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Seung Wha Chang

Address: 

Seoul National University School of Law
599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu
Seoul, Korea 151-743

Phone Number: 
82-2-880-7560
Fax Number: 
82-2-882-8603
Email: 
changsw@snu.ac.kr
Born: 
1963, Seoul
Languages: 
English Korean
Nationalities: 
Korean
Education: 
Harvard Law School (LLM, 1992 and SJ.D. 1994); Seoul National University (LL.B. 1985 and LL.M. 1991)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Korean Bar 1985
Present Position: 
Professor of Law, Seoul National University; Co-President, Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group; President, Korean Council for International Arbitration; Alternate Member, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Vice-President, Korean Association of Ar
Professional Experience: 

Judge, Seoul District Court (1988-1991) Attorney, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC (1994-1995) Visiting Professor of Law, Yale (2008), Harvard (2007), Stanford (1999-2000), Duke (2004), NYU (2010), Georgetown (1996-1997), UCLA (2005), Tokyo Univ. (2004), National Univ. of Singapore (2006)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA-ICDR; HKIAC; ACICA; JCAA; KCAB; SIAC; Chinese Arbitration Association

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 30 cases as a co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and chairman; This includes ICC, LCIA, JCAA and KCAB cases; 7 times panelist and arbitrator for WTO; Expert witness on Korean Laws in international arbitration and court proceedings in many cases

Areas of Specialization: 
Commercial Law
Construction
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
International Sale of Goods
International Trade
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Document Production Under the Asian Civil Law System - Chapter 10 - Asian Leading Arbitrators' Guide to International Arbitration
Publications: 

Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford); Advising Board Member, Journal of International Dispute Settlement (Oxford) and Asian International Arbitration Journal (Kluwer); Number of
articles on international arbitration and trade law.