LAWYER PROFILE
Wook Yoo

Wook Yoo

Global 2026

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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)

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Chambers Global Guide

General Business Law - North Korea

Expertise Based Abroad
North Korea, expertise based abroad in South Korea

Individual Editorial

Wook Yoo handles a range of instructions relating to South-North economic cooperation and humanitarian action on behalf of government entities and corporations. He is also adept at advising on matters in relation to unification.

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North Korea

South Korea

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