Ki Tai Park Partner, Attorney at Law, Patent Attorney Patent & Trademark Litigation

Barun IP & Law

Qualification & work experience

Mr. Ki Tai Park is a graduate of Seoul National University from the College of Law. Several years after receiving his bachelor of law degree from the school in 1980 and passing the national bar exam, Mr. Park entered the Judicial Research and Training School of Korea in 1984. He also studied in America's Columbia University School of Law and received his master of law degree from there in 1995. He also enrolled in the study of advanced management program in 2006 offered by Korea University. Mr. Park passed the high-ranking civil servants exam in 1980; he practiced law as a judge advocate at the Army of the Republic of Korea from 1985 to 1987. Mr. Park served as an associate lawyer for the firm of Kim, Shin & Yu from 1988 to 1996. Then in 1996, he worked as a foreign counsel at the firm of Darby & Darby in New York, New York. In the same year, upon finishing his service for the firm in New York, he had returned to Korea and had begun to work as a partner lawyer for the firm of Kim, Shin & Yu for two years between 2004 and 2005. In year 2001, Mr. Park was named the professor in corporate law at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Korea and had worked there until 2006. Also in 2001, he was appointed as professor of Inha University in the field of venture business law. From 2003 through 2005, he served as an outside director for the Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. In 1999, he served as an advisor to the Ministry of Justice for Korea. Since 2003, he has been serving as an advisor for the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

The followings are Mr. Park's publications and legal cases as a barrister.

"Investment in Korea-Guide to Korean Laws and Regulations" (co-author. 1999)
"Commercial Building Lease Protection Act" (co-author. 2002)

Seoul International Finance Center Project Between AIG Group and Seoul Metropolitan Government
Commerz Bank's acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank
Sale of foreign mutual funds (American Express Funds, International Opportunity Funds,
and M&G Funds)
Alpha Investment Partners' real estate purchases through REITs
Wal-Mart's acquisition of Makro Korea in entering the Korean market
Incheon South Port's construction and financing project by PSA and Samsung Corporation

Domestic Activity

Since 2006, Mr. Park has served as a member of the Policy Advisory Committee for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr. Park is a member of both the Seoul Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. He is fluent in Korean, English and Japanese.