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Dr Yunsoo Shin is a partner at Peter & Kim and a highly experienced specialist in international commercial disputes. She has been elected as a member of the ICC Court for the 2024–2027 term and has also joined the esteemed Task Force for the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. Dr Shin is a Specialist Mediator at the Singapore International Mediation Centre, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, and one of the youngest Korean arbitrators active in the ICC International Court of Arbitration. She has acted as an international arbitrator at SIAC, HKIAC, ACICA, and KCAB, and as counsel in various international arbitration cases conducted under the rules of the ICC, SIAC, LCIA, HKIAC, and KCAB. Her expertise spans both the common law and civil law traditions, covering a broad range of business transactions and commercial disputes. These include M&As, general contract law, share purchase and asset purchase agreements, distribution agreements, construction, automobile manufacturing, OEM contracts, and license agreements, among other areas. Notably, she is one of the most experienced young lawyers in Korea, having handled numerous multi-billion-dollar post-M&A disputes involving Korean chaebols. The Global Arbitration Review and Lexology Index (formerly known as Who’s Who Legal) describe Dr Shin as a “top-notch advocate that will be one to watch in the coming years at the top of the Korean market” who possesses a “deep understanding of cross-border transactions, which makes her expertise sought after in complex post-M&A disputes.” She received the “Lawyer of the Year” award in the best Korean arbitration practitioner category in 2024 by the Legal Times, “Woman Lawyer of the Year” award in Korea by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) in 2023, and has been nominated a “Leading Lawyer” in the field of international arbitration in Korea by the Legal Times since 2021. Dr Shin is dual licensed in the New York Bar and the Korean Bar, with in-depth knowledge and expertise in M&A disputes, finance, and corporate valuation. She is a graduate of Seoul National University (B.S., LL.B.), the Wharton School (MBA, in finance and business analytics), and Harvard Law School, where she earned her doctoral degree (SJD, in corporate governance and finance). Prior to joining Peter & Kim, Dr Shin practiced law at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC for 10 years and served as a fellow at Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance. She has published journal articles on international commercial disputes, corporate governance, and shareholder disputes in Delaware and Korea.