Doo-Sik Kim

Practice Areas

Mr. Doo-Sik Kim is a partner of Shin & Kim, and is qualified in Korea and New York. Mr. Kim’s main areas of practice include cross-border investments, general corporate transactions, mergers & acquisitions, construction and other projects, WTO/GATT & international trade law, and international litigation & arbitration.

Mr. Kim has conducted a number of international and domestic arbitrations as advocate and as arbitrator. Mr. Kim has also participated in many governmental negotiations and international trade disputes as a government lawyer or, sometimes, as a member of the Korean government delegation. He received the National Service Medal from the government of the Republic of Korea in 2007.

Mr. Kim has taught international economic law as an adjunct professor at Dong-Kuk University, Graduate School of International Information and at Seoul National University Law School.

Career

Senior Partner, Shin & Kim; Vice President, Korea Arbitrators Association (2009-2017); Commissioner, Customs Deliberation Committee, Korean Customs Service (1998-2004); Adviser, Ministry of Trade & Industry (1988); Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati (1987-1988).

Professional Memberships

Korean, New York Bar.

Publications

Korea, GAR Know-how Commercial Arbitration 2021 (June 2021) (co-authored)

Personal

Columbia Law School (Visiting Scholar, 2003); University of Chicago (LL.M., 1987); Seoul National University (LL.B., 1980).