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Provided by Yoon & Yang LLC

Yoon & Yang’s Employment & Labor Practice offers legal services covering all aspects of employment and labor-related matters arising at each stage of a company’s entire life cycle from its formation to its dissolution, mergers and acquisitions, business restructuring, or spin-offs. Our Practice provides integrated legal services to assist clients in addressing employment and labor-related issues, including collective bargaining and collective agreements and workforce management, by developing and implementing an optimal HR system and disciplinary procedures.

Yoon & Yang’s Employment & Labor Practice has also successfully represented clients in employment and labor-related litigation based on the extensive experience of our professionals that include former judges and prosecutors with expertise in labor cases, expert advisors formerly associated with the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and certified labor attorneys.

Notably, Yoon & Yang’s Employment & Labor Practice offers optimal one-stop legal services by forming specialized working groups, including the Accident Punishment Act Working Group and the Labor Crime Defense Group, taking into account the specific circumstances of and the nature of issues faced by each client.

Chambers Review

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Employment - South Korea

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Yoon & Yang has a well-reputed Korean employment law practice advising on contentious matters, drawing on the firm's respected dispute resolution capabilities. The team is experienced in acting in wrongful dismissal, wage and discrimination, and serious accident-related cases. It is also well positioned to advise on a number of corporate HR issues, ranging from implementing performance-based incentive systems to post-M&A integration and organisational transformation, as well as on industrial relations matters. Furthermore, its lawyers provide advice on reduced working hour regulations and illegal dispatch of workers. Yoon & Yang retains a strong international and domestic client following among pharmaceutical, IT, construction and car companies.

Strengths

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Even if we ask Yoon & Yang to advise on a difficult issue, the team are always able to provide a high level of service within our required schedule.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

They have a high understanding of the industry in general and make an effort to understand the business of their customers.

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Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Sang Hoon Park
E
Sang Hoon Park
E
Eminent Practitioners

Park Sang Hoon is the firm's managing partner in Seoul and is well regarded for his work in litigation. He is often involved in litigation regarding employee status, severance pay and benefits.

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Chan-Keun Park
3
Chan-Keun Park
3
Band 3

Park Chan-Keun undertakes a broad spectrum of work including advisory and litigious matters. His work covers subcontractor employee status matters, dismissal disputes and other HR advice in South Korea.

Park Chan-Keun is an expert who can be trusted and followed in the field of labour and industrial accidents.

Park Chan-Keun takes the initiative to solve the client's difficulties.

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Tae Hwan Oh
3
Tae Hwan Oh
3
Band 3

Oh Tae Hwan heads up the employment and labour practice group at Yoon & Yang. A former judge with many years of experience in the field, he handles issues including illegal dispatch, ordinary wage and Ministry of Employment and Labor investigations.

He is a judge-turned-lawyer who offers accurate solutions through experience in handling cases and has the ability to lead younger lawyers well.

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Seong Hong
4
Seong Hong
4
Band 4

Hong Seong has broad expertise in a variety of employment issues. He ably represents in disputes involving wrongful dismissal and harassment claims. He also advises on HR-related mandates.

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Employment
Sang Hoon Park
E
Sang Hoon Park
E
Eminent Practitioners
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Chan-Keun Park
3
Chan-Keun Park
3
Band 3
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Tae Hwan Oh
3
Tae Hwan Oh
3
Band 3
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Seong Hong
4
Seong Hong
4
Band 4
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Members

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David Park

Jung Mo Hong

Jung Woo Lee

Sam Park

Head of Department

Sihoon Yang

Young Min Kim

Clients

Provided by Yoon & Yang LLC

CJ Logistics Corporation

Celltrion, Inc.

GM Korea Company

HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.

HANWHA LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORPORATION.

HYUNDAI MOBIS CO.,LTD

HYUNDAI MOTOR CO

HYUNDAI WIA

IBM Korea Inc.

KIA CORPORATION

LG ELECTRONICS INC.

MIRAE ASSET SECURITIES CO.,LTD.

NAVER Corporation

POSCO DX COMPANY LTD.

Rolex Korea

SAMSUNG C&T CORPORATION

SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO,.LTD

SK Energy Co., Ltd.