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| CHOI, Jae Seong |
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| DUNN, Nick |
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| KIM, Jong Hwan |
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| NAN, Zheng Ai |
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| OH, Hijoung |
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| PARK, Jae Hee |
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| RO, Jae Hun |
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| YOON, Whayoung |
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 Name : PINANSKY, Thomas. P.
tel : 82-2-3479-7517
e-mail : tom.pinansky@barunlaw.com
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 Education
Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1981)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1985)
Bar Admissions:
Texas
District of Columbia (Washington, DC)
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Experience
Vinson & Elkins (Austin, Texas USA ) (1985 - 1987)
Hogan & Hartson (Washington, DC USA) (1987 - 1988)
Foreign Attorney, Min Sohn & Kim (Seoul) (1989 - 1990)
Senior Foreign Attorney (Partner), Kim Shin & Yu (1991 - 2005)
Of Counsel, Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP
(2004 to present) (Portland, Maine, USA)
Senior Foreign Attorney (Partner), Barun Law (2005 to present)
Public Service:
Chairman, Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce
(APCAC) (2001-2003)
Chairman Emeritus/Vice Chairman Government Relations (APCAC)
(2003 to present)
Governor, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea
(1992-1994, 1995-2007, 2009 to present)
Member, Executive Committee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
in Korea
Member, Seoul Mayor's Advisory Committee on Gangnam-gu Internationalization(2008)
Special Advisor, Kiwi Chamber of Commerce in Korea
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Practice Areas and Important Cases
Representative Experience (with Korean attorney colleagues):
Over 100 Korea-specific M&A transactions, including representation of the world's largest company in an acquisition to enter the Korean market.
Over 100 joint venture projects including perhaps the largest Korea-specific joint venture project of 2008 (representing the largest shareholder in a five-party joint venture).
Representation of the licensor in a licensing transaction with royalty amounts in excess of USD 1 billion.
Numerous real estate transactions including the sale and purchase of office building, hotel, resort and residential properties.
Representation of the developer/manager of Korea's largest green-field shopping center development (all anchor tenant lease negotiations).
Representation and overall client management responsibility for the Korean portion of many of the world's largest multi-jurisdictional transactions, including the largest spin-off transaction of 2007 (world-wide deal value of USD 65 bilion).
Representation of client interests in infrastructure projects, including light rail and container port development.
Representation of a number of embassies/foreign governments on a wide variety of significant matters, including new chancery/diplomatic compound projects.
Representation of client interests in highly sensitive labor/employment matters.
Arbitration Experience:
Involvement in over 60 international arbitration matters, either as an arbitrator or on behalf of clients.
Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
Arbitrator, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
Arbitrator, World Intellectual Property Organization
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Authorship and Others
Mr. Pinansky has written and spoken extensively on Asia - related
business and legal matters in various publications and at various
venues around the world.
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