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• Covington & Burling to launch in South Korea

  Mar 16 2012 Covington & Burling announced this week that it plans to launch a new base in Seoul, South Korea. Other international firms that have announced their intention to... more

• Ropes & Gray applies for entry into South Korea

  Mar 08 2012 US firm Ropes & Gray is the latest international firms to announce plans to open an office in Seoul, after a free trade deal between the US and South Korea opened the... more

• US firms have an official date for entry into Korean legal services market

  Feb 23 2012 US firms may legally enter and operate in South Korea from 15 March under the new free trade agreement. Last week McDermott Will & Emery was the latest firm to... more

• McDermott Will & Emery to launch South Korea office

  Feb 16 2012 McDermott Will & Emery is planning to launch in Seoul, following the ratification of a trade agreement that allows foreign law firms to open offices in South Korea.... more

• US law firms line up to enter South Korean legal market

  Dec 29 2011 Law firms looking to expand into South Korea – after a trade deal with the US opened the country’s legal market to foreign firms – will be on the lookout for signs of... more

• South Korea opens doors to US law firms

  Dec 01 2011 South Korea has opened its doors to foreign law firms, with British firms permitted to open there since July, and a free trade agreement concluded last week that also... more

• Mayer Brown bolsters China practice with double hire

  Aug 17 2010 Mayer Brown has boosted its Asia practice with the hire of two new partners. Xiang Yang Ge joins the firm from Winston & Strawn to take up a role as head of projects... more

• The globalised legal profession - what are the barriers?

  Jul 29 2010 Interesting article from The Economist about the globalized legal profession. The article looks at some of the remaining barriers to professional mobility inside... more

• South Korea opens legal services market to European firms

  Apr 12 2010 The European Union and South Korea have signed a trade deal under which Korea has agreed to open key commercial sectors to European business. The legal services sector... more

• Pillsbury, Lee & Ko advise on $20bn UAE nuclear power deal

  Dec 30 2009 Pillsbury and Lee & Ko advise The Emirates Nuclear Power Corporation (Enec) and a consortium led by Korean Power Corporation (Kepco) respectively on what is the... more

• UK Firms' chances in Asia not helped by new Free Trade Agreement

  Mar 27 2009 The new Free Trade Agreement between the EU and South Korea would not necessarily provide great prospects for UK firms to open in Asia. As many Korea practice group... more

• China and South Korea to ease foreign investment rules

  Jan 19 2009 China and South Korea, long ambivalent towards foreign investors, are both set to issue new rules to encourage investment from overseas in 2009 with one simple goal in... more