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Robert Wachter

Address: 

Lee & Ko
Hanjin Building
63 Namdaemun-ro, Jung-gu
Seoul 04532
Korea

Phone Number: 
+82.2.6386.6241
Mobile: +82.10.8871.2438
Fax Number: 
+82.2.772.4001
Email: 
robert.wachter@leeko.co
Born: 
1970, Los Angeles
Languages: 
English Korean
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Hawaii (1996)
B.A., summa cum laude, University of California at San Diego (1993)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
California, 1999
Present Position: 
Co-Head of International Arbitration, Lee & Ko, Seoul
Professional Experience: 

Law Clerk to the Honorable Samuel P. King, Senior U.S. District Judge for the District of Hawaii: 1996-1997; Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, San Francisco: 1998-2004; Partner, Yulchon, Seoul: 2005-2011; Counsel, Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna: 2012-2014; Partner, Kim & Chang, Seoul: 2014-2015.

Professional Associations: 

International Arbitration Institute (IAI); Korea Council of International Arbitration.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

SIAC, KCAB, VIAC.

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 80 international arbitrations as counsel, arbitrator or arbitral secretary in cases brought under the ICC, KCAB, VIAC, Swiss Chambers, SIAC, LCIA, SCC, JCAA, LMAA, IATA and UNCITRAL arbitration rules.

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

South Korea, in GAR Know how: Investment Treaty Arbitration 2016 (October 2016) (co-author); On the Inherent Powers of Arbitral Tribunals in International Commercial Arbitration, in Austrian Yearbook of Int’l Arb 65 (Klausegger et al., eds. 2012); Ethical Standards in International Arbitration: Considering Solutions to Level the Playing Field, 24 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 1143 (Fall 2011); Confidentiality in International Arbitration: Including a Korean Law Perspective, 1 Dong-A J. of Intl. Bus. Trans. L. 63 (2010) (co-author).