Pepeliaev Group launches a service providing legal support for investors – a Korean Desk

On 1 June 2014, Pepeliaev Group launched a fully fledged service providing legal support for Korean investors in Russia - our Korean Desk. Pepeliaev Group’s lawyers along with Korean specialists will provide support at all stages of a business process, including selecting a region to invest in, minimising the tax burden, dealing with state authorities, foreign trade regulation, and a host of other matters.

The vibrant growth of business activity means that Korean business investing in Russia needs reputable expert advisers. The lawyers working on our Korean desk are experienced in Korean and Russian law as well as an appreciation of the needs of Korean business in Russia. They also have enormous practical experience on the Russian and international markets. All this will give Korean investors the opportunity to construct their work to the maximum effect, in line with national legislation.

Appointed as head of our Korean Desk is Cheong Noh-Chung. He is an experienced Korean lawyer who specialises in both Korean and Russian law, and was the first foreigner to be admitted to the Moscow City Bar in 2006. Having obtained a bachelor's degree of law in Seoul and built on this with an LLM in Moscow, Cheong  Noh-Chung has until recently been a partner in the leading Korean law firm 'SHIN & KIM'.

Since it has already been successfully advising Korean companies over a number of years, Pepeliaev Group has now opted to pursue the initiative of setting up a Korean Desk in Russia. Our new service will enable us to broaden the scope of our work together with our clients, while we will also be able to offer legal support to Russian companies doing business in Korea. 

PEPELIAEV GROUP is a leading Russian law firm offering the full range of legal services in all regions of Russia, most former Soviet countries, and abroad. Over 200 lawyers in five offices (Moscow, St Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) provide legal support to more than 1,500 companies from a range of industries across the economy. 60% of our clients are international corporations which are making strategic long-term investments within Russia.