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Joon Oh Jo

Joon Oh Jo

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Contributions and articles

1 Global Practice Guides

About

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Practice Areas

Management Rights Disputes, Corporate Governance, Bankruptcy ∙ Corporate Rehabilitation, Compliance, ESG Center, Environment, Environmental ∙ Energy Disputes, Energy, Construction Claims, Corporate Law, Game Center

Career

Joon Oh Jo is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice covers general advisory services and litigation in the areas of bankruptcy & corporate rehabilitation, corporate governance, management rights dispute, ESG, environment, energy.

Mr. Jo advises in the areas listed above in various types of projects. Based on his considerable litigation experience accumulated to date, he has a successful track-record in advising a wide range of related matters. Recently, he has been serving as a Member of the Dispute Mediation Committee of the Korea Power Exchange and the Vesting Contract Management Committee.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (2007); New York (2016)

Publications

Korea Chapter, Renewable Energy, Chambers Global Practice Guides, Chambers and Partners (Co-author, 2024-2025)

Experience

2007-present: Yoon & Yang LLC

2025-present: Member, Management Regulatory Difficulty Support Advisory Committee, MAIN Biz Association

2022-present: Director, Insolvency Law Institute of Korea

2022-present: Member, Cost Evaluation Committee, Korea Power Exchange

2020-present: Member, Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Power Exchange

2012: Legal Secondee, Sanofi Aventis Korea

2007-10: Member, Sangam DMC Development Project Advisory Committee, Seoul Metropolitan Government

Education

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

LL.M.

2013

Judicial Research And Training Institute

2007

Korea University College of Law

LL.B.

2005

Awards

Notable Practitioner, Restructuring and insolvency

IFLR1000

2022

Notable Practitioner, Restructuring and insolvency

IFLR1000

2023

Litigation Star, Insolvency

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2024

Highly regarded, Restructuring and insolvency

IFLR1000

2024

Litigation Star, Insolvency

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2025

Highly regarded, Restructuring and insolvency

IFLR1000

2025

Leading Individual, Restructuring/Insolvency

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2025

Ministerial Commendation

Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment

2025

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Restructuring/Insolvency - South Korea

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Jo Joon Oh's is an established practitioner with a focus on bankruptcy procedures, M&A of turnaround companies and credit collection advisory services.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He always provides clear and specific answers to our various questions and has excellent situational understanding even in complex and difficult rehabilitation proceedings.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Asia & Pacific

Ranked Individuals at Yoon & Yang LLC (36)

South Korea

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