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T.+82-2-3703-1872 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Hyeon Tae BAE Attorney
Hyeon Tae BAE Attorney

Hyeon Tae BAEAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-1872 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.hyeontae.bae@kimchang.com

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Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2011-Present)

Presiding Judge, Incheon District Court (2010)

Presiding Judge, Gwangju District Court (2009)

Director for Public Relations, National Court Administration of the Korean Supreme Court (2007-2008)

Judge, Seoul High Court (2005-2006)

Judge, Gangneung Branch of Chuncheon District Court (2001-2004)

Judge, Seoul District Court (1999-2000)

Judge, Western Branch of Seoul District Court (1997-1998)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (1994-1996)

Representative Mattersshow

Civil and Administrative Cases Relating to Labor and Employment
 
  • Advised on cases concerning the amended Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (the “Yellow Envelope Act”) involving major corporations.
  • Advised on cases concerning management performance-based bonus schemes involving major corporations.
  • Advised on ordinary wage disputes involving automobile manufacturers, shipbuilding companies, and air carriers.
  • Advised on illegal dispatch disputes involving automobile manufacturers.
  • Provided assistance in litigation concerning the validity of wage peak systems adopted by financial institutions.
 
Criminal Cases
 
  • Advised on cases involving chief executive officers regarding violations of the Labor Standards Act (including unfavorable amendments to work rules and non-payment of wages) and violations of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (unfair labor practices).
  • Advised on cases involving management executives regarding violations of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act.
  • Advised on cases involving key executives of major conglomerates regarding occupational embezzlement and breach of trust.
  • Advised on cases involving violations of the Public Official Election Act and the Political Funds Act.
  • Advised on cases involving defense contractors regarding violations of the Defense Industry Act and overseas asset flight.
  • Advised on ELW fraud cases involving domestic securities firms.

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

  • Highly Recommended, Lexology Index: Employment & Labor (Lexology Index, 2026)
  • Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Labour and employment (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2026)
  • Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific : Labour and employment (Delinian, 2024-2025)

 

Publications/Activities
    • How to Write the Court's Ruling of Criminal Cases in the Appellate Courts (Seoul High Court, 2007) 
    • The Legal Practices of corporate reorganizations in the Court (Seoul District Court, 2001) 
    • The Legal Treatment of lease claim in corporate reorganizations, Bubjo (Korean Lawyers Association, 2000.2.)

Education

    University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2004)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1994)

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1992)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1994

Languages

Korean and English

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Hyeon Tae BAE
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-1872      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




    Kim & Chang (2011-Present)

    Presiding Judge, Incheon District Court (2010)

    Presiding Judge, Gwangju District Court (2009)

    Director for Public Relations, National Court Administration of the Korean Supreme Court (2007-2008)

    Judge, Seoul High Court (2005-2006)

    Judge, Gangneung Branch of Chuncheon District Court (2001-2004)

    Judge, Seoul District Court (1999-2000)

    Judge, Western Branch of Seoul District Court (1997-1998)

    Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (1994-1996)






Civil and Administrative Cases Relating to Labor and Employment
 
  •   Advised on cases concerning the amended Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (the “Yellow Envelope Act”) involving major corporations.
  •   Advised on cases concerning management performance-based bonus schemes involving major corporations.
  •   Advised on ordinary wage disputes involving automobile manufacturers, shipbuilding companies, and air carriers.
  •   Advised on illegal dispatch disputes involving automobile manufacturers.
  •   Provided assistance in litigation concerning the validity of wage peak systems adopted by financial institutions.
 
Criminal Cases
 
  •   Advised on cases involving chief executive officers regarding violations of the Labor Standards Act (including unfavorable amendments to work rules and non-payment of wages) and violations of the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (unfair labor practices).
  •   Advised on cases involving management executives regarding violations of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act.
  •   Advised on cases involving key executives of major conglomerates regarding occupational embezzlement and breach of trust.
  •   Advised on cases involving violations of the Public Official Election Act and the Political Funds Act.
  •   Advised on cases involving defense contractors regarding violations of the Defense Industry Act and overseas asset flight.
  •   Advised on ELW fraud cases involving domestic securities firms.





Awards

  •   Highly Recommended, Lexology Index: Employment & Labor (Lexology Index, 2026)
  •   Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Labour and employment (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2026)
  •   Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific : Labour and employment (Delinian, 2024-2025)

 


Publications/Activities

  •   How to Write the Court's Ruling of Criminal Cases in the Appellate Courts (Seoul High Court, 2007) 
  •   The Legal Practices of corporate reorganizations in the Court (Seoul District Court, 2001) 
  •   The Legal Treatment of lease claim in corporate reorganizations, Bubjo (Korean Lawyers Association, 2000.2.)





Education

    University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2004)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1994)

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1992)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1994


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Litigation ,  Employment Litigation ,  Insolvency & Restructuring Litigation ,  Labor & Employment