Before establishing the company, the founder of HAY, KALB & ASSOCIATES, Michael Hay, was an international attorney, specializing in foreign investment, international business transactions and dispute resolution. A major component of his work in Korea involved helping companies bridge the cultural and linguistic gaps inherent in many international business deals. Voted one of Asia's leading lawyers three years in a row (1999-2001) immediately before he set up a DPRK-oriented business consultancy for foreign companies, he left private practice after developing a specialization in North Korean business law and practice over many years.
A frequent speaker and writer on the DPRK, Michael Hay has, over the years, contributed to many magazines and journals on North Korean business law covering legal issues in Asia and worldwide. He has contributed to, or appeared in, numerous others journals and news sources, such as Finance Asia, International Financial Law Review, Asia Pacific Legal 500, the BBC, AsiaLaw, Asian Legal Briefing, PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), Lawmoney.com, Law Business Review, Legal Media Group, and numerous others. For more informationn, please click here Michael Hay.
No other consultancy specializing in North Korea brings to the table the same combination of legal background and business experience, linguistic ability and cultural understanding, backed up by a solid understanding of the realities of the client's bottom line - a lawyer who knows that lawyers can (and often do) kill a deal as well as close it. Someone with extensive experience of the cultural differences in approaches to contracts and negotiations; the difference between "business" and the "law", and between what the law says and its practical application on the ground.
