Joon Hwan PARK - Kim & Chang

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Joon Hwan Park is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He primarily practices in the areas of maritime law and international trade, providing legal advice in insurance, international transportation, offshore energy, and maritime regulation sectors. Mr. Park has worked with his extensive experience in these areas.

Mr. Park has been involved in and offered a range of advice on major maritime accidents and crew casualties in the Korean waters, including the Hebei Spirit collision and oil spillage case. He has also been engaged in various international dispute matters. Additionally, he offers provides legal advice to a number of domestic and foreign clients in the offshore energy sector as well as in the shipping regulation sector, including carbotage issues.

He was recognized as the Next Generation Lawyer by The Legal 500, and was also elected as a Rising Star and Leading Lawyer in the shipping fby Legal Times.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Park worked at Yulchon LLP for seven years.

Mr. Park received an LL.M. from the University College London Faculty of Laws in 2011, as well as an LL.M. and LL.B. from the Seoul National University College of Law in 2004 and 2001, respectively. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2006. He is admitted to the Korea bar.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2013-Present)

Herbert Smith London Office (2011)

Yulchon LLP (2006-2013)

Representative Mattersshow

Provided legal advice on stranding, collision, fire and oil pollution incidents involving vessels.
Provided legal advice on international maritime, air, and combined transportation matters.
Provided legal advice on the development of offshore wind projects in Korea.
Provided legal advice on shipping regulation areas, including disputes on the cabotage issue.
Represented domestic and foreign companies in disputes over defects in shipbuilding.
Handled disputes over the domestic enforcement of foreign arbitration awards, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration.

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Awards

Leading Lawyer, Legal Times: Shipping (Legal Times, 2022)
Rising Star, Legal Times: Shipping (Legal Times, 2021)
Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Shipping (Legalease, 2020)
Next Generation Lawyer, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Shipping (Legalease, 2019)

Publications/Activities

Speaker, “Overview of Approvals and Permits for Offshore Wind Power Project,” Maritime Arbitration Forum (2023)
“Study on Criminal Jurisdiction of the Republic of Korea for Vessel Collision Accidents on the International Sea - Focusing on Article 97 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Busan High Court Decision No. 2015No384 -,” Journal of the Korean Society of Maritime Law, Vol. 42 No. 1 (The Korea Maritime Law Association, 2020)
Speaker, “Amendment to the Act on the Arrival, Departure, etc. of Ships and Legal Issues Regarding Tugboat Business,” First Seminar on the Port Logistics Act (2016)

Education

University College London, Faculty of Laws (LL.M., 2011)

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2006)

College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.M. Candidate, 2004)

College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 2001)

Qualifications

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2006

Languages

Korean and English

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