Byung-Chol (B.C.) YOON

Byung-Chol (B.C.) Yoon is a partner at Kim & Chang’s International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice.

Mr. Yoon has extensive experience in international arbitration and cross-border disputes. He has represented the firm’s clients in a broad range of fields such as mergers and acquisitions, overseas investments, construction and joint venture in more than 200 arbitration cases in various jurisdictions, under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, ICDR, SIAC, LMAA, JCAA and KCAB, as well as ad-hoc arbitration cases including UNCITRAL Arbitration Rule cases.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Yoon served as a judge at the Seoul District Court of Korea and taught as an adjunct professor at the Seoul National University College of Law. Mr. Yoon’s standing in the global arbitration community is reflected in the various positions he holds with leading global institutions; he is currently contributing as an Inaugural Court Member of the Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD) and as a Chair of ICC Korea Arbitration Committee. He has also previously served as a court member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and ICC International Court of Arbitration, and member of the SIAC Board. He currently serves on the arbitration panels of ICSID, SIAC, ICDR, HKIAC and KCAB. In addition to his international career, his arbitration expertise has been highly valued in Korea where he was the President of the Korean Council for International Arbitration (KOCIA), playing a key role in promoting international arbitration and revising the KCAB’s International Arbitration Rules. At the same time, he served as the Secretary General of the Seoul International Dispute Resolution Centre (Seoul IDRC).

Mr. Yoon has been consistently ranked in the top tier as a star individual or leading individual for international arbitration and litigation practices by various notable legal directories including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500, The International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration and Euromoney’s Expert Guides. He frequently speaks on international arbitration issues and also has contributed numerous articles in the same field.

Mr. Yoon received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1995, and an LL.M. from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Law in 1993. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1987, and received an LL.B. from the Seoul National University College of Law in 1985. He is admitted to the New York bar and Korean bar.