Wu Cheol Song
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Senior Statespeople : Dispute Resolution: Litigation
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Provided by Wu Cheol Song
Practice Areas
Wu Cheol Song currently practices in the area of domestic disputes at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. While serving as judge for 23 years and 6 months, Mr. Song has built up expertise and experience handling cases in various areas, including general civil and criminal cases, intellectual property (IP) cases as judge dedicated to IP cases at the Seoul High Court and administrative cases as chief presiding judge for the Seoul Administrative Court.
Career
Served as a judge for 28 years in various courts of South Korea before joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2013; Inspector General for Judicial Ethics, National Court Administration (2006-2008); Director General for Investigative Research, Supreme Court Library of Korea (1998-2000)
Professional Memberships
Korean and Seoul Bar Association
Publications
Civil Procedure Act Ⅳ: Withdrawal of Action and Counteraction (Co-author, Korean Society of Judicial Administration, 2012); Tax Law Issues in Relation to Merger, Supreme Court Law Review Vol. 33 (Judicial Development Foundation, 2001)
Personal
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1985)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Song Wu Cheol is a well-regarded attorney with a high reputation in the litigation sphere. He brings to bear over two decades of experience acting as a senior judge, and his recent experience involves representing companies in tax, damages and IP-associated disputes.