Barun Law LLC provides professional legal service to companies and individuals seeking to invest in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Vietnam, etc.) from Korea, and it also holds a proven track record of having successfully represented many Korean companies in various litigation and arbitration cases filed the region.  Barun Law provides high quality legal service on Korean law to companies that are headquartered in Southeast Asia and do business in Korea by way of establishing subsidiaries, etc. in Korea.  All in all, Barun Law provides services to overseas clients as a reliable legal partner in beginning and pursuing business in Korea.

Recently, the number of Korean companies and individuals directly investing in overseas countries is on a rise and Korea is gaining more popularity as an investment destination, thanks to the Korean wave and other cultural trends.  Seeking to meet the needs of clients seeking to do business in Southeast Asia or in Korea, Barun Law launched the Southeast Asia team, headed by U.S. Attorney Hijoung Oh, in order to provide fast and professional legal service to clients seeking to do business in Korea or Southeast Asia.

In particular, Barun Law provides a variety of legal services concerning Korean and overseas laws concerning doing business overseas or relocating the head office outside of Korea for startup companies that face many difficulties within Korea due to various regulations.

Furthermore, Barun Law established a representative office in Singapore, the business hub of Southeast Asia, in September 2020, seeking to provide legal services and direct advice in a more efficient manner.

The firm has been dispatching lawyers to local law firms in Singapore since 2016 and operated the Korea Desk in cooperation with a local law firm. Based on these efforts, Barun Law was able to establish its local Singapore office, after thorough preparations, and it is ready to provide all-encompassing, comprehensive services sought by clients in Southeast Asia, such as providing information on local market and business trends and opportunities to form new networks in the area.

As such, Barun Law has maintained close cooperative relationship with local law firms and other advisors in Singapore as well as in Vietnam and Thailand, all of which are essential areas in Southeast Asia.  Barun Law’s legal service concerning Korea and Southeast Asia provided by way of close cooperation between Barun Law and local lawyers in Southeast Asia, all of whom are familiar with both regions, is well known for its accuracy and affordability of cost compared to services provided by other firms.  Accordingly, Barun Law would turn out to be the best choice when seeking to invest or do business in Southeast Asia.

- Advising Korean companies on foreign direct investment and doing business in Southeast Asia
- Advising Korean companies on establishing and operating overseas branch offices or subsidiaries
- Advising on partnership agreements between Korean companies and foreign companies
- Providing legal assessment of overseas investment destination and advising on partnerships
- Advising on M&As between Korean companies and foreign companies
- Advising on issuance of cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings (ICO), and general advice on operation of a company
- Advising a Korean company on relocating its head office to the Southeast Asia region
- Advising startup companies on doing business overseas
- Providing legal advice to individual clients on establishing a legal entity, investing and managing assets in a foreign country
- Advising on estate planning, inheritance, taxes in Southeast Asia
- Representing in lawsuits, arbitration cases in Korea and Southeast Asia
- Advising overseas companies on investing in Korea
- Advising overseas companies on operating subsidiaries in Korea