More than the final decade, the South Korean enterprise neighborhood has grown exponentially in Houston, thanks in huge element to the improve in the export worth of mineral fuel and Houston’s import of iron and steel, as properly as Houston naming Ulsan, South Korea its 19th sister city.

Jackson Walker companion Sang M. Shin spoke with KHOU 11 about the developing South Korean enterprise neighborhood and his function in assisting businesses navigate the U.S. legal program and supplying guidance on the finest methods to succeed.

“So, a lot of these businesses, even even though they’re large, sophisticated international businesses abroad, and in Korea, they’ll come and they’re like, ‘I do not know exactly where to start’. The culture is incredibly diverse right here and how people today do enterprise is not just primarily based on handshakes but primarily based on anything contractual in nature,” Sang noted.

For the complete story, see “Houston’s Organization With South Korean Providers Almost Quadrupled More than the Final Decade” by KHOU 11.

Meet Sang

Sang M. Shin is a enterprise immigration lawyer with broad knowledge managing immigration matters for businesses, folks, investors, and institutions by way of the U.S. and internationally. Sang handles a wide variety of nonimmigrant visas and petitions, and also gives sophisticated and strategic guidance to clientele on a selection of immigrant visas and labor certification (PERM). He handles loved ones-primarily based situations and U.S. citizenship matters, and frequently represents businesses in connection with the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), U.S. Division of Labor (DOL), U.S. Division of State (DOS), and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Kind I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification) audits.