Hee Woong Yoon
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Eminent Practitioners : Corporate/M&A
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Eminent Practitioners
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Career
Hee Woong Yoon is a Managing Partner of Yulchon. Prior to this leadership role, he served as the Head of Yulchon’s Corporate & Finance Group. Mr. Yoon focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance and has represented many leading Korean and global companies, including KTB Investment & Securities, MBK Partners, KT, Hanwha Group, Lotte Shopping, IMM Private Equity, Hyundai Motor Group, Loreal and Delta Air Lines. Widely acknowledged for his expertise in corporate practice, in 2019 Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific ranked Mr. Yoon as an Eminent Practitioner, and IFLR1000 2019 also recognized him as a highly-regarded lawyer in three categories, including Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, and Banking & Finance.
Personal
Education
1997 George Washington University Law School, LL.M.
1992 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
1989 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, M.A.
1987 Seoul National University, LL.B.
Experience
2001-present Yulchon LLC
2016-present Member, KOSDAQ Start-up Advisory Committee, Korea Exchange(KRX)
2016-present Member, Financial Disputes Mediation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service
2016~2018 Member, Committee, Self-Evaluation Committee, Korea Communications Commission
2013-2017 Member, Self-regulation Evaluation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service
2013-2017 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Science, Information & Communications Technology, and Future Planning
2013-2016 Member, Balanced Development of Broadcasting Advertisement Committee, Korea Communications Commission
2013-2015 Member, Investment Policy Committee, Ministry of Health & Welfare
2012-2014 Member, Broadcasting Market Competition Evaluation Committee
2010-2012 Member, Delisting Advisory Committee, Korea Exchange
2005-2007 Legal Advisor, Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority
2005-2007 Member, Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Exchange
2005-2006 Member, Business Environment Development Committee, Ministry of Justice
2004-2006 Consultant on Competition Policy, Korea Fair Trade Commission
1996-2001 Instructor, International Business Contracts, Judicial Research & Training Institute
1992-2001 Yoon & Partners