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Until recently, Korean law firms enjoyed an influx of work generated by the Asian financial crisis, and lawyers, a privileged status in a profession to which access has been granted to the few. Lauren Scott reports from Seoul

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Davis Polk & Wardwell have both had roles to play on an SEC-registered Schedule B offering by The Korea Development Bank.

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has negotiated through English, Korean, Philippine and French cross-border legal issues to close a deal for Korea Development Bank (KDB), which issued a US$131m refund guarantee for the Philippines subsidiary of a leading Korean shipbuilder.

Governments in the region are investing in infrastructure projects to stimulate activity, yet just how much of this stimulus is now translating into business for law firms?

From rising sun to morning calm: Islamic finance in North Asia

ALB reports from Seoul on a legal services market that has recovered