U.S. law firms plan to follow trade deal with Korea offices
Nov 28, 2011
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, Samsung Life Insurance Co.’s adviser on South Korea’s biggest initial public offering, plans an office in Seoul now that a free trade deal is allowing foreign law firms in. Yong Guk Lee, who will move from Hong Kong to open the new office in the first half of 2012 said it will help the New York- based firm serve Korean clients who are investing and facing more litigation overseas. South Korean lawmakers last week ratified the free trade agreement first neg