Kap – You (Kevin) Kim

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Email:       kevin.kim@bkl.co.kr

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Kap – You (Kevin) Kim is a senior partner of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and head of the International Arbitration & Litigation Practice Group.

Kevin is a Vice President of the ICC Court and Governing Board Member and Co-Chair of Audit Committee of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). He also serves in a number of other prominent positions, including as, a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of ICSID, and an Editorial Board Member of the Global Arbitration Review. He also served as Secretary General of the ICCA from 2010 to 2014, a Court Member at the LCIA Court from 2007 to 2012 and Vice Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee from 2008 to 2010.

Domestically, He is a Chair of the KCAB International Committee, President of the ICC Korea Arbitration Committee and Vice president of the Korea Arbitrators Association. He also served as inaugural Secretary General of the Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center (Seoul IDRC) from 2012 to 2014, President of the Korean Council for International Arbitration (KOCIA) from 2012 to 2014.

He has acted as counsel, presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator or sole arbitrator in more than 300 cases of international arbitrations under various rules including ICC, LCIA, AAA (ICDR), SIAC, HKIAC, LMAA, JCAA, UNCITRAL and KCAB for 30 years. He served as lead counsel in a case that was awarded “Arbitration Win of the Year 2010” by the Global Arbitration Review. Presently, he is involved in several investment arbitrations, including representing Korea in an ICSID arbitration brought by Lone Star Funds, the first investment arbitration brought against Korea and the first Korean investor to bring an arbitration against a foreign government

Kevin holds degrees from the Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B., LL.M.) and Harvard Law School (LL.M.).  He is licensed to practice in Korea and New York, and speaks Korean (native), English (fluent), and Japanese (conversational).