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A&O Shearman - South Korea
4 practice areas
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Accura
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
3 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
3 practice areas
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
2 practice areas
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DLA Piper Korea
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Davis Polk & Wardwell
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Freshfields
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Greenberg Traurig
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Latham & Watkins
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Linklaters
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Milbank
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Norton Rose Fulbright Korea
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Paul Hastings
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Ropes & Gray
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Sidley Austin
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Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
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Watson Farley & Williams
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Financial and corporate

Shearman & Sterling is a New York-based international law firm with 850 lawyers across 24 offices. The firm’s Seoul office was established in 2019 and leverages off its global and Asia network to carry out transactions in Greater China, Southeast Asia, Japan, India, Mongolia and South Korea.

 

Focusses / specialisms 

The firm’s Seoul office focuses on advising Korean clients on a full range of project-related work across the across a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, petrochemicals, transportation, thermal, nuclear, renewable and power infrastructure.

It also coordinates with its network to handle Korea-related arbitration, competition and funds matters.

 

Key clients 

Key clients of the firm include The Export–Import Bank of Korea, Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, Korea Development Bank and Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development.

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Tom Schoors will combine the new EU chair role with his post as Belgium managing partner, helping global clients to tap into the firm’s EU expertise across 16 offices
ESG
Lawyers at A&O Shearman and Vinson & Elkins say that judges are approaching statutory interpretation differently following Loper Bright, but they are still paying attention to government arguments
New hires were made across the finance practices in New York, San Francisco, London and Milan
M&A
Paolo Nastasi, managing partner for Italy, delves into Q1 market trends, deal structures and how the firm is driving growth at a practice level
Regulations must be effective, not excessive, says OCC chief Rodney Hood
M&A
As the European Commission seeks input on updating its 20-year-old merger rules, focusing on traditional competition metrics will no longer be enough, lawyers say
The UK managing partner reflects on her career and discusses the opportunities ahead for the firm, particularly in leveraged finance
Partner Tom Grant discusses the legal innovation behind the first Solvency II-compliant restricted tier 1 bond issuance in Portugal and how it can help the firm to win more work
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