Piercing the Corporate Veil in Korea: Suing Shareholders of a Corporation

It is possible, in some situations, for shareholders to be sued for the acts of a corporation.  The concept is called “piercing the corporate veil.” The Supreme Court of Korea has noted that the corporate veil may be pierced and a shareholder may be sued: “Where a company maintains the external appearance of a juristic person while it merely takes the form of a juristic person and, in substance, it is equivalent to other person’s private enterprise behind the corporate

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