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Korea asks Lone Star to reimburse legal costs after winning annulment in investor dispute
The Korea Times | 25-Nov-2025
The justice ministry has sent a letter to Lone Star requesting the private equity fund to reimburse legal costs incurred during an investor-state dispute settlement over the 2012 sale of a local bank.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Lone Star rejects ICSID annulment, eyes new arbitration
The Korea Times | 21-Nov-2025
Lone Star said it does not accept this week’s annulment ruling by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, signaling that it could pursue a new round of arbitration against the Korean government.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
S. Korea wins annulment in investor dispute over Lone Star’s sale of local bank
Yonhap | 19-Nov-2025
An international arbitration body for investor–state dispute settlement has ruled in favor of South Korea in its challenge to the award for private equity fund Lone Star over its 2012 sale of a local bank.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Affaire Lone Star : la Corée du Sud finit par remporter le procès
Yonhap | 19-Nov-2025
Le Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements a statué en faveur de la Corée du Sud qui a contesté une décision en faveur de la société de capital-investissement américaine Lone Star concernant la vente d’une banque locale en 2012.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Korean court prepares to enforce ICSID award, Lone Star faces 316 billion won damages
Chosun Biz | 13-Nov-2025
Korean court set to implement ICSID compensation order, lone star may owe roughly 316.5 billion won plus interest.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
S. Korea pays compensation to US hedge fund Mason
Yonhap | 30-Jul-2025
South Korea’s government has paid US$54 million to US hedge fund Mason Capital following an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) ruling.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
South Korea wins UK appeal over arbitration ruling in Samsung merger case
Reuters | 18-Jul-2025
South Korea won its latest appeal in its dispute with US hedge fund Elliott over the 2015 merger of two affiliates of Samsung, shortly after the electronics group’s Chairman Jay Y. Lee was cleared by South Korea’s top court.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
S. Korea not to appeal court ruling on compensation to US fund Mason
Yonhap | 18-Apr-2025
South Korea has decided not to appeal a Singaporean court’s rejection of its lawsuit seeking to annul an investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
S. Korea loses suit against int’l court ruling on compensation to Mason Capital over Samsung merger
Yonhap | 24-Mar-2025
South Korea has lost a lawsuit seeking to annul an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) ruling that ordered it to pay compensation to US hedge fund Mason Capital over losses from Samsung’s controversial 2015 merger of two units.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Korean government, Lone Star face off in oral hearings over $216.5M arbitration ruling
Chosun Biz | 17-Mar-2025
Korean government and Lone Star to present final arguments in landmark arbitration case over compensation disputes.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US