Dongsuk Shin is a Senior Foreign Attorney at Peter & Kim in Seoul and is a member of District of Columbia bar. Dongsuk has acted as counsel in international commercial/investment arbitrations under most arbitral institutions and rules, including the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, and SIAC.
Prior to joining Peter & Kim in Seoul, Dongsuk worked as a Foreign Registered Lawyer at the Hong Kong office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP and as a Junior Associate at the Geneva office of Peter & Kim, where he specialized in international arbitration. Dongsuk also worked as an in-house counsel at Kolon Industries, Inc. for about five years, where he performed a wide range of corporate advisory and compliance work and gained extensive experience in international disputes, including cross-border trade secret litigation and related criminal proceedings.
Dongsuk is native in Korean and also fluent in English.
- Senior Foreign Attorney, Peter & Kim (2025 – Present)
- Foreign Attorney, Peter & Kim (2023 – 2024)
- Registered Foreign Lawyer, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Hong Kong SAR (2021 – 2023)
- Junior Associate, Peter & Kim, Geneva, Switzerland (2019 – 2020)
- Internship Trainee, Morgan Sports Law, Lausanne, Switzerland (2019)
- Senior Associate Counsel, Kolon Industries, Inc. (2013 – 2018)
- Legal Intern, Paul Hastings LLP (2013)
- The Geneva LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (LL.M., 2020)
- Handong International Law School (M.A., 2012)
- Korea University (BPE, 2007)
- Acting for the Government of Korea in an UNCITRAL arbitration based on Korea-Iran BIT.
- Acting for a Korean construction company in an ICC arbitration concerning a subcontract dispute related to a construction project in Qatar.
- Acting for a Korean automotive parts manufacturer in a SIAC arbitration involving a dispute arising from a settlement agreement with a global automobile manufacturer.
- Acted for a Korean Taekwondo athlete in an appeal before the CAS challenging World Taekwondo’s decision regarding the allocation of a quota place for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Acted for a Korean medical aesthetic device manufacturer in an LCIA arbitration arising from a distributorship dispute
- Acted for a Korean steel conglomerate against a Kazakhstan state-owned company in an ICC arbitration.
- Acted in a London seated LCIA arbitration for a Korean construction conglomerate against a Kuwaiti company.
- Acted for a Swiss company in an investment treaty arbitration against the Republic of Korea administered by the PCA.
- Acted for one of the largest private equity firms in Asia against the founder of an acquired company in relation to breach of non-compete obligations in an arbitration administered by HKIAC.
- Acted for a Hong Kong hedge fund in 18 concurrent HKIAC arbitrations against a Korean investment company in relation to a winding-up petition in Jersey.
- Acted for a major private equity firm in a US$1+ billion ICC arbitration involving a post-M&A dispute, including a breach of warranty claim against a major retail chain.
- Acted in an ICC arbitration between a Central Asia mining conglomerate and a contractor, with more than US$ 500 million in dispute.
- Acted in an arbitration under UNCITRAL rules arising out of a dispute between a Canadian company and two mainland Chinese companies in relation to a gas project in China.
- Acted for a French professional football club, and one of its players in their appeal to the CAS against a decision by the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body.
- The District of Columbia Bar
- FIFA Football Agent