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Track record and latest news from HANBYOL LAW LLC.
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[Attorney Seung Ho Lee] Awarded by the Minister of Justice (for revitalizing the arbitration system)
Attorney Lee Seung-ho of law firm Hanbyul has received a commendation from the Minister of Justice for his contributions to revitalizing the arbitration system. The award recognizes his efforts in promoting and activating the arbitration framework. We look forward to his continued work.
[Attorney Sungwoo Lee] Awarded for Outstanding Legal Support for SMEs by the Ministry of Justice
Lee Seong-woo, an attorney at Hanbyul Law Firm (LLP), received a commendation from the Ministry of Justice for meritorious service in providing legal support to small and medium-sized enterprises. We hereby announce this.
[Sung Woo Lee] Awarded the Outstanding Lawyer Award of the Korean Bar Association
The Korean Bar Association awards quarterly Excellent Lawyer Awards in areas such as justice and human rights, enhancing the standing of lawyers, exemplary advocacy, legal system reform and cultural improvement, and public interest activities. Attorney Lee Seong-woo of Hanbyeol law firm received this quarter's Excellent Lawyer Award.
Dankook University Graduate School of IT Law Cooperative Program Industrial Security Specialist Training Program...
05/16/2022|On May 16, 2022, law firm Hanbyeol (attorneys An Byung-han, Kim Seong-woo, and Kim Su-hyun) signed a business partnership with Dankook University Graduate School’s IT Law cooperative program Industrial Security Specialist Training Project Group at the Jukjeon campus to expand information sharing and personnel exchanges and operate joint programs, pledging cooperation on corporate security legal practice, management, contracts, and education. Under the Industrial Technology Protection Act, Dankook is one of five universities running the industrial security training program, and the partners will jointly carry out security consulting, IP transactions and technology transfer contracts, inventor compensation standards, commissioned technology contracts, strategic items export/import control, escrow for technology transfers between large firms and SMEs, and practical legal training for graduate students, while systematizing industrial security management and providing legal advisory services as a long-term collaboration.
Advised on the sale of the nation's largest hydrogen gas supplier
12/02/2021|Hanbyeol Law Firm (attorneys Kim Suhyun, Kim Seong-woo, Ahn Byun-han) successfully completed the sale of an approximately KRW 850 billion stake in Dukyang Co., the country's largest hydrogen gas supplier, and its subsidiary. From the MOU signed on September 1, 2021 until closing on December 3, 2021, within a limited timeframe the firm handled legal due diligence, execution of the main contract, internal shareholder share adjustments and decision procedures, and other legal issues arising from the sale, responding promptly to issues and playing a key role in securing fair consideration for the seller's stake through negotiations with the buyer.
[Attorney Yoon Young Hoon] Granting a motion for reconsideration in a case of falsification of a private document (Seo...
02/21/2021|The 재정신청 procedure allows a court to review a prosecutor's decision not to indict, and its admission rate has been criticized as virtually meaningless at under 0.5%. In this case, although the prosecution and the high prosecutor's office declined to prosecute and dismissed an appeal regarding the client's complaint of private document forgery, law firm Hanbyul thoroughly examined the case records and legal issues and succeeded in obtaining a court decision granting the review; attorney Yoon Young-hoon said he was glad to clear the client's grievance and will continue to do his best.
National Cancer Center Selects General Counsel for Stand-alone Compact Proton Therapy Unit
08/25/2020|Law firm Hanbyeol's lawyers Kim Seong-woo, Jeon Hong-geun, and Ahn Byung-han were appointed on August 17, 2020 as dedicated legal advisors for the National Cancer Center's procurement of an independently housed small proton therapy system, a project with a budget of approximately KRW 20 billion. They will provide legal advice on all aspects of the procurement, including drafting the RFP and contracts, and Hanbyeol is expected to play a leading role in future high-value medical device procurements.
[Attorney Ahn Byung Han] National Sports Promotion Corporation Sports Promotion Voting Rights Award...
06/19/2019|Attorney An Byunghan of Hanbyeol Law Firm was appointed in April 2019 as a member of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation’s Sports Promotion Lottery Reward Payment Review Committee. The committee is constituted under Article 41 of the Enforcement Rules of the National Sports Promotion Act, and members serve two-year terms that are renewable.
[Attorney Lee Yoon Chul] Appointed as an arbitrator at the Korea Commercial Arbitration Center
07/12/2018|Attorney Lee Yoon-chul (bar exam class 43) of law firm Hanbyeol has been appointed as an arbitrator at the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB). KCAB handles domestic and international commercial disputes and its arbitration awards carry the same effect as final court judgments; arbitrators are strictly selected by the Arbitrator Management Committee based on experience, education and expertise (e.g., 10+ years of legal or practical experience, or 5+ years as a university professor). With this appointment, law firm Hanbyeol now has four arbitrators: advisor Choi Young-ryong and attorneys Lee Seung-ho, Song Soo-hyun and Lee Yoon-chul.
[Young Ryong Choi, Counsel] Appointed as an Academic Dispute Mediator
05/15/2018|Choi Young-ryong, senior counsel at law firm Hanbyul, has been appointed as a member of the Private School Dispute Mediation Committee. According to the Ministry of Education, six members to fill long-standing vacancies were sent to the Ministry of Personnel Management and received presidential approval on the 11th; the group includes Choi and two university professors.
Hanbyul Law Firm Lectures to the Seoul City Council - Attorney Jeon Sung Hoon
08/09/2016|The Seoul Medical Association held a special lecture titled 'How to handle NHIS investigations' to address frequent member complaints and concrete response measures following the recent death of an Ansan urology clinic director allegedly linked to coercive on-site inspections. At the 14th academic conference on the 28th, lawyer Jeon Seong-hoon of law firm Hanbyeol explained practical steps such as precautions during inspections, risks of signing verification forms, responses to unannounced inspections, and discussed the possibility of sending association staff to accompany members if permitted by the Ministry of Health.
[Law Firm Hanbyul] Kim Jessie Expects 'Legal Protection' for Citizen Law School Education Business
06/14/2016|Kimje City, together with the Ministry of Justice, the Korean Bar Association Legal Aid Foundation, and Hanbyul Law Firm, is launching a citizen law school program that offers four sessions—covering traffic accidents, personal rehabilitation and bankruptcy, marital disputes, and medical litigation—along with a legal concert and linked individual legal consultations to make practical law accessible. The program aims to help citizens respond proactively to rising private legal disputes and prevent disadvantages from lacking legal knowledge; Ahn Sang-il, head of talent development, said the city will continue diverse lifelong education to build a citizen-centered lifelong learning city.
Law Firm Hanbyul Signs Business Agreement with Dankook University Startup Support Group
06/01/2016|Dankook University's Startup Support Center signed an MOU with law firm Hanbyul to provide tailored free legal support for (prospective) startups. The agreement offers partner-attorney services to prevent legal risks in advance, ensure rapid remedies in disputes, and provide comprehensive startup support including mentoring, marketing, and legal services for technology transactions. The Startup Support Center has been selected for three consecutive years as a Leading Startup University and, over the past two years, has helped discover about 50 startups, achieve total sales of ₩4.1 billion, file/register around 80 patents, and create roughly 60 jobs.