John Rhie is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, based in its London office. He is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group, where his practice focuses on arbitration, general commercial litigation and ADR. John is also a member of the Korea practice group.
John spent six months on secondment in Hong Kong and he has also spent time at leading law offices in New York and South Korea.
John is a member of the Korean Council of International Arbitration and the LCIA Young International Arbitration Group. John is qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate and has obtained a post graduate diploma in International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Treaty disputes from the London University’s School of International Arbitration.
Representative Experience
- Acted for a leading American construction company in a LCIA arbitration subject to English law.
- Acted for a Swiss manufacturing company against an Iranian entity in an ICC arbitration subject to Swiss law
- Acted for an international financial institution in a UNCITRAL arbitration subject to both Czech and English law relating to a shareholders agreement dispute
- Acted for an energy company in an Energy Charter Treaty arbitration against an Eastern European government in a £300 million dispute
- Acted for an international sports management company in a HKIAC arbitration for breach of contract
- Acted for BP in mediation and litigation relating to a multi-million pound insurance dispute against several leading insurers
- Acted for Virgin Mobile in proceedings against T-Mobile arising from a declaration of no fault termination of the joint venture
Education
- College of Law, London, 2000
- St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, 1998
Languages Spoken
- English
- Korean
