Automobile & Mobility

“The BKL team has an outstanding network, knowledge and expertise in the area"

- The Asia Pacific Legal 500

Overview

BKL’s Automobile & Mobility group, with its team of professionals who have extensive experience in the automotive industry and have worked in close collaboration with relevant authorities, organizations and experts, offers comprehensive legal services tailored to individual clients, ranging from dealing with regulatory authorities to dispute resolution.

Our practice specializes in not only traditional business models of internal combustion engine automobiles and license-oriented transportation service industries, but also new business models using cutting edge technology in the smart mobility industry. Such technology include electronic vehicles, autonomous vehicles, unmanned vehicles and so on. The Automobile & Mobility group provides in-depth legal analysis and insight into Korea’s automobile and smart mobility space, the latest material developments in regulation and policy of this rapidly evolving area, and this is coupled with the Firm’s first-rank expertise in every adjacent practice area, including corporate, fair competition, environmental, data security and government relations, along with a top litigation practice.

As counsel to a vast spectrum of automobile and related businesses, both Korean and overseas, we aim to support and guide industry stakeholders in order to bring about sensible and balanced changes in government regulation as it affects these new and evolving industries.

Key Services

Responding to Regulatory Measures
Vehicle safety and environmental certification work
Responding to regulatory impositions such as corrective measures for defects in automobile manufacturing
Dealing with Disputes
Administrative litigation relating to vehicle safety, environmental certification and other regulations
Civil, criminal, and administrative litigation relating to automobile defects
Lemon law Arbitration in Vehicle Defect Safety Review Committee
Electric Vehicles, Driverless Vehicles, Smart Mobility
Advising re regulations on core parts such as batteries, hydrogen fuel cells
Assisting in legislative processes regarding electric vehicles, driverless vehicles and smart mobility
Advising foreign companies in domestic market entry

Representative Cases

Advised on corrective measures regarding manufacturing defects of an imported commercial vehicle manufacturer
Advised on overall laws and regulations relating to business in Korea by global mobility companies
Advised on regulations related to market entry in Korea, including homologation and location information business (LIB) license, for a global electric vehicle company
Responding to Regulatory Measures
Advised on corrective measures regarding manufacturing defects of an imported commercial vehicle manufacturer
Advised on the penalty criteria and possible mitigation measures under the Act on Resource Circulation of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Vehicles regarding the distribution of products containing hazardous substances in excess of allowed standards
Advised on the introduction of international standard test methods for diesel vehicle indoor certification
Assisted in responding to cancellation of manufacturer certification for an imported automobile manufacturer
Electric Vehicles, Driverless Vehicles, Smart Mobility
Advised on overall laws and regulations relating to business in Korea by global mobility companies
Completed a project that supported preparation of subordinate laws of the revised Passenger Transport Service Act
Advised on laws and regulations on level 3 autonomous vehicles in relation to market entry in Korea by overseas companies
Advised on regulations related to market entry in Korea, including homologation and location information business (LIB) license, for a global electric vehicle company
Advised on amendments to the Act on Promotion of Development and Distribution of Environment-Friendly Motor Vehicles
Advised on foreign legal systems re electric vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous vehicles, robots, etc., and legal systems in leading countries re charging infrastructure and support policies
Led Lemon law arbitration for a global automobile manufacturer