Young Seok Ki

Mr. Young Seok Ki is a partner at Shin & Kim and is currently a member of the management committee.

Mr. Ki’s main areas of practice include labor and employment matters, labor disputes, corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, hostile takeovers and general corporate transactions.

Mr. Ki received a LL.M. from University of Washington School of Law and worked as a foreign associate at Allens Arthur Robinson’s Ho Chi Minh office in Vietnam.

Legal Advisor, Ministry of Employment and Labor (2020-Present)

Member, KCAB INTERNATIONAL Panel of Arbitrators (2017-Present)

Foreign Associate, Allens Arthur Robinson, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2008)

Shin & Kim LLC (2001-Present)

Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1999-2001)

Korean Bar

Chambers In-Depth Overview – An Introduction to Employment 2024: South Korea (Co-authored)

Workplace Harassment in Korea, Invest Korea, December 2021

Korean Employers Face Tough Task of Restructuring Salary Scheme, Asia Legal Business (ALB), March 2014 (Co-authored)

What Constitutes “Ordinary Wage” in Korea?, Invest Korea Bulletin, February 2014 (Co-authored)

"New Era of Union Pluralism in Korea," IFLR Asialaw Korea Annual Review, 2012

South Korea: A Legal Guide to Doing Business in the Asia-Pacific, ABA, May 2010 (Co-authored)

The Employment Law Review (Korea section), Law Business Research, 2010 (Co-authored)

EU & International Employment Law (Korea section), Jordans, 2002-2008 (Co-authored)

Advised and represented the Bank of Korea in cases and litigation concerning the work hours system and on-duty allowances

Advised and represented Valeo Electrical Systems Korea and other clients in numerous cases and litigation concerning company performance-based pay

Advised KB Securities on comprehensive labor and employment matters

Represented Korea Yakult, FILA Korea, and other clients in numerous litigation related to determination of employee status

Advised and represented Hyundai Motor Company and other clients in numerous cases and litigation concerning the Act on the Protection of Temporary Agency Workers

Represented Korea Electric Power Corporation and other clients in numerous litigation concerning ordinary wages

Advised Haitai Confectionery & Foods and other clients in numerous cases involving the Serious Accidents Punishment Act

University of Washington School of Law

Visiting Scholar

2007

University of Washington School of Law

LL.M.

2006 - 2007

Seoul National University College of Social Science

B.A. in Economics

1984 - 1988