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Chongsu Seo Partner
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Chongsu Seo is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas are insurance, maritime and aviation industries, and related arbitrations and litigations.
Mr. Seo has provided legal advice to a large number of global and domestic clients in major high-profile maritime or insurance cases including “Hebei Spirit oil spill at Taean”, “sinking of Sewol ferry”, “fire at a logistics center in Incheon” and “collapse of dam in Laos”, etc., while successfully representing the clients in litigations and arbitrations, etc. After completing his legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, he worked at Shin & Kim LLC, Lawrence Graham LLP in London and Lee & Ko LLC.

Experience

  • 2022-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2019-22 Shin & Kim LLC
  • 2013-14 Lawrence Graham LLP (London)
  • 2007-19 Lee & Ko LLC
  • 2004 Passed 48th Civil Service Examination

Education

  • 2013 University of Southern California Gould School of Law, LL.M.
  • 2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 1995 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

[Insurance]

  • Handled the litigation seeking payment of insurance in relation to hacking of a cryptocurrency exchange (cyber insurance)
  • Handled enactment and review of terms and conditions for cyber insurance (cyber insurance)
  • Handled the litigation seeking payment of insurance in relation to the fire at a logistics center in Incheon (property all risks insurance)
  • Handled the fire at a warehouse of a tire manufacturer (property all risks insurance)
  • Handled the fire at semiconductor factory in China (property all risks insurance)
  • Handled the fire at a terminal in Goyang (property all risks insurance)
  • Handled the accident caused by a failure at a combined heat and power plant (property all risks insurance)
  • Handled the damage of dam caused by torrential rain (property all risks insurance)
  • Handled the collapse of a large bridge during construction (construction insurance)
  • Handled the litigation seeking payment of insurance in relation to unfair support for an affiliate of an automobile company (directors’ and officers’ liability insurance)
  • Handled the litigation seeking payment of insurance in relation to the investigation of infringement on a Korean company’s trade secrets in the United States (directors’ and officers’ liability insurance)
  • Handled the case on payment of insurance in relation to cartels of construction companies in the four river project (directors’ and officers’ liability insurance)
  • Handled the sinking of ship during shipbuilding process due to typhoon (erection all risks insurance)
  • Handled the recall of electric vehicle batteries supplied to a foreign automobile company (recall insurance)
  • Handled the recall of components for autonomous driving supplied to a foreign automobile company (recall insurance)
  • Advised on enactment and amendment of terms and conditions for an export credit insurance


[Maritime and Aviation Industries]

  • Handled the litigation on oil spill of Hebei Spirit in Taean
  • Handled the litigation on sinking of Sewol Ferry
  • Handled litigations involving several charter agreements in the rehabilitation proceedings of Korea Line Corporation
  • Handled litigations involving several charter agreements in the rehabilitation proceedings of STX Pan Ocean
  • Handled the collision and capsize of a barge and fishing boat at Tongyeong
  • Handled litigations involving aviation issues, e.g. casualty accidents, damage to cargo, and delay of flights, etc.

Publications

  • Korea Chapter, Insurance & Reinsurance, Lexology Panoramic, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2024)
  • Korea Chapter, Insurance & Reinsurance, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2023)