Chan-Keun Park
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Employment
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About
Provided by Chan-Keun Park
Practice Areas
General HR
Illegal Dispatch ∙ Non-Regular Workers
Collective Labor Relations
Sexual Harassment ∙ Workplace Harassment
Labor Inspection
HR Compliance
Workplace Safety ∙ Serious Accidents
M&A & Labor
Labor Dispute
Employment & Labor Litigation
Employment ∙ Labor
Career
Chan-Keun Park is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include labor and administration law.
In particular, in the field of labor law, Mr. Park specializes in restructuring in the process of corporate mergers and business transfers, improving wage structures such as ordinary wages, responding to legal disputes related to the dispatch law, establishing measures to resolve discrimination between fixed-term workers and dispatched workers, introducing flexible working systems, consulting for serious accidents, he has dealt with litigation cases and provided advice on major disaster cases, labor supervision, corporate responses under the plural union system, and sexual harassment in the workplace.
Mr. Park also consulted and litigated on general cable broadcasting business re-licensing, housing reconstruction/redevelopment project, factory establishment/relocation permit, urban planning facility business, sports facility business, expropriation compensation, fishing right compensation, repurchase right, etc. in the field of general administration.
Professional Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea (2004)
Publications
- Korea Chapter, Occupational Health & Safety, Lexology Getting the Deal Through (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2023)
- South Korea: Law & Practice, Employment, Chambers Global Practice Guides (Chamber and Partners, 2019)
- Change and Outlook of New Government’s Labor Policy: Focus on Reduction of Temporary Employees and Work Hours (Legal Times Vol.108, 2017)
- Understanding of the Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision Concerning Ordinary Wages, Journal Vol. 81 No.1, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2014)
Languages Spoken
Korean, English and German
Experience
2006-present: Yoon & Yang LLC
2018-present: Member of Labor Law Theory and Practice Society
2011-present: Member of the Labor Law Working Group, Supreme Court
2005-06: Lee & Ko
2004-05: First Law Offices
Education
Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law
LL.M.
2011
Seoul National University Graduate School
(LL.M. course completion)
2006
Judicial Research and Training Institute
2004
Seoul National University College of Law
LL.B.
1996
Awards
Eminent Practitioners, Employment
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2024
Leading Individual, Employment
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2024
Notable Practitioner, Labour and employment
asialaw
2024
Stand-out Lawyer
Thomson Reuters
2024
Litigation Star, Labor and employment
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2024
National Leader, Labour & Employment
Who's Who Legal Korea
2023
Future Star, Labor and employment
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2022
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Park Chan-Keun takes the initiative to solve the client's difficulties."
"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."
"Park Chan-Keun is an expert who can be trusted and followed in the field of labour and industrial accidents."