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Barun Law

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Barun Law

Though peers generally regard Barun Law as a domestic law firm, clients appreciate it for its global perspective. ""For us, it's been extremely helpful that they have a lot of Korean lawyers who were educated at US law schools," an American client says, "They understand how Americans think, and their English fluency means there's no language barrier.... [more]

Leading lawyers
Jae Seong Choi
Joo Hyoung Jang
Sang Mo Ku
Thomas Pinansky


Barun Law Building
#945-27 Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu,
Seoul 135-846, Republic of Korea

Tel: +82 2 3479 7518
Fax: +82 2 3478 6222
Web: www.barunlaw.com
Email: barun@barunlaw.com

Primary contacts: Thomas Pinansky (tom.pinansky@barunlaw.com), Ki Tai Park (kitai.park@barunlaw.com), Jae Seong Choi (jae.choi@barunlaw.com)

Firm profile:

Since its founding in 1998, Barun Law has quickly taken its place among Korea's major full-service law firms, growing three-fold in recent years.

Firm partners include some of the most prominent members of the Korean bar, while our sophisticated and experienced team of foreign lawyers adds international savvy, recognized expertise and a substantial comfort factor.

The firm's arbitration and litigation practice is second-to-none in Korea; almost all of our litigation team partners are former judges or prosecutors. Barun Law's corporate attorneys have substantial expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity/venture capital transactions, joint ventures, real estate and development projects, general corporate matters, infrastructure investment and labor relations, insurance industry issues, fair trade/antitrust matters, and strategic issues management.

As an entrepreneurial firm ourselves, we understand the needs of business. Barun Law stands ready to assist you in Korea - whether to resolve the most complex challenges or to assist your strategic expansion in Korea.

Areas of practice:

Comprised of over 160 professionals, Barun Law's international and domestic attorneys have unparalleled expertise in international litigation, and substantial experience and expertise in mergers and acquisitions, banking, securities and finance, private equity, venture capital, construction, real estate, litigation, general corporate, infrastructure investment, project finance, antitrust and fair trade, employment and labor relations, insurance, international arbitration, franchising and strategic issues management.