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Ashurst launches South Korean legal joint venture
By REUTERS / 01 DECEMBER 2022
London-headquartered law firm Ashurst on Tuesday said it is launching a first-of-its-kind legal joint venture in South Korea, a market that has been historically closed off to foreign law firms.
Ashurst Korea JV, a combination of mid-sized Korean law firm HwaHyun and Ashurst, will be the first global law firm permitted to practice Korean law and hire local attorneys in the country since the legal market opened in 2011, Ashurst said in a statement.
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