice on matters governed by securities and banking legislation). Lately, he has been advising international clients on regulatory issues relating to overnance and regulation of family offices.
Biography

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1/F Hanjin Building, 63 Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul, 04532, Korea, Republic of