Daeryun-SJKP Join Hands with a U.S. Law Firm to Take On Coupang Together..."Winning with Our Own Discovery"

Collaborating with "Napoli Shkolnik," rich in U.S. class action experience
"We will secure the rights of Korean and U.S. victims"

SJKP, the business-cooperation law firm of Daeryun LLC, announced on the 9th that in the large-scale personal information leak class action against Coupang filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, it will join hands with "Napoli Shkolnik," a major U.S. law firm specializing in class actions, to take on the case together.

Earlier, SJKP filed a lawsuit against Coupang, listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and Coupang Chairman Kim Bom, to provide relief for the large-scale personal information leak damage suffered by Coupang users in both Korea and the U.S. In response, the Coupang side retained Kirkland & Ellis, one of the world's top-tier mega law firms, signaling a fierce defensive battle.

In response, SJKP decided to establish a strong joint response system with Napoli Shkolnik to secure the decisive evidence that will determine the outcome of the trial and to maximize the possibility of an ultimate victory. Napoli Shkolnik is a major law firm with overwhelming in-house discovery capabilities and abundant experience in the fields of U.S. federal class actions and data and privacy infringement litigation, so it is expected to create great synergy in matters such as proving damages.

Taking this joint response as a starting point, the two firms will move as one team to seamlessly support victims in both Korea and the U.S. First, SJKP, together with Korea's Daeryun LLC, will take exclusive charge of the front line of domestic legal support, including representation of domestic victims, communication, lawsuit intake, and coordination of the case between Korea and the U.S. In addition, Napoli Shkolnik will conduct the local U.S. litigation, spearheading the overall conduct of the lawsuit, including the discovery procedure, and forming a united cooperation.

The dedicated legal team that will lead the case is also composed of experts specialized in this class action. On the SJKP side, joining are Attorney James Manny, a New York (U.S.) attorney who has successfully led complex litigation for multinational corporations in federal and state courts for over 20 years; foreign attorney Richard Won (U.S.), who has demonstrated outstanding capabilities in large-scale cross-border corporate disputes and international arbitration while moving between Korea and the U.S.; and foreign attorney Son Dong-hu (U.S.), who has handled corporate and securities law at numerous law firms in New York and provided various solutions.

On the Napoli Shkolnik side, representative attorney Hunter Shkolnik, who has overseen discovery and trial teams in various large-scale class actions in the U.S., will form a dedicated attorney team and take the lead, and Attorney Jung Jun-ho, who has led the protection of the legal rights and interests of the Korean community based on his experience as chief legal officer (CLO) of a Nasdaq-listed company and in large-scale tort litigation, will participate to maximize synergy.

To date, about 7,800 people are participating in this U.S. lawsuit, and going forward, one can additionally join the lawsuit through the websites of Daeryun LLC and SJKP.

SJKP foreign attorney Son Dong-hu said, "If damage from personal information infringement occurs across borders, the legal response to it also needs to be carried out systematically through cross-national collaboration," adding, "Through the joint response system with Napoli Shkolnik, SJKP will do its utmost to the end so that the voices of victims in both Korea and the U.S. are faithfully reflected in the U.S. federal litigation procedure and they can recover their rightful rights."

Reporter Kim Jin-ryong (kim.jinryong@mk.co.kr)

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