Lawyer Noh Jang-hwan is engaged in legal advice and transportation and domestic/international arbitration in the maritime and insurance sectors.

Membership

• Tae Il Kwon is renowned internationally for his wide experience and exceptional understanding in charterparty disputes and rehabilitation/bankruptcy proceedings in particular. Mr Kwon has been actively involved in rehabilitation of shipping giants in Korea, Korea Line, STX Pan Ocean and Hanjin Shipping, acting for over hundred rehabilitation creditors inclusive of numerous international shipowners such as Yang Ming Marine Transport and Mercator Line by the instruction of IG P&I Clubs including Gard, Steamship Mutual, North of England, Britannia, the Swedish Club, Standard Club, London P&I, West of England and Skuld, and prominent English shipping law firms such as HFW, Reed Smith, Norton Rose Fulbright, MFB and Mays Brown Solicitors. Also, he has been recently instructed for huge casualty cases like M.V. “Stellar Banner” case which was finally closed by CTL of insurance sum USD 92 million.

• Membership

  - Korean Bar Association
  - Seoul Bar Association
  - Registered Counsel for Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal
  - The Korea Maritime Law Association, Director

• Experience

  2017 -	Present Law Offices Kwon & Co. Attorney
  2014 – 2019	Leading lawyer in Shipping by Legal 500
  2013 – 2018	Leading lawyer in Shipping by Chambers Asia-Pacific
  2014 – 2017	Top-tier firm in Shipping by Legal 500
  2008 – 2016	Law Offices of Kwon & Moon, Managing Partner
  2006 – 2008	Law Offices of Kwon & Moon, Partner
  2002 – 2006	Law Offices of Sekwang, Associate
  2001 – 2002	Law Offices of Choi & Kim, Associate

• Education

  2017	Southhampton Unversity, United Kingdom(LL.M for Maritime/Shipping) (graduated with merit)
  2015	Southhampton University, United Kingdom(The 42nd Maritime Short Course)
  2000	Judicial Research and Training Institute – 30th Cohort
  1999	Harvard Law School (Program of Instruction for Lawyers)
  1998	Admission to the Bar – 40th Cohort
  1992	Seoul National University (B.A., Major in Economics)

• Publications

  • "Subrogation against co-insured under English law", The Korean Maritime Law Association Archives (The Korean Maritime Law Association), November 2017
  • "A Study on Judicial Precedents of Korea and Foreign Jurisdiction Regarding Oil Pollution Damages", Research commissioned by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, March 2008
  • Commercial Code Cases (Published by Hanul)

• Awards

  2013 – 2022	Leading lawyer in Shipping by Chambers Asia-Pacific
  2014 – 2022	Leading lawyer in Shipping by Legal 500

Suyeon Jung has assisted Tae Il Kwon in most of the prominent cases at Kwon & Co. and has received good outcomes since she started working with Tae Il Kwon from 2014.

Having lived in the United States for 4 years, she has excellent command of English which is very helpful in providing legal opinions to foreign clients of Kwon & Co. which comprises about 80% of Kwon & Co.’s work.

Ms Jung has been especially accumulating huge volume of experience in various issues on the vessel crew/stevedores, especially regarding work related and non-work related disease concerning Korean Seafarers’ Act. She has also dealt with numerous vessel arrest cases in Korea; based on her professional and prompt response to the cases, she has never failed in arresting or releasing the vessels so far since her years in Kwon & Moon.

She has also worked with many Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy cases representing Hanjin Shipping’s creditors; by assisting Tae Il Kwon, Kwon & Co. has received very good outcomes in retrieving foundation claims regarding time-charterparties.

She has successfully finished the LL.M course specializing in International Shipping at Queen Mary University of London with merits in the UK, and became partner of 

Kwon & Co. from January of 2023.

• Membership

  • Korean Bar Association
  • Seoul Bar Association
  • Registered Counsel for Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal
  • Certified Expert in Maritime Law(Korean Bar Association)
  • Committee member of the Distant Water Fisheries Development Committee under the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries of Korea

• Experience

  2017 –	Law Offices Kwon & Co.
  2014 – 2016	Law Offices Kwon & Moon

• Education

  2014	Passed the Bar Exam, Korea
  2014	Yonsei University Law School
  2009	Seoul National University (B.A. in International Relations, Minor in Law)
  2022	Queen Mary University of London(LL.M in International Shipping) with merit

Evangeline Jiyoung Bang provides legal advice and handles litigation/arbitration cases in the maritime and insurance field.

She has achieved good results representing major shipping companies in container demurrage disputes, and successfully overturned a case regarding the application of the short time-bar under the Korean Commercial Code which was under controversy due to its disadvantage to carriers.

Ms. Bang is actively involved in various maritime cases such as casualty, charterparty and bill of lading disputes, cargo claims, crew claims and ship arrest. 

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• Membership

  - Korean Bar Association
  - Seoul Bar Association
  - Registered Counsel for Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal

• Experience

  2019 –	Law Offices Kwon & Co.
  2017 – 2018	Associate at Hantle Law
  2011 – 2014	Sony Interactive Entertainment Korea

• Education

  2017	Passed the Bar Exam, Korea
  2017	Ewha Womans University Law School
  2012	Ewha Womans University (B.A. in Law)
  2009	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Law School (Exchange Student)

• Soon Bae Park joined Law Offices Kwon & Co. in September 2017. He worked as a manager at a maritime-specialized law firm, Law Offices Choi & Kim, for 11 years. He has been providing the best service to his clients with his professional manner and knowledge.

• Experience

  2017 – Present : Law Offices Kwon & Co.
  2006 – 2017 : Law Offices Choi & Kim
  2005 – 2006 : Law Offices Sang Woon

• Performed Cases

  - Managing the “Hebei Spirit” case concerned with the oil pollution accident by Hebei Spirit in Tae-An, Korea, on behalf of IOPC Fund of UN at Law Offices Choi & Kim
  - Vessel arrest, auction and release of arrested vessel
  - Auction of cargo, non-litigation procedure, execution against property
  - Various cases regarding civil suits, criminal suits, family litigations and others

• Mi Rae Nam joined Kwon & Co. in May 2018.
  She is working as a secretary at Kwon & Co.

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