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The Mediators' Green Pledge outlines measures for mediators to reduce their climate impact. View it here.Current Position and Background
D.K. Kim is Korea’s first and only IMI Certified Mediator and Mediation Advocate, with 23+ years of cross-sector legal experience. He passed the California Bar Exam (pending swearing-in), expanding his global legal capacity.
- International Mediator & Mediation Advocate (WIPO, SIMC, SCCA, QICCA, KCAB INTERNATIONAL)
- Member, International Committee, Korean Bar Association (2024–Present)
- Instructor, Mediation & Negotiation Strategy, KCAB INTERNATIONAL ADR Program (2023–Present)
- Instructor, 1st Mediation Expert Academy, KCAB (2025~)
- Panel Judge, IMI Mediator Training Program of YCM (2025~)
Formerly Head of Legal & Governance at Macquarie Korea Asset Management, where he led legal strategy for infrastructure M&A, fund governance, and regulatory risk.
Experience
- Mediated PPP infrastructure dispute involving provincial government and private concessionaire
- Resolved listed-company shareholder governance conflict with multiple parties
- Advised Korean LP in dispute with UK fund manager over asset exit and fund dissolution
- Represented Korean development bank in French maritime conciliation proceedings
Mediation Style
D.K. Kim practices an understanding-based, omni-partial mediation style that adapts to commercial, emotional, and cultural contexts.
“True resolution aligns interests, not just positions.”
Main Practice Areas
- Joint Venture & Shareholder Disputes
- Infrastructure & PPP Conflicts
- Investor–State Disputes (ISDS)
- Private Equity & M&A Disputes
- Project Finance & Regulatory Conflicts
- Cross-Border Commercial Mediation
Mediation
— Hourly Rate: USD400
— Full Day (up to 8 hours): USD2,400
Mediation advocacy
— Hourly rate: USD500
— Full Day (up to 8 hours): USD3,000
The fee rate will be determined depending on the complexity and size of the case based on the discussion and negotiation with the parties.
Travel time is invoiced at 20% of the hourly rate for distances up to 2 hours, 40% of the hourly rate for distances above 2 hours.
Special rates are negotiable to start-ups, individuals, and NGOs. Volume discounts may also apply.
- Advisory Board Member of InnovADR
- Member of: the International Affairs Division & Legislation Committee Member of Korean Bar Association, ALAI Korea, Korea Intellectual Property Society, Korean Society of Mediation Studies (KSMS), Korean Association of Negotiation Studies (KANS), Korean Securities Law Association, Insolvency Law Institute of Korea, Korea International Trade Law Association
1. Kyung Soon Song: ksong419@gmail.com
Head of Corporate Restructuring Plan Review Committee under MOTIE (Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy), Korea Expert Consulting Group;
former World Bank manager, and a visiting professor at the Graduate School for international studies at Seoul National University.
2. Kevin Kim: kevinkim@peterandkim.com
Senior Managing Partner of Peter & Kim, President, president of KCAB International Arbitration Committee, Advisory Governing Board Member of International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Adjunct Professor of Seoul National University Law School, Editorial Board Member of Global Arbitration Review;
former Vice President of ICC International Court of Arbitration, Secretary General of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), Council Member of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee International Bar Association (IBA), Court member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
3. Namsun Kim: ns.kim@navercorp.com
CFO of Naver Corp.;
former managing director of Macquarie Korea Asset Management, Board member of LG CNS, ADT Caps, Executive Director of Morgan Stanley, Associate of Lazard, Associate Attorney of Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Mediation Education and Training
- Toolkit Company, IMI-certified mediator program (55 hours)
- SIMC Specialist Mediator Workshop
- AIAC Mediation Skills Workshop
- KIMC International Commercial Mediation Course
🔹 Teaching and Mentoring
- KCAB, 1st Mediation Expert Academy (2025~)
- IMI Mediator Training Program of YCM (2025~)
- KIPO – Role of Attorneys and ADR Professionals for Patent Disputes (2025~)
- Collective Counsel Interactive Session on Mediation (2025)
- KCAB INTERNATIONAL – Mediation & Negotiation Strategy (2023–Present)
- Presiding Arbitrator – IIBFAC 2022
- Startup Investment Strategy – Artist Startups, 2022
- Lecturer – Civil Procedure, Yonsei University, 2011
- Instructor – Project Finance, FSS Korea, 2010
- Instructor – Carbon Financing, Korea Financial Investment Association, 2010
- Lecturer & Mentor – Yulchon Academy, 2008–2009
🔹 Conference Presentations
- China-Japan-Korea Forum on International Commercial Mediation, 2022 – Case Studies
- Seoul ADR Festival 2022 – JV Disputes: Causes and Remedies
- LAWASIA Human Rights Conference 2022 – Economic Sanctions
- ALAI Korea Seminar 2022 – Business Model Patent Infringement & AI
- Present and Future of Legal Financing 2022
🔹 Publications
- "The Transformation of Global Private Mediation Markets: Empirical Analysis of Asia-Pacific Growth and Digital Innovation" - Contemporary Asia Arbitration Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2025
- "A Study on the Improvement of Korean Lawyer Ethics Regulations" - Human Rights and Justice), 2025
- “Interpretation of the Earn-Out Clause in M&A Contracts” – Advanced Commercial Law Review, 2024
- “Investor–State Disputes and International Mediation” – International Trade Law, 2023
- “Local Government Debt Moratorium and Public Interest Regulation Reform” – Advanced Commercial Law Review, 2023
- “Singapore Convention and Commercial Mediation Effectiveness” – The Justice , 2022
- “Efficiency of ICSID Awards” – International Trade Law, 2012
- “Ship Financing and Insolvency of Korean Carriers” – Advanced Commercial Law Review, 2011
- “Legal Nature of Private Equity Interests” – The Korean Journal of Securities Law, 2011
- “Cap Market Limits in Emissions Trading” – The Korean Journal of Securities Law, 2010
- “Guarantees among Affiliates” – Business Finance Law (BFL), 2009
- “Project Finance Security Structures” – Commercial Law Review, 2005
IMI Code of Professional Conduct
Korean Bar Association, Ethics Rules of attorney at law
IMI Code of Professional Conduct Assessment Process
Korean Bar Association, Ethics Committee