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Yoon & Yang LLC

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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.

Clients (14)

  • SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD
  • CJ Logistics Corporation
  • HYUNDAI MOTOR CO
  • POSCO DX COMPANY LTD.
  • HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORPORATION.
  • MIRAE ASSET SECURITIES CO.,LTD.
  • SK Energy Co., Ltd.
  • Celltrion, Inc.
  • GM Korea Company
  • IBM Korea Inc.
  • HANWHA LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD.
  • Han Sung Motor Company
  • SeAh Changwon Integrated Special Steel
  • Haribo Asia Pacific

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Employment - South Korea

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.

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Work Highlights

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  • Yoon & Yang represented CJ Logistics as the plaintiff in an administrative lawsuit in the court of second instance as part of a dispute relating to whether the principal company assumes the duty of collective bargaining as to the subcontractor’s labour union in the principal-subcontractor relationship.

Strengths

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  • We particularly value their exceptional professionalism and quick responsiveness in both English and Korean, which is incredibly helpful for a worldwide multinational company.

    Employment respondentAsia-Pacific

  • There is no question about their ability to handle complex problems.

    Employment respondentAsia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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  • Sang Hoon Park
    Sang Hoon Park

    Sang Hoon Park

    Park Sang Hoon is well regarded for his work in litigation. He is often involved in litigation regarding employee status, severance pay and benefits.

    • Sang Hoon has worked diligently on labour law. He actively and skilfully represents employers.

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  • Chan-Keun Park
    Chan-Keun Park

    Chan-Keun Park

    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.

    • Chan-Keun is professional, highly efficient and experienced.

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  • Tae Hwan Oh
    Tae Hwan Oh

    Tae Hwan Oh

    Oh Tae Hwan is a former judge with many years of experience in the field. He handles issues including illegal dispatch, ordinary wage disputes and Ministry of Employment and Labour investigations.

    • Tae Hwan is a labour litigation expert.

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  • Seong Hong
    Seong Hong

    Seong Hong

    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.

    • He has excellent problem-solving skills, a very high level of understanding of the company's business and handles legal reviews very quickly, which is very satisfying.

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