Seoul, South Korea.
The U.S. firm will be only the second international firm to pull out from South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy.
July 12, 2019 at 08:06 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legal Week
McDermott Will & Emery will close its Seoul office, the firm confirmed, becoming the second global firm to withdraw from South Korea.
The Korean news site, Lawtimes.co.kr, was the first to report that the South Korean Ministry of Justice will cancel the U.S. firm’s license to operate a foreign legal consultant office in Seoul in the coming weeks. McDermott has removed its Seoul office from its website and confirmed to Law.com and The American Lawyer that the office will close.
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