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Mino Han

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Mino Han has acted as counsel in various international arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the ICC, SIAC, KCAB or JCAA. Mino specializes in construction and engineering disputes. The relevant projects underlying the disputes were each based in the Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Africa or Latin America and concerned the design and construction of combined cycle power plants, solar power production facilities, refineries, high-rise buildings, convention centres and infrastructure facilities. 

Mino has also vast experience in representing contractors in Korean court or KCAB domestic arbitration proceedings. He also regularly advises clients on issuing or defending claims arising out of standard form contracts including the FIDIC Suite of Contracts.

Mino majored in law at Seoul National University (LL.B., 2006), after which he passed the Korean Bar Exam in 2006 and qualified as Korean lawyer in 2009. He also received a Master of Laws degree in international arbitration law from Seoul National University in 2012 and a Master of Science degree for Construction Law and Dispute Resolution at King’s College London in 2018. Mino’s MSc dissertation entitled “The meaning and scope of ‘consequential loss’ exclusion clauses - A comparative law analysis between English law and Korean law” was awarded with a distinction grade. In July 2019, Mino was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales. 

Mino has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as National Leader (Korea) in Arbitration and he serves as member of the KCAB Next Steering Committee. Mino is also the ICC YAF Regional Representative for Korea (2021-2023 term).

Mino is native in Korean and German and is also fluent in English.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2009

Experience

  • Korean Navy (2009 - 2012)
  • Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2012 - 2019)
  • Atkin Chambers (2018 - 2018)
  • CMS UK (2018 - 2019)
  • CMS Germany (2019 - 2019)
  • Korea University (2020 - Present)

Membership

  • Korean and Seoul Bar Associations
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
  • Representative, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Korea Chapter
  • Member, Society of Construction Law
  • Panel of International Arbitrators, KCAB International
  • DIS (German Arbitration Institute) Council Member (2022-2024 term)
  • Regional Representative, ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (2021-2025 term)
  • KCAB Next, Steering Committee Member (2022-2024 term)

Qualifications

  • Republic of Korea (2009)
  • England & Wales (2019)

Education

  • Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B.) (2006)
  • Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea (2009)
  • Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.) (2012)
  • King’s College London (M.Sc. for Construction Law and Dispute Resolution) (2018)

1 Contributions by Mino Han

Challenging Arbitral Jurisdiction in Korea: Court and Tribunal Powers, Set-Aside and Enforcement, and the Availability of Anti-Arbitration and Anti-Suit Injunctions
PRACTICE NOTES
Challenging Arbitral Jurisdiction in Korea: Court and Tribunal Powers, Set-Aside and Enforcement, and the Availability of Anti-Arbitration and Anti-Suit Injunctions
Introduction Korea has developed into an emerging arbitration hub in Northeast Asia over the past two decades, enjoying a well-earned status as an arbitration-friendly venue. The Korean Arbitration Act (KAA) provides the statutory backbone for arbitration in Korea. First enacted in 1966, it was comprehensively revised in 1999 to align with the UNCITRAL Model Law 1985, later adjusted in part to reflect the updates introduced by the UNCITRAL Model Law 2006, and amended again in 2020 to incorporate revisions arising from the Arbitration Industry Promotion Act. As one of the earliest Asian adopters of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Korea has built a dependable legal regime for arbitral proceedings, making it a reliable place for arbitration in Korea. Korean courts are widely viewed as supportive of arbitration, upholding arbitration agreements between the parties and exercising restraint in interfering with the conduct of tribunals. In addition, the bases for setting aside an award, or declining to enforce one, are interpreted very narrowly. Accordingly, in this regard, Korean courts have only in a very limited number of matters declined to recognise and enforce foreign arbitral awards...
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