Contents 1. What Counts as Smuggling Under South Korea’s Customs Act? 2. Will I Have to Pay Customs Duties, VAT, and Surcharges? 3. How Does Forfeiture Work in South Korea Customs Cases? 4. What Happens When There Are Multiple Defendants? 5. Can Buyers of Smuggled Goods Be Prosecuted in South Korea? 6. When Is a…
Table of Contents 1. Is There Really an English-Speaking Lawyer in Incheon, South Korea? 2. What Legal Services Does Atlas Legal Provide in English? 3. Who Is the Attorney Behind Atlas Legal? 4. Where Is Atlas Legal Located, and How Do You Get There? 5. How Can You Start a Consultation with Atlas Legal? 6….
Table of Contents 1. What Is the Incheon Free Economic Zone — and Why Legal Services Here Matter 2. What Legal Problems Do Expats in the IFEZ Most Commonly Face? 3. What Legal Problems Do Foreign Companies in the IFEZ Most Commonly Face? 4. How Does Atlas Legal Serve the IFEZ Expat and Foreign Business…
Table of Contents 1. Situation 1: You Have Been Arrested or Summoned in South Korea 2. Situation 2: You or Your Company Has Been Sued in South Korea 3. Situation 3: A Korean Company Has Wronged You — and You Want to Sue 4. Situation 4: You Are Doing Business in South Korea and Need…
Table of Contents 1. What Is Atlas Legal? 2. Who Is Taejin Kim — Managing Partner? 3. What Are Atlas Legal’s Three Practice Areas? 4. Who Does Atlas Legal Serve? 5. Why Is Atlas Legal Based in Incheon, Not Seoul? 6. How Can You Work with Atlas Legal? 7. FAQ Most foreign nationals who need…
Table of Contents 1. Scope of Application: Place of Business vs. Merchant Status 2. Incorporation of Trade Usage: Usage vs. Commercial Custom Law 3. Contract Formation: Offer, Acceptance, and Duty to Respond 4. Preservation of Goods: General Duty vs. Specific Statutory Provisions 5. Buyer’s Duty to Inspect and Notify Defects 6. Avoidance of Contract: Notice…
Table of Contents 1. What Is Provisional Attachment Cancellation Based on Changed Circumstances in South Korea? 2. What Are the Liability Limits of a Third-Party Security Depositor in South Korea? 3. How Does South Korean Law Define a Creditor’s Rights Over Enforcement-Stay Security? 4. Why Did the South Korean Court Cancel the Provisional Attachment in…
Table of Contents 1. What Was This Case About? 2. What Is the CISG and When Does It Apply in South Korea? — Does a “Governed by Korean Law” Clause Exclude the CISG? 3. If the CISG Applies, Does It Also Govern the Statute of Limitations? 4. Does Silence on Governing Law Mean Korean Law…
Table of Contents 1. Can a Corporate Officer in South Korea Also Be an Employee? — The Legal Standard 2. What Facts Do South Korean Courts Examine to Distinguish Executives from Employees? 3. Why Are Foreign Company Branch Managers in South Korea Particularly Likely to Be Classified as Executives? 4. Are Non-Registered Executives Also Outside…
Table of Contents 1. Is Reducing a Subcontract Price Permitted in South Korea? 2. What Types of Reductions Are Categorically Prohibited Under Article 11(2)? 3. How Do South Korean Courts Assess Voluntary Consent? 4. When Is a Raw-Material-Based Price Reduction Legitimate in South Korea? 5. How Have South Korean Courts Treated Exchange-Rate-Based Reductions? 6. What…
