Hi-Taek Shin
Professor Hi-Taek Shin is a full-time arbitrator based in Seoul, Korea, specializing in international commercial and investment disputes. With a diverse background as a counsel, academic, public official and arbitrator, he brings extensive expertise to his role.
Before 2007, he was a partner at Kim & Chang, a leading Korean law firm, focusing on cross-border transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and shareholder agreements and resolution of disputes arising such transctions. He later joined Seoul National University School of Law, teaching international business transactions and investment dispute resolution. From 2016 to 2019, he served as Chairman of the Korea Trade Commission, the Republic of Korea’s trade remedy authority.
Professor Shin’s areas of expertise include international investment law, corporate transactions, joint ventures, licensing agreements, as well as disputes in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, and defense. He has been appointed as a sole, presiding, and co-arbitrator in international arbitrations under the rules of institutions including HKIAC, ICC, ICSID, KCAB INTERNATIONAL, LCIA, and SIAC. He also serves as a mediator for SIMC.
From 2018 to 2022, he served as Chairman of KCAB INTERNATIONAL, the international division of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board. He is currently a member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People’s Court of China.