Jiwon Park / Partner

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Jiwon Park

Partner

t. + 82 2 6956-6133 / f. + 82 2 6956-0280
/ e. jwpark@labpartners.co.kr

Jiwon Christina Park is a versatile and seasoned Korean attorney and is a partner at LAB Partners.

She is a Korean licensed attorney and completed her Judicial Research Training as part of the 37th Class, Ms. Park has worked at top-tier full-service law firms in Korea advising and representing clients in various financial sectors handling matters for the insurance and reinsurance, banking, investments, securities and asset management. In particular, she regularly deals with insurance products, reinsurance arrangements, international bond issuance, overseas project finance, ship financing using Bareboat Charter Hire Purchase structures, aircraft financing, inbound and outbound cross-border foreign investment, cross-border M&A, international project financing and other marine matters. In recognition of her dedicated service to her clients, she won the Chambers Leading Lawyers Award for the Shipping Finance practice area. She also advised clients from other industries, such as pharmaceutical and health, entertainment or energy on their business, investment, data privacy or economic sanctions.

She has been valued for her involvement not only in legal advocacy but also supporting her internal clients in the decision-making process relating to significant and critical commercial matters. As part of her career development, her law firm and in-house legal experience allowed her to gain a sharp while also broad understanding of the business operations, strategies and commercial objectives of her corporate clients.

Based on such experience, Ms. Park regularly provides legal advice to domestic clients in Korea, including Korean financial institutions as well as foreign companies with her excellent foreign language communication skills on diverse matters to address the application of Korean laws and regulations, representation in dispute resolution involving litigation in the Korean courts and international arbitration utilizing various institutional arbitration rules such as the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the International Commercial Court and others.

Practice Areas

Insurance and Reinsurance / Banking / Licensing/Authorization / Fund and PEF / Project Finance / Structured Finance / Real Estate Finance / Data Privacy / Compliance / Finance Litigation

Admission Korea	Language Korean, English

Education

2014 : Harvard Law School (LL.M)
2004 : Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B)

Professional Career

2023 – 2025 : Dentons Korea (Dentons Lee)
2017 – 2023 : Korea Reinsurance Company
2016 – 2017 : The Korea Development Bank
2008 – 2015 : Yulchon LLC
2008 : Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea

Awards & Recognition

Leading Lawyer (Shipping Finance), Chambers Asia Pacific (2012-2013, 2013-2014)

Recent Engagements

Beazley Reinsurance: Advising on legal matters surrounding catastrophe excess of loss treaty collaborating with a local counsel, especially on the issue of treaty limit
UK Healthcare Company: Advising a healthcare company domiciled in UK on Korean Personal Information Protection Act compliance
Korean Listed Company: Collaborating with foreign law firm on data privacy matters (personal information protection and European General Data Protection Regulation)
Korean-Listed Company: Collaborating with foreign law firm on foreign laws and regulations that domestic companies must comply with, including international economic sanctions
A Korean Financial Services Company: Collaborating with foreign law firm on reviewing foreign laws and regulations with which a domestic company must comply, Including financial regulations such as the Volker Rule in the US
Global Entertainment Company, Korean entity: Advising on complex HR issues as well as on the dismissal of the representative director
SK Shipping, Pan Ocean and others: Advising on multiple shipping finance transactions for acquisitions of newbuilding ships
Sinokor Merchant Marine: Advising on multiple shipping finance transactions for acquisitions of second-hand/newbuilding ships
Export-Import Bank of Korea: Advising on export support projects including seven CMA-CGM container ships and a drillship
Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (KSURE): Advising on a ship export insurance transaction for a ship built by Hyundai Heavy Industries to Greece
DAS Legal Expenses Insurance: Advising its setting up a Korean entities, opening DAS Group’s first presence in Asia
Jeju Air: Advising on aviation financing transactions related to the leasing of Boeing 737 aircraft
T-way Airway: Advising on aviation financing transactions related to the leasing of new aircrafts
Hyundai Capital, Export-Import Bank of Korea, KOGAS, Hyundai Motor Company and others: Advising on international bond issuance
Hana Bank: Advising on Korea’s first issuance of Malaysian ringgit bond with a government payment guarantee
Shinhan Bank, Woori Financial Holdings and others: Advising on annual disclosure of ADRs listed in the US
Foreign securities company: Advising on the issuance of convertible bonds and warrants under the Commercial Act and post-issuance legal issues
KDB, Shinhan Bank, Military Mutual Aid Association, MG Insurance and others: Advising on multiple project financing contracts involving various financial companies
Shinsegae Department Store: Advising on a number of real estate financings, including asset financing for the acquisition of real estates for business use
Financial Services Company: Advising on responding measures against investigations related to collusion and abuse of market dominance under the Fair Trade Act
Various Korean-Listed Companies: Participating in M&A transactions of various companies, including domestic securities companies, manufacturing companies and food distribution companies
Arrow Electronics: Advising for the seller in a global M&A transaction with respect to local compliance and execution of transaction
KDB Industrial Bank: Advising on letter of credit issued by various financial institutions, including refund guarantees and demand guarantees
A Korean Financial Services Company: Advising on creditor’s seizure of vessels and lien on vessels in connection with the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping, Korea’s largest shipping company
Taeyoung Construction: Advising on various energy financing transactions, including project financing related to renewable energy
FILA Korea: Advising on corporate financing and overseas investment reporting
[Litigation]
Global Reinsurance Company: Representing global reinsurance companies in front of Korean court on a dispute surrounding issues of product recall claim under a product recall insurance policy
Hanwha Investment & Securities: Successfully defending and winning a lawsuit on rescission of a beneficiary certificate sales contract and damages claim filed against a sales company under the Indirect Investment Asset Management Business Act
A Korean-Listed Company: Successfully defending the investor in a lawsuit on rescission of a beneficiary certificate sales contract filed against a sales company under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act in connection with an overseas real estate investment fund (EOD)
International Pharmaceutical Company: Winning a commission dispute against a pharmaceutical company which had entered into a domestic sales chain supply contract in connection with the sale of a new drug in Korea
Domestic reinsurer: Advising on domestic/foreign litigation (UK and US) and international arbitration regarding the reinsurer's obligation to pay claims

Publications

Germany's Introduction of Merger Review Authority for National Security Reasons, Corporate Governance Review, Korea Corporate Governance Center, 2009
Only Judges Have the Right to Block Access in Human Rights Cases, Korea Legal Times, vol.18, 2009

News & Activities

Specialist Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Centre, SIMC, 2023-present