Brandon Bang is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim and specializes in international arbitration, covering a broad range of industries and sectors, including construction, M&A, IP and licensing, and reinsurance.

He has conducted proceedings under a wide set of arbitration rules, including ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LMAA, ICDR—AAA, VIAC (Vietnam) and UNCITRAL Rules, as well as ad hoc proceedings. Before moving to Korea in 2020, he was with Shearman & Sterling's International Arbitration Group in Singapore for around ten years.

Mr. Bang is listed as a "next generation partner" in The Legal 500 Asia—Pacific: South Korea—International Arbitration 2022 and 2023, which describes him as a "creative thinker who provides pragmatic solutions" and is "easy to work with". He was also recognized as "Asia 40 under 40 2021" and "Asia Super 50 Dispute Lawyers 2022" by Asian Legal Business.

While in Singapore, he was featured as a "rising star" in The Legal 500 Asia—Pacific: Singapore—International Arbitration 2020, which describes him as " highly rated". In the previous editions he was featured as a "Next Generation Lawyer" in which clients describe him as "outstanding," note that "his work product is immaculate"(2018) and that he "deals very well with Korean clients" (2019). He was also commended as "efficient and smart" in the India Business Law Journal.

Byung-Woo Im is an attorney in Kim & Chang’s International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice, International Practice, Aerospace & Defense Practice and International Trade & Customs Practice.

Mr. Im has extensive experience representing foreign and domestic clients in numerous international commercial arbitration cases, including cases conducted under the rules of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, London Court of International Arbitration and Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. He also regularly advises clients in drafting arbitration agreements and in handling enforcement matters.

Professor Kim is Professor of Law at Yonsei Law School in Seoul, Korea. He has published widely on international dispute resolution, international trade and investment, corporate governance and corruption. He was the Founding Executive Director of the Hills Governance Center in Korea and previously held professorship or visiting positions at ESADE, Hongik University, National Law School of India University (Bangalore), National University of Singapore, Keio University and the University of Florida, and was in private practice in Washington, D.C. He presently acts as an Editorial Board Member of International Investment Law and Arbitration, Asian Journal of Comparative Law and Dispute Resolution International and serves on the Panel of Arbitrators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, Global Green Growth Institute, Korea-US FTA, and Korea-EU FTA. He received his academic degrees from Columbia (BA), Yonsei (MA) and Georgetown (JD).

Ji Yoon (June) Park serves as the Counsel and Chief Representative of the HKIAC’s Seoul office and is admitted in D.C. Washington.

Ji Yoon boasts a diverse background with experiences in Australia, Korea, and China. She obtained her B.A. in Public Administration at Peking University, LL.B. in Korean Law at BDES, and LL.M. in Chinese Civil and Commercial Law at Fudan University School of Law. Simultaneously, she is a Ph.D. candidate in IP Law at ECUPL. Ji Yoon is fluent in Korean, Mandarin, and English.



With substantial experience in international arbitration, Ji Yoon previously held roles as the director and chief representative of an overseas office at KCAB. She also worked in the in-house counsel team of a private firm and interned at a Chinese arbitration institution.



Ji Yoon manages the HKIAC Seoul Office, which has been in operation since May 2013, the first overseas office of the HKIAC. Ji Yoon works closely with the Hong Kong office to raise HKIAC’s profile in Korea. As a Counsel, she is also involved in the administration of Korea-related cases with support from the Hong Kong staff.

Ing Loong YANG is an independent Arbitrator, based in Hong Kong. He has 36 years of experience as a lawyer, more than 20 years of which as an international arbitrator. During the first half of his career, Mr Yang practised law in Singapore, first as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel, before he was headhunted to the private sector by a major Singaporean law firm. He continued practising in Singapore as a Partner for the next 13 years. In 2005, with the rising economic influence of China and increased opportunities in dispute resolution in the region, Mr Yang joined a major international law firm as its Chief Representative and Partner in its Beijing office. After developing a significant international arbitration practice in mainland China and Hong Kong, Mr Yang moved to Hong Kong, a major arbitral seat. He continued practising in that jurisdiction as a Partner with two different top international law firms until the establishment of his own practice as an independent Arbitrator in January 2024.