Robert Wachter

Practice Areas

Robert Wachter FCIArb is a partner in the International Disputes Group at Shin & Kim. He has acted as counsel or arbitrator in international arbitration cases brought under all of the major arbitration rules, including the ICC, KCAB, VIAC, Swiss Chambers, SIAC, LCIA, SCC, JCAA and UNCITRAL arbitration rules.

Career

Senior Foreign Attorney, Shin & Kim; Lee & Ko (2015-2024); Kim & Chang (2014-2015); Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna (2012-2014); Yulchon LLC (2005-2011); O'Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco (1998-2004); Ashford &Wriston, Honolulu (1997-1998); Law Clerk to the Hon. Samuel P. King (D. Haw.) (1996-1997).

Professional Memberships

California Bar; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Publications

South Korea, in Handbook on Third Party Funding in International Arbitration, Second Edition (Juris 2024) (co-author); Res Judicata: Claims that could have been brought in a first proceeding, but were not brought until a second proceeding, in in Austrian Yearbook of Int’l Arb (Klausegger et al., eds. 2023); Expert insights: A roundtable on arbitration trends in Korea, Burford Quarterly (2023 Issue #1) (contributor); Toward a codified evidentiary attorney-client privilege in Korea (Lexology 2022) (co-author) Court allows lessee to terminate commercial lease as COVID-19 force majeure (Lexology 2021) (co-author); Court allows lessee to terminate commercial lease as COVID-19 force majeure (Lexology 2021) (co-author); Arbitration agreement survives franchise law challenge, ILO Newsletter (Lexology 2021) (co author); Another imaginary arbitral institution, ILO Newsletter (Lexology 2021) (co-author); Korea, in Asia Arbitration Guide ‒ 7th Extended and Revised Edition (Respondek, ed. 2021) (co-author)., etc.

Education