SIWOO LAWOFFICE provides professional solutions ranging from general corporate matters to international transactions and shipbuilding & maritime disputes.

Corporate Legal Service encompasses comprehensive and specialized legal advice on all legal issues that a company may face, ranging from the incorporation of a company to the organization and operation of a board of directors and shareholders’ meetings, the execution of various contracts related to sales, the protection of management rights and minor shareholders’ rights, the management and corporate governance of a company and strategic alliances and corporate restructuring.

SIWOO LAWOFFICE provides the following legal services related to corporate matters:

• Advice on the establishment of a company or joint venture
• Advice on the articles of incorporation, the board of directors and the general meeting of shareholders
• Advice on the ownership and corporate governance of a company, the protection of management rights and the responsibilities and duties of directors　
• Advice on overall corporate matters, such as mergers, spin-off, business transfers or other risks in business
• Review of legal risks in new businesses
• Establishing and complementing the enterprise's trade secret protection system　
• Legal advice related to e-discovery and digital forensics for overseas litigation and arbitrations
• Advice on various labor disputes in connection with employment agreements and collective agreements
• Legal advice on PF loans of Financial institutions　
• Providing comprehensive advice on potential legal disputes
• Provide comprehensive legal advice on other corporate compliance issues

SIWOO LAWOFFICE covers advice on Korean companies’ overseas investments and international license agreements, as well as advice on the execution of contracts and license-related disputes between Korean companies and foreign companies, and advice on most legal disputes that may arise in the area of international transactions, including sales and purchase agreements or service agreements with foreign companies.　

In particular, for international transactions or overseas investments, it is essential to plan the structure and accurately analyze possible risks before the execution of a contract, because disputes arising after the execution of the contract involve response procedures that are complex and difficult in nature.

SIWOO LAWOFFICE provides the following legal services related to international transactions:

• Advice on technology transfer and transaction
• Advice on license agreements related to intellectual property rights, such as overseas trademarks, patents, designs, copyrights, etc.
• Advice on contracts such as overseas expansion, investment attraction, and product export of Korean companies
• Advice on foreign investment or overseas investment, such as the Foreign Investment Promotion Act and the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act
• Legal advice and drafting of contracts for international transactions, trade, overseas investment, etc.
• Advice and litigation on international trade and L/C　
• Domestic/International Arbitration
• Legal advice on foreign jurisdiction cases and legal representative

SIWOO LAWOFFICE's lawyers have a high level of expertise in the shipbuilding and marine sector. In particular, we provide legal advice on contract disputes related to most maritime and marine insurance, such as ship collision on the sea, salvage, general average, marine pollution, disputes on limitation of ship owner’s liability, chartering disputes, disputes on interpretation of bill of lading, maritime lien and marine insurance claims, etc.

SIWOO LAWOFFICE 's lawyers have also collaborated with large domestic and foreign law firms to handle a number of cases, including shipbuilding contract disputes, RG disputes, etc. and have produced successful results.

SIWOO LAWOFFICE providesthe following legal services related to shipbuilding & marine:

• Advice and litigation on marine insurance contracts and claims (Hull and Cargo)
• Advice and litigation on shipbuilding contracts and RG insurance
• Marine insurance contracts and claims (Hull and Cargo), P& I cases, etc.
• Subcontract disputes related to shipbuilding
• Disputes related to offshore plant construction
• Advice on supply agreements and export contracts for shipbuilding and marine equipment manufacturers
• Advice and litigation on disputes related to bills of lading
• Disaster and labor issues related to crew
• Advice and litigation on charter contracts and charter disputes
• Matters related to ship seizure and provisional seizure and maritime lien
• Ship collision, ship sinking and salvage, limitation of ship owner’s liability
• Various criminal cases related to ocean, marine and fishery
• Representing judgment on maritime disputes at the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal
• Handling various accidents in the harbor (docks, gantry cranes and coastal facilities)
• Marine pollution/Salvage/General Average

• Providing legal advice service for a logistics company located in the U.S.A. in connection with the execution of the Agency Agreement between the logistics company and a Korean IT company
• Providing legal advice service for a crane equipment company located in the U.S.A in connection with a claim for crane usage fee between the crane equipment company and a Korean semiconductor manufacturing company
• Proving legal advice service for a Korean broadcasting company in connection with the copyright dispute between the Korean broadcasting company and a overseas broadcasting company in the U.S.A
• Providing legal advice service for a Korean medical device exporter in connection with the execution of the Vendor Agreement between the Korean medical device exporter and a intermediary service provider of the U.S.A
• Providing legal advice on review and legislation of a revised bill to the Maine Environment Management Act for the Korea Coast Guard
• Providing legal advice on lawsuits for claiming package defects for consignors in Spain to a Domestic Iberico pork importer
• Providing international legal services for a Korean shipbuilding company in UK arbitration case related to a shipbuilding contract dispute between a Korean shipbuilding company and overseas contractors
  (Claim amount: approximately USD 30,000,000, KRW 33,000,000,000)
• Providing international legal services for a renowned Korean insurance company in the arbitration case before the KCAB in connection with the claim of re-insurance against an Ukrainian reinsurer by the insurance company
  (Claim amount: Approximately KRW 5,300,000,000)　
• Providing international legal services for a Korean shipbuilding company in connection with a dispute over a shipbuilding contract and deferred payment agreement between the Korean shipbuilding company and the overseas ship company
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 7 million)
• Providing legal services for a Korean IT company in connection with the investment agreement between a renowned Korean bank and a Korean IT company
• Providing international legal services for Korean insurance company in UK litigation between Korean insurance company and the re-insurance Company (Eurasia) in connection with coverage issues under the re-insurance contract
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 163 million)
• Providing international legal services for Korean insurance company in the litigation in Trinidad and Tobago between Korean insurance company and CLICO in connection with coverage issues under the re-insurance contract
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 1.6 million)
• Litigation related to freight damages against the ship-owner of Siteam explorer (cargo carrier) on behalf of Korean insurance company
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 6 million)
• Providing international legal services related to the Bangladesh litigation for Korean insurance company, in connection with the collision and sinking of KHANAK (dredger) owned by Chittagong Port Administration Agency with “C. Utopia” at Chittagong Harbor, Bangladesh
• Providing advice on UK international commercial arbitration for Korean insurance company in connection with the issue of default under the shipbuilding contract by JINSE Shipbuilding
• Providing legal services regarding the London Arbitration in connection with dispute over a shipbuilding contract between Shina SB and UACC regarding Sea Trials, Tender of Vessel, Due Date, Force Majeure, Buyer's Supplies, Deposit of Delivery Instalment
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 159 million)
• Providing legal services regarding the dispute between POS Maritime and STX Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and the UK London Arbitration over the warranty issue under the shipbuilding contract
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 470,000)
• Providing legal service and advice on the UK London Arbitration for JINSE Shipbuilding in the dispute between JINSE Shipbuilding and Metrostar regarding the issues of Financial Default, Instalment Payment Due Date, Intentional Delays under the shipbuilding contract
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 460,000)
• Providing legal services regarding the dispute under the 400k VLOC shipbuilding contract and the U.K. London Arbitration between POS Maritime and STX Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in connection with the warranty
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 470,000)
• Advice on disputes related to ship inspection of 45k Chemical Tanker between Shina SB and DNV
  (Claim amount: Approximately USD 20,000)
• Providing legal advice service for Orient Shipyard on the creditor financial institution joint management under the Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act and the rehabilitation procedures under the Integrated Bankruptcy Act
• Providing legal services on the procedures of the creditor financial institution joint management under the Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act for SLS Shipbuilding (Shina SB)
• Providing legal services for STOLT DISTRIBUTOR (Gard) in the accident involving collision between STOLT DISTRIBUTOR and a fishing boat
• Providing services for handling accidents related to the death of unloading workers of Loreto (North P&I) as well as the related legal advice service
• Handling legal disputes arising from the delivery of cargo between bonded warehouse company and freight import agency