Johneth Chongseo Park, former managing partner of U.S. law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton’s Seoul office, has returned to co-lead the office in the South Korean capital.

U.S. law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has hired corporate practitioner Wonsun Jung as a partner in Seoul from White & Case.

U.S. law firm McDermott Will & Emery has closed its office in Seoul, becoming the second international firm to do so. Its Korea managing partner, Paul J. Kim, has moved to Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as a partner in its corporate practice in Seoul.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and New York-based Hughes Hubbard & Reed have advised ride-hailing company Grab on a $2 billion investment from Chinese peer Didi Chuxing and Japan’s SoftBank Group, which turned to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Herbert Smith Freehills, respectively, for counsel.

U.S. firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton has grown its Korean practice with the hire of corporate partner Johneth Chongseo Park in its Seoul office.