Jong-Han Oh

Practice Areas

Mr. Jong-Han Oh gained wide acclaim for his practice in securities, finance and commercial litigations in domestic and foreign markets for the past three decades since joining Shin & Kim in 1989. He is presently the managing partner at Shin & Kim.

Mr. Jong-Han Oh represented key domestic and foreign corporations in major lawsuits and legal disputes relating to securities, finance, and M&A. He represented Samsung Group, winning the litigation that involved around KRW 5 trillion worth commitments of Samsung Motors’ creditors. He also represented Korea’s first hostile takeover in M&A involving the dispute over management control of Hanwha Merchant Bank, as well as the dispute over the management of Lakeside Country Club. He also built a strong reputation in the area of high-profile corporate litigation and dispute resolution through various cases, including representation of Daewoo Securities in a redemption lawsuit of beneficiary securities worth hundreds of billions of Korean Won.

Internationally renowned legal publications, such as the Chambers and Legal500, recognize Mr. Oh as a “Leading Lawyer” in Dispute Resolution every year since 2015, and Hankyung Business also elected him as the Best Civil Case Attorney (2019) after a survey of in-house lawyers. In terms of external professional activities, he served as a professor of the Judicial Research & Training Institute, legal advisor of the Financial Services Commission and arbitrator of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, and continues to contribute to the legal society as a standing member of the Seoul Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Career

Managing Partner, Shin & Kim; Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (2023-Present); Standing Member, Seoul Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2021-Present); Outside Director, Koramco Reits Management & Trust (2017-Present); Legal Advisor, Financial Services Commission (2016-2017); Visiting Professor (Civil Practice), Judicial Research & Training Institute (2009-2010); Board of Directors Member, Kyobo Securities Co., Ltd. (2000-2003).

Professional Memberships

Korean and New York State Bar.

Publications

A Study of the U. S. Worker’s Compensation System, LL.M. Dissertation, Graduate School of Seoul National University 1996; Historical Development of the U. S. Worker’s Compensation System, Labor Law Review, Vol. 4, SNU Society of Labor Law 1994; Assertion for Invalid Dismissal and Good-faith Principle, Labor Law Review, Vol. 3, SNU Society of Labor Law 1993.

Education