David Kim is a partner in Baker McKenzie & KL Partners Joint Venture Law Firm's Dispute Resolution practice group. David is highly regarded for his expertise and extensive experience in assisting clients with a broad range of international arbitration matters.
David's experience in international arbitration matters includes acting as legal counsel for many different clients in various arbitration cases before the ICC, SIAC, ICSID, HKIAC, KCAB and LCIA, and in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL rules. He has represented multinational corporations, government entities, defence contractors and high-profile individuals in numerous commercial disputes related to construction; shipping; military contracts; energy and natural resources; telecoms; and investor-state matters.
Examples of David’s expertise in international arbitration include representing large Korean companies in high value, complex construction disputes in the Middle East and Asia; representing state-owned entities in disputes related to defence procurement contracts (including projectiles, helicopters and submarines); defending South Korea in a $700 million investor-state dispute against Elliott Associates LP; and representing a leading steel manufacturing company (Austria) in a dispute arising from a steel melting plant in South Korea.
David has also served as an adjunct professor at the ...
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