Matthew Christensen

Senior Foreign Attorney at Kim & Chang (South Korea)

Speaker

Matthew Christensen is a senior foreign attorney in Kim & Chang’s international arbitration & cross-border litigation practice. Throughout his career, Matthew has acted for a broad range of clients in international arbitration cases under the rules of major arbitral institutions, including many substantial disputes arising from high-value and complex international construction projects. Matthew is recognized as one of the leading dispute resolution practitioners in Korea by Chambers Asia-Pacific and Legal 500 (among others), and is recommended by Who’s Who Legal in the areas of Arbitration, Construction and Mediation. For his contributions to international arbitration in Korea, Matthew received a special commendation from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2015. A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Matthew received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2002 and also holds an A.M. degree in East Asian Regional Studies from Harvard University (1995) and an Honors B.A. in English Literature from the University of Utah (1992).