About Us

About Chung & Partners

Chung & Partners is a full service law firm based in Seoul. Its professionals are top graduates of prestigious universities in Korea and the half of the lawyers are former judges and prosecutors. Chung & Partners’ practice area includes securities, financing & banking, M&A, antitrust, international trade, real estate & construction law, entertainment business, intellectual property, litigation & arbitration, corporate law, labor law, family law and also criminal law.

Chung & Partners’ culture inspires its attorneys to become true counselors to its clients, responding quickly to their needs and helping them find creative solutions. Dedication to foreign clients and making them succeed in Korea is what defines Chung & Partners.

The clients to which Chung & Partners’ attorneys have provided legal services are, but not limited to, Arab Bank, Citi Bank, Merrill Lynch, Lone Star Fund, Aerial, Marks & Spencer, Petronas, Shell, Kana Software, Hana Bank, Hana Daetoo Securities, Shinhan Bank, Kookmin Bank, Korea Industrial Bank, Woori Bank, Daewoo Securities, CJ Investment & Securities, Korea Development Bank, Mirae Asset Financial Group, Digital Globe, Dongchon Entertainment, Daewoo Construction, Samsung Corporation, Kukdong Construction, Korea Association of Property Appraisers.

About Chief Editior – Mr. Wonil Chung

Mr. Wonil Chung, a partner at Chung & Partners and the chief editor of this website, received his B.A. in law from Seoul National University (College of Law) and graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Supreme Court of Korea. Prior to joining Chung & Partners, he worked as an attorney of Hwang Mok Park. P.C, one of the prestigious law firms in Korea. He has worked in diverse fields, with a special emphasis on financing and corporate business.  Wonil Chung also has extensive experience in advising and representing non-Korean clients on issues involving Korean law such as foreign investment, corporate law, family law, international litigation and any other civil cases.

He is currently a member of the Korean Bar.

Mr. Wonil Chung can be reached at: chungwi@nate.com