Hyung Sub Lim

Practice Areas

North Korea - general business law, Administrative Litigation , Financial Disputes, Construction Litigation

Career

Hyung Sub Lim is the head of Lee&Ko North Korea Practice Group of Lee & Ko. His practice focuses on the North Korea matters, sanctions and Inter-Korea Economic Cooperation. Currently, Mr. Lim works as an consultant for the Policy Advisory Committeof the Ministry of Unification, the Kaesong Industrial Complex Legal Consulting Committee and Special Committee on Unification Law of the Ministry of Unification, Special Committee for South and North Korea Law Studies of the Ministry of Justice, Inter-Korean Legislative Research Committee Ministry of Government Legislation and the Seoul Bar Association’s Unification Legislative Affairs Special Committee, as well as Vice Chairman of the Unification Research Committee of the Korean Bar Association. Mr. Lim also handles various corporate matters such as complex business litigation, with emphasis on the following areas: representation of PF and other investment funds in litigations and arbitrations arising from corporate financing and securities transactions, real estate, construction, security regulations, banking, insurance and corporate governance.

Notably, Mr. Lim was appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Sungkyunkwan University School of Law in 2024, where he teaches a course entitled "Understanding the Unification Law" and has been objectively recognised for his expertise and excellence in the field.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar Association, Seoul Bar Association

Publications

Necessity of Fostering Lawyers for Unification Korea (Korean Bar Association Newsletter No. 346 dated April 4, 2011); Articles of the Revised Bill on the Protection and Resettlement Support for North Korean Refugees (Co-author, Korean Bar Association, 2010); Legal Review of North Korea Sanctions for Recommencement of Inter-Korea Economic Cooperation – Focusing on Possibility of resuming Kaesong Industrial Region (2018); North Korea Sanctions and Prospects of Sanctions Alleviation (Co-author, KINU Policy Review 18-03, 2019); The Korean Peninsula Scenarios (Co-author, Sam & Parkers, 2019);Understanding the Unification Law from an International Perspective(Qumran Publishing Company, 2024)

Personal

Sungkyunkwan University (LL.B, 2005) and Korea University School of Law(Master of Law in Financial Law, 2019), University of North Korean Studies (Ph.D Candidate in North Korea Studies, 2022)