Overview
Yeon Soo Kim primarily handles maritime and insurance cases as well as matters involving serious industrial accidents. Ms. Kim earned a B.A. degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Seoul National University and graduated from Yonsei University Law School before being admitted to the Korean Bar in 2022. She gained professional experience at Moon & Song Law Firm, where she handled matters involving carriage of goods disputes, vessel accidents, P&I insurance, seafarer injury cases, and compliance and investigation response under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. She joined Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2026.
Related Practices
Representative Experience
2026-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2022-2026
Moon & Song Law Firm
Representative Matters
Advised and represented clients in disputes and legal matters involving vessel collision incidents, cargo damage claims, seafarer illness and injury cases, and charterparty disputes
Advised and represented clients in civil litigation and limitation of liability proceedings arising from damage to aquaculture water intake pipes at a wind power plant construction site
Advised and represented clients in litigation concerning general average contribution disputes arising from a vessel propeller cutting accident
Represented a state-owned energy company in shipbuilding contract litigation concerning cargo tank defects in an LNG carrier
Successfully defended clients in investigations conducted by the Korean Cost Guard and the Ministry of Employment and Labor relating to multiple seafarer fatality incidents under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act
Advised a domestic container shipping company on compliance matters, including the establishment and implementation review of systems under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act
Education
2022
Yonsei University Law School (J.D.)
2018
Seoul National University (B.A.)
Qualifications
2022
Korea
