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Provided by Yulchon LLC

 Yulchon’s Labor & Employment Practice has the expertise and experience to guide clients through all manner of labor and employment matters, from undertaking large-scale restructurings to implementing routine compliance policies and procedures, and from individual wrongful-termination suits to large-scale litigation over wages and benefits. The caliber of our representation and counsel is reflected in Yulchon’s perennial recognition as an elite practice in the area of labor and employment law by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, asialaw, and other domestic and international publications.


Our investigations practice has also been a continuing source of growth. To better meet the needs of our clients when it comes to highly complex, multidisciplinary investigations, we launched our Workplace Investigations & Disputes Center, to foster seamless collaboration between subject matter experts and investigations specialists.

 

The model is similar to our existing Center for Occupational Safety and Health, which has been highly successful in delivering a seamless, integrated service to our clients with respect to health-and-safety compliance and serious-accident response matters. The Center for Occupational Safety and Health has seen considerable success over the past year.

Chambers Review

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Employment - South Korea

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Yulchon houses a sophisticated Korean employment law offering, active on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Its broad-ranging practice extends from workforce reduction to internal investigations and HR issues relating to M&A. The firm has a strong reputation for employment litigation, including wage, worker dispatch and severance payment disputes. It is also well placed to handle workplace harassment questions, as well as occupational health and safety matters, advising clients on compliance issues. Clients represented include SK Telecom, LG Chemical and the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

Work Highlights

  • Yulchon successfully represented Hyundai Digitech Core before the Supreme Court in an employee status confirmation case.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

No matter what kind of problem arises, we can count on this team for a quick response in almost any situation.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

The team shows very well-rounded and in-depth knowledge, especially in labour law.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Kwang Sun Lee
2
Kwang Sun Lee
2
Band 2

Lee Kwang Sun is known as a strong employment litigator in South Korea. He leads on a large number of matters including employee dispatch disputes, labour relations and disputes regarding holiday pay.

He is the most reliable and trustworthy lawyer I have ever worked with.

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Sang Wook Cho
2
Sang Wook Cho
Head of Employment
2
Band 2

Cho Sang Wook heads Yulchon's employment law offering and is considered a strong practitioner in the Korean market. He acts on a wide range of work including contentious and non-contentious matters, such as unpaid wage and bonus disputes, health and safety, and workforce restructuring.

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Jae Woo Park
3
Jae Woo Park
3
Band 3

Park Jae Woo is noteworthy for his expertise in handling contentious employment matters, particularly cases concerning worker dispatch and outsourcing, as well as internal investigations. He also has experience advising on union issues, as well as occupational health and safety regulations in South Korea.

Park Jae Woo has a great personality and the professionalism and stable client management to induce people to choose the law firm again.

Park Jae Woo promptly responds to clients' requests and provides legal solutions that satisfy them. As a leading expert on labour law, he provides answers that companies can trust.

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Soojung Lee
3
Soojung Lee
3
Band 3

Lee Soojung has vast experience advising on various employment law matters in South Korea, including business transfers and dismissals. She typically serves a host of foreign clients.

Her commitment to maintaining strong legal ethics without pursuing only short-term gains is highly impressive.

Lee Soojung shows excellent responsiveness and expertise, especially in labour law.

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South Korea

Employment
Kwang Sun Lee
2
Kwang Sun Lee
2
Band 2
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Sang Wook Cho
2
Sang Wook Cho
Head of Employment
2
Band 2
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Jae Woo Park
3
Jae Woo Park
3
Band 3
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Soojung Lee
3
Soojung Lee
3
Band 3
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Members

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Christopher Mandel

Hee-Chul Kang

Jin Su Choi

Kyu Sok Cho

Myung Cheol Lee

Sang Wook Cho

Sang Wook Cho

Head of Department

Clients

Provided by Yulchon LLC

Audi Volkswagen Korea Ltd.

Crédit Agricole

General Electric

GlaxoSmithKline

Hyundai Motor Company Group

Macquarie Financial

National Agricultural Cooperative Federation of Korea

Pentair Group

Robert Bosch Korea Ltd.

SK Hynix

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