- Areas of Expertise
Corporate Law
- Company incorporation
- Shareholders' agreements / investment agreements / stock options
- Corporate compliance
- Corporate litigation
- Rehabilitation / bankruptcy
Intellectual Property and Related Matters
- Trademark, design, and patent registration
- Copyright registration
- Injunctions and damages claims for intellectual property infringement
- Injunctions and damages claims for unfair competition and trade secret infringement
- Advice on protecting intellectual property and trade secrets
Data Protection
- Advice on the Personal Information Protection Act
- Consulting on personal information protection certification
- Response to personal data breaches
- Advice on location information and credit information laws
- Advice on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Divorce and Family Law
- Divorce litigation and mediation / division of property
- Custody / parental authority
- Inheritance
Foreign Direct Investment and Related Matters
- Advice on foreign direct investment
- Filing foreign investment notifications / securities acquisition reports
- Establishment of foreign-invested companies / registration of foreign-invested enterprises
- Establishment of branches and liaison offices of foreign companies
- D-8 and D-7 visa applications
Investment and M&A
- Registration of individual investment associations / venture investment associations
- Advice on private equity funds (PEFs) and venture capital (VC) matters
- Raising and deploying investment capital
- Advice and assistance with establishing joint ventures
- Advice on mergers and acquisitions
E-commerce
- Drafting terms of use
- Drafting privacy policies
- Advice on mail-order sales and mail-order sales brokerage
- Advice on obligations and violations under the Information and Communications Network Act and the Copyright Act
- Drafting location information protection policies
Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Corporate civil and criminal litigation
- Litigation over corporate control
- Group litigation
- Trade secret and intellectual property disputes
- Administrative litigation
Advice to Government and Public Institutions
- Legal advice, including authoritative interpretations, for central government ministries such as the Ministry of Science and ICT
- Legal advice, including authoritative interpretations, for public institutions
- Legal advice, including authoritative interpretations, for local governments
- Legislative consulting / policy research projects
Entertainment
- Drafting exclusive management agreements and related advice
- Civil and criminal litigation concerning disputes over exclusive management agreements
- Trademark registration and related legal advice
- Civil litigation seeking injunctions and damages for copyright, trademark, and other infringement
- Criminal litigation relating to copyright, trademark, and other infringement