Navigating U.S. Trade and Investment Policies and Dispute Risks for Korean Businesses

Overview

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Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, Jipyong LLC and KCAB Next, this event is free and includes lunch.

Schedule and Speakers

12.30-12.45 KST - Welcome

• Eugenia Stavropoulou, Young ITA Asia Co-Chair, International Disputes Attorney

12:45–13:45 - Panel Discussion Addressing Recent U.S. trade and Investment Policies

Discussion includes tightened sanctions, inbound and outbound investment screening, and ESG-related measures—and their impact on Korea-related investments and supply chains. Panelists will consider the resulting dispute risks for Korean businesses, drawing on both arbitration and litigation perspectives.

13:45–14:00 - Audience Q&A

14:00–14:30 - Closing remarks & networking

Speakers

Arie Eernisse
Senior Foreign Attorney
Peter & Kim
Seoul

Arie Eernisse FCIArb is a Senior Foreign Attorney at Peter & Kim, based in Seoul, with over a decade of experience in international arbitration across Asia. He has acted as counsel in more than 50 commercial and investment arbitrations under HKIAC, ICC, KCAB, LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL, and other rules, spanning sectors such as construction, energy, insurance, and military procurement. Arie also serves as arbitrator and sits on panels or lists of leading institutions including DIAC, HKIAC, ICDR, JCAA, KCAB, SIAC, and THAC. He co-chairs AMCHAM Korea’s Legal Affairs Committee and is Events Director of ARIAS Asia.

Don Jeon
Partner
Kim & Chang

Don is partner at Kim & Chang, specializing in International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation. He has handled high-profile arbitration and cross-border disputes, particularly those concerning infrastructure, defense, pharmaceuticals, energy and complex processing plants. Mr. Jeon is also an active arbitrator and mediator and has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer and Litigation Star by legal publications.

Somin Katelyn Jun
Partner
Jipyong LLC
Seoul

Somin is a foreign attorney at JIPYONG’s Global Dispute Resolution team. She focuses her practice on cross-border litigation and international commercial arbitration, with a particular emphasis on disputes related to foreign investments, antitrust, and TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications). She also provides advisory services related to disputes.

After she received a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, she worked as an attorney at the City of Chicago and Chicago-based law firms to handle a wide variety of litigation. In particular, she represented businesses and health care providers in litigation. Based on her extensive litigation experience, she regularly advises clients on dispute resolution strategies and solutions.

Somin received B.A. in International Studies and Business Administration. She was an intern at the OECD Business and Industry Advisory Committee in Paris, France.

Mevelyn Ong
Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP
Hong Kong
Young ITA Vice-Chair, NYIAC Program Committee Member

Mevelyn Ong is a Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP. With more than a decade of experience in international arbitration, U.S. sanctions, and U.S. regulatory investigations, Mevelyn has lived and worked in New York, Hong Kong and Melbourne. Mevelyn has represented clients around the world from diverse industry sectors in international commercial and investor-state arbitrations and mediations. Mevelyn has additionally defended multinational companies and financial institutions against multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigations brought by U.S., U.K., and other governmental authorities, with respect to alleged violations of U.S. sanctions, money laundering, bribery, terrorism financing, and other U.S. government regulations. Having spent the majority of her legal career in the U.S., Mevelyn has especial experience advising on matters with a U.S. nexus. She also has particular experience managing international disputes and crises that implicate issues of political risk, transnational criminality, and international law. She sits on a number of international law committees, including with the International Bar Association and the New York City Bar. She holds an LLM from Columbia University (U.S.), Certificate in Global Arbitration Law and Practice from Queen Mary, University of London (U.K.) and BA/LLB (First Class Honours) from the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Eugenia Stavropoulou
International Disputes Attorney
London & Seoul
Young ITA Asia Co-Chair

Eugenia is a disputes attorney and Ph.D. candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she is a Judge Rosalyn Higgins Scholar. Her research explores harm and loss in international law, ISDS, and cross-border dispute resolution. She has practiced as both counsel and tribunal secretary in Greece, Switzerland, and South Korea, and is admitted to the Athens Bar Association. She holds first-class LL.M. degrees from the University of Athens and from the Geneva Graduate Institute/University of Geneva (MIDS Programme).

Lexi Takamatsu
Counsel
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Lexi is an international arbitration counsel at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto. She has extensive experience representing clients in international commercial and construction arbitrations, with a particular focus on cross-border disputes involving Japanese companies. She has acted as counsel in arbitrations under major institutional rules, including SIAC, ICC, JCAA, and VIAC. Lexi is an active member of the international arbitration community and serves on the Young SIAC (YSIAC) Council and the Steering Committee of IBA Arb 40. Fluent in both English and Japanese, she regularly advises clients on arbitration strategy and dispute resolution in Asia.

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