Seoul

The Seoul office advises both Korean companies doing business overseas and international clients doing business in Korea, providing strategic local support and seamless access to our global resources.

A LEADER IN KOREA

Paul Hastings has long been a leader in Asia, representing innovative and industry-leading companies in the region for more than 25 years. We likewise have a deep and longstanding commitment to Korea, and were one of the first international law firms to open an office there. Our Seoul office enables us to help our clients pursue new paths to growth, including some of the largest and most complicated cross-border transactions and litigation in the region and elsewhere.

M&A Deal of the Year
Asian Legal Business

Ranked in Band 1 for Corporate/M&A (International Firms)
Chambers Asia -Pacific

Largest Korean outbound M&A transaction on record

Client Successes

Represented Samsung Electronics in its US$8B acquisition of Harman International Industries, Inc.
Represented Hanwha Systems in its US$345M IPO and listing on the Korea Exchange.
Represented Samsung in a complex action against NuCurrent Inc., which involves trade secrets misappropriation, breach of contract and patent infringement.

STRUCTURING COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS, RESOLVING CRITICAL DISPUTES

Our sophisticated international
Capital Markets
practice represents issuers and underwriters on equity and debt capital raisings, including public and private equity and debt financings, secured financings, and distressed debt trading.
The Korea
Corporate
practice advises clients on cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Our
Litigation
practice protects our clients’ interests in highly complex cross-border disputes, including intellectual property and antitrust matters.
The lawyers in our Korea practice also have strong experience in the
Energy
,
Life Sciences
,
Technology
,
Media
, and
Telecommunications
industries.