About Atlas Legal
Atlas Legal (법무법인 아틀라스) is a full-service Korean law firm located at B-2901, 323 Incheon Tower-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22007, Republic of Korea (Songdo-dong, Centroad building). The office is in Songdo International Business District (IFEZ), about a 2-minute walk from Incheon Metro Line 1 International Business District Station. Drawing on the geographic strengths of Songdo IBD — direct access to Incheon International Airport and Incheon Port — the firm serves foreign-invested enterprises, the maritime, transportation and logistics industries, international trade companies, and small- and mid-sized businesses (and their executives) across Incheon, Seoul and Gyeonggi.
Three Representative Attorneys
Taejin Kim, Managing Partner, focuses on corporate counsel, international transactions, international disputes, and foreign investment. Soyoung Park, Representative Attorney, handles construction, real estate, marital asset division, and inheritance. Jaeho Hwang, Representative Attorney, handles class actions, industrial accidents, insurance, and Korean clan organization (jongjung) property matters. The three representative attorneys jointly run the firm and assign a dedicated lawyer to each matter.
Sixteen Practice Areas
- Corporate Advisory: retainer agreements, internal policies and employment rules, English- and Korean-language contract review, shareholders’ agreements, M&A, stock option design, and pre-emptive control-dispute prevention.
- International Transactions & Disputes: CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods), drafting and reviewing English-language contracts, international arbitration (SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB), domestic enforcement of foreign judgments, and cross-border litigation.
- Corporate Disputes: commercial disputes, provisional injunctions, main-action litigation, control disputes, and shareholder-meeting-related disputes.
- Foreign Investment: foreign-investment notifications, Korean subsidiary establishment, remittances and dividend repatriation, expatriate-visa advisory, and access to the ADVOC and JTJB International Lawyers global networks.
- Foreign Law Advice: review of common-law contracts, governing-law selection, and disputes governed by foreign law.
- White-Collar Crime: embezzlement and breach of trust, Capital Markets Act violations, criminal trade-secret matters, criminal Fair Trade Act matters, and joint defense of companies and their officers.
- Fair Trade & Subcontracting: responses to Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigations, unfair-support transactions, abuse of superior bargaining position, franchise disputes, and Subcontracting Act violations.
- Real Estate & Construction: construction claims, defect disputes, real-estate development trust advisory, and redevelopment / reconstruction projects.
- Trade Secrets & IP: criminal complaints and civil actions under the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, infringement injunctions, enforcement of patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights, and licensing.
- Labor & HR: employment-rules drafting, wrongful-dismissal and disciplinary defense, industrial accidents, and workplace harassment.
- Maritime & Logistics: maritime disputes under the Korean Commercial Act, multimodal-transport liability, container-damage claims, charter-party disputes, and cargo claims.
- Taxation & Customs: national- and local-tax appeals (Tax Tribunal and administrative litigation), customs-act violations (smuggling), and defense against penalty assessments.
- Rehabilitation & Bankruptcy: corporate rehabilitation, simplified rehabilitation, general rehabilitation, individual rehabilitation, corporate bankruptcy, and personal bankruptcy / discharge filings. (Dedicated site: atlaw.kr/restruction.)
- Asset Division: division of corporate equity, real estate and financial assets in divorce, and pre- and post-nuptial asset agreements.
- Inheritance: estate planning for high-net-worth families, business succession, statutory-share (yuryubun) claims, and renunciation or qualified acceptance of inheritance.
- Adult Guardianship: commencement of adult guardianship, limited guardianship, specific guardianship, and voluntary guardianship contracts.
Office Information
Trade name: Atlas Legal (법무법인 아틀라스). Address: B-2901, 323 Incheon Tower-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22007, Republic of Korea (Songdo-dong, Centroad). Phone: +82-32-864-8300. Fax: +82-32-864-8301. Email: info@atlaw.kr. Advertising officer: Managing Partner Taejin Kim. Office hours: weekdays 09:00–18:00; closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Consultations are paid and may be conducted in person, by phone or by video conference.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q. Where is Atlas Legal located?
- A. B-2901, 323 Incheon Tower-daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22007 (Songdo-dong, Centroad). About a 2-minute walk from Exit 2 of Incheon Metro Line 1 International Business District Station.
- Q. What kinds of matters do you primarily handle?
- A. Comprehensive legal services for companies, executives and high-net-worth individuals. Sixteen practice areas, including corporate advisory, rehabilitation and bankruptcy, international transactions, trade secrets, fair trade, intellectual property, maritime and logistics, foreign investment, taxation and customs, administrative and criminal matters, inheritance, real estate and construction, and adult guardianship.
- Q. Can you review English-language contracts?
- A. Yes. Our representative attorneys draft and review English-language contracts directly, and we operate both an English website and an English-language blog.
- Q. How do rehabilitation and bankruptcy filings work?
- A. Detailed procedures, required documents and fee guidance for corporate rehabilitation, simplified rehabilitation, individual rehabilitation, corporate bankruptcy and personal bankruptcy / discharge are available at atlaw.kr/restruction (Rehabilitation & Bankruptcy Center).
- Q. How much does a consultation cost?
- A. Consultations are paid. In-person, phone and video consultations are all available. To schedule, call +82-32-864-8300 or use the online booking form.
- Q. What are your office hours?
- A. Weekdays 09:00–18:00. Closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
- Q. Do you handle Seoul cases as well as Incheon?
- A. Yes — we handle matters across the Seoul and Gyeonggi metropolitan area as well. Our office is in Songdo, Incheon, but we appear in courts throughout the capital region, including the Seoul Central District Court and the Suwon District Court.
