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Employment

South Korea

9 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Soojung Lee

Asia-Pacific

Career

Soojung Lee is a senior foreign legal counsel and the Deputy Head of Yulchon’s Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. Lee advises both domestic and foreign multinational companies in relation to all manner of labor and employment matters in Korea, including workforce reduction, employee and executive termination, collective labor relations, discrimination, use of non-regular workers, and general employment-law compliance. A native Korean speaker, Ms. Lee has extensive legal and business experience in both Korea and the U.S. Ms. Lee has been recognized as a leading individual in the labor-and-employment field in Korea by prestigious international and domestic publications and directories, such as Chambers Asia-Pacific and Who’s Who Legal and Asian Legal Business (ALB).

Personal

2003 Loyola Law School, J.D. (Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review; St. Thomas More Society Member; Dean’s Honor List)

2000 Yonsei University, Graduate School of International Studies, M.A.

1996 Yonsei University, English Language and Literature, B.A

Experience

2011-present Yulchon LLC

2023-present International Employment Lawyer, Editorial Board

2018-present Co-Chair, Labor Law Committee, International Association of Korean Lawyers

2010-2011 Aide to the Secretary General, Constitutional Court of Korea

2008-2010 Lecturer, Yonsei University, College of Law/Underwood International College

2002-2007 Associate/Summer Associate, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Los Angeles, CA

1996-1997 LG Group, Chairman’s Office

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