John P Bang

Practice Areas

International Arbitration, Investment Arbitration, Construction, Litigation, Energy & Natural Resources, Project Finance, Shipping, International Trade Law, Public International Law

Career

John P. Bang is a senior partner (Foreign Attorney) at Peter & Kim’s Seoul office. He was previously a senior partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, where he worked for 23 years in various roles, including as the co-founder and head of the International Arbitration & Litigation Practice.

He is widely regarded by his peers as a “superb counsel” (WWL 2021) in international arbitration. John has represented parties in over 250 proceedings under the rules of all major institutions and/or ad hoc arbitrations including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, ICSID, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, UNCITRAL, VIAC, SCC, CIETAC, KCAB, CAS and JCAA. His experience spans over construction, energy, post M&A, pharmaceuticals, joint-venture, and investor state disputes, among others.

John regularly acts in or supervises court litigations in multiple jurisdictions including the US, often dealing with choice of law and comparative law issues and gathering evidence (discovery) in international proceedings. Additionally, John regularly serves as arbitrator under the SIAC, KCAB and HKIAC Rules, and is a member of the SIAC Court.