Jae-Yun Yun

Practice Areas

Mr. Jae-Yun Yun is a senior counsel at Shin & Kim and his main areas of practice include construction and real estate disputes, white collar criminal litigations, administrative litigations, corporate general disputes, media and broadcasting disputes, and family cases.

Mr. Yun has successfully led Samsung inheritance case (the largest inheritance lawsuit) and shown excellent performance in many large civil cases and large corporate crime cases.

Mr. Yun was given a Chulwoo Media Law Award by the Korean Society for Media Law. He has had extensive experience in handling media, administration and criminal cases, including serving as the (acting) Chairman of the Central Land Expropriation Committee, as the presiding judge of court cases related to land expropriation at Seoul High Court, and as the presiding judge of court cases related to corruption related criminal.

Mr. Yun served for the longest time as the presiding judge in construction related court cases at Seoul Central District Court and Seoul High Court. For about 15 years, he has been training lawyers and judges for construction related court cases. Also, he is the author of a book “Laws Related to Construction Disputes”, a must regarding construction dispute practice. All these activities make him the highest authority in the area of construction dispute lawsuits.

Career

Member of Expert Area Review Committee, Korean Bar Association (2016–2019)

President of Managerial and Disciplinary Committee of Certified Public Appraiser, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2015–2019)

President, Korean Construction Law Association (2015–2022.5)

Director, ‘SARANGSAEM’ (2015–Present)

Director, Human Rights Law Foundation ‘GongGam’ (2014–Present)

Auditor, Samsung Science & Technology Foundation (2013–Present)

Arbitrator, The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (2013–Present)

Member, Public Official Ethics Committee of Constitutional Court of Korea (2013–2017)

Shin & Kim LLC (2012–Present; Senior Partner 2012–2015)

Chairperson, Election Commission of Gangwon-do (2010–2012)

Chief Judge, Chuncheon District Court (2010)

(Acting) Chairman, Central Land Expropriation Committee (2006–2007)

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Construction Legal Affairs, Kwangwoon University (2005–Present)

Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (2005)

Presiding Judge, Busan High Court (2004)

Head of Arbitration Division, Press Arbitration Commission (2000–2004)

Presiding Judge, Seoul Civil District Court (2000)

Presiding Judge, Southern Branch, Seoul District Court (1999)

Presiding Judge, Incheon District Court (1998)

Presiding Judge, Ulsan Branch, Busan District Court (1996)

Investigation Review Officer, Office of Court Administration (1992)

Judge, Seoul High Court (Acting Judge, Seoul Criminal District Court) (1991)

Chief, Geochang Branch, Masan District Court (1987)

Judge, Seoul District Court (1986)

Judge, Seoul Family Court (1983)

Judge, Suwon District Court (1981)

Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1981)

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar

Publications

Small, true smile - The joy of living with authentic self (Namu Saenggak, 2019)

Laws Related to Construction Disputes (Pakyoungsa, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2025)

Cry with Crying People (Joeun Saenggak, 2010)

Media Disputes and Law (Chungrim Publishing, 2005)

Languages Spoken

Korean, English

Education