Korean Big Six Firm Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL) has hired Young Joo Song as an of counsel in Seoul from healthcare company Johnson & Johnson Korea, where she was the head of policy and government affairs.
Song, who had worked with Johnson & Johnson since 2009, is an expert on healthcare policy, pharmaceuticals, medical device and OTC both in the public and private sectors.
South Korean Big Six firm Shin & Kim has bolstered its international arbitration bench with the addition of Brandon (Hyung-Sik) Bang, who previously co-headed the practice at Bae, Kim & Lee.
Korean law firm Yoon & Yang has hired three senior foreign attorneys: U.S.-qualified M&A expert Jason W. Lee joins from Kim & Chang, corporate specialist Sung Jin Ro joins from an in-house role at Versum Materials, and China-qualified technology practitioner Song Feng Hong joins from Bae Kim & Lee.
Cyber-attacks have been vexing law firms over the past few years: According to the 2019 ABA Cybersecurity Tech Report, 26 percent of law firms experienced a form of data breach, while the UK’s SRA believes about 75 percent of firms have been hit. But the threat to law firms extends beyond that, with incidents like power outages, equipment failures, terrorist attacks and natural disasters threatening infrastructure and sensitive data. Leaders say a comprehensive disaster recovery plan requires both hardware competency and a sharp level of alertness.