Jiwon is a senior associate of Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Corporate and Commercial Department based in Abu Dhabi and also a core member of the firm’s Korea Group.

He has over 10 years of extensive experience representing corporate, financial and government-affiliated clients in varied sectors including Energy, Infrastructure, Engineering &amp; Construction and Defense on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters.  He also has been placed on a number of in-house secondments with major firm clients in both project-specific and general commercial roles.

As a member of the firm’s Korea practice, Jiwon actively counsels Korean multinational companies and government entities conducting business in the Middle East.  Jiwon has previously served as a senior counsel for Korea Resources Corporation, which governs all of national overseas investment activities in natural resources, and also worked for a major Korean law firm in Seoul.   A native of Korea, Jiwon is currently acting as a special legal advisor to both Korean Consulate General and the Embassy in UAE and also serves on the Ministry of Justice SME Legal Advisory Board and writes a regular column in the K-Build Journal.|Jiwon is a senior associate of Al Tamimi &amp; Company’s Corporate and Commercial Department and leading the firm’s Korea Group.

He has over 12 years of extensive experience representing corporate, financial and government-affiliated clients in varied sectors including Energy, Infrastructure, Engineering &amp; Construction and Defense on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. He also has been placed on a number of in-house secondments with major firm clients in both project-specific and general commercial roles.

Jiwon actively counsels Korean multinational companies and government entities conducting business in the Middle East. Jiwon has previously served as a senior counsel for Korea Resources Corporation, which governs all of national overseas investment activities in natural resources, and also worked for a major Korean law firm in Seoul.   A native of Korea, Jiwon is currently acting as a special legal advisor to both Korean Consulate General and the Embassy in UAE and also serves on the Ministry of Justice SME Legal Advisory Board and writes a regular column in the K-Build Journal.