Sky (Sih Kyoung) Yang, senior partner, and Matthew Christensen, senior foreign attorney at Korean firm Bae, Kim & Lee, speak to Kanishk Verghese about the firm’s recent expansion in Asia and the Middle East

Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL) has established an office in Hong Kong as part of its ambitious growth strategy for the year which saw the firm launch a Dubai office in April, and announce plans to open in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the second half of 2015.

Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL) has opened an office in Dubai, becoming the first Korean firm to establish a presence in the Middle East.

Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL) has appointed Sung Jin Kim as its new managing partner. Kim succeeds Yong-Hyeon Kang, with his three-year term scheduled to commence from Jan. 1, 2015.

Korean firm Bae, Kim & Lee has recruited employment partners Wook Rae Lee and Young Hoon Park at its Seoul office.

Bae, Kim & Lee has strengthened its Seoul office with the addition of three partners, Taeck Soo Kwon, Joo Hyae Jun and Il Yeon Kim, all of whom are former judges.

Korean law firm Bae, Kim & Lee has hired Jong Baek Park, former managing partner of Apex LLC, as a partner in Seoul.

oubled Korean automaker Ssangyong appears closer to finalising what has been an arduous restructuring process after Indian conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra signed a deal to purchase a 70 % stake in the company for US$464m.