Asia-Pacific
Practice Areas
Wook Yoo focuses his practice on administrative litigation, constitutional litigation, legislative and regulatory consulting, environment, defense industry, public contracts, public interest foundations/non-profit corporations, and North Korea.
Career
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (1993-present); Advisor, Unification Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2021-present); Member, Sub-Committee on South-North Cooperation, Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (2020-present); Chairman, Gaesung Industrial Complex Legal Advisory Committee, Ministry of Unification (2018-present); Vice President, Korean Environmental Law Association (2017-present); Member, Judicial Research Committee on Korean Unification, National Court Administration (2011-present); Adjunct Professor, University of North Korean Studies (2007-present); Member, Working Committee on International Development Cooperation, Office of the Prime Minister (2018-2020); Member, Policy Advisory Committee, National Human Rights Commission of Korea(2016-2018); Foreign Attorney, Winston & Strawn, New York(1998-1999)
Professional Memberships
Korean and Seoul Bar Association
Publications
Practical Guide to Investment in North Korea(Co-author, Do & Book, 2020); The Sanctions against North Korea and the Possibilities of Resumption of Gaeseong Industrial Complex(Co-author, Ministry of Justice, 2017); Legal System of North Korea and Understanding of North Korean Laws(Korea Society of Unification & North Korean Law Studies, 2011); Legal and Institutional Challenges to Build an Inter-Korean Economic Community(North Korean Law Research Society, 2007)
Personal
Seoul National University Law School (LL.B., 1986)