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Hyun Jae PARK Attorney

Hyun Jae PARK Attorney
Hyun Jae PARK Attorney

Hyun Jae PARKAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-1762 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.hyunjae.park@kimchang.com

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Hyun Jae Park is an attorney at Kim & Chang’s Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions and Privacy & Data Security Practices.

Mr. Park advises multinational employers on all aspects of employment and labor related matters including employment policies and benefits, performance management and termination, employment litigation, business restructuring, employee data privacy, labor management relations, collective bargaining negotiation, employment and labor related issues in M&A and post-merger integration. 

Mr. Park worked as a foreign attorney at Littler Mendelson P.C. in its Los Angeles and New York offices from 2014 to 2015.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Park served as a judge advocate at the Republic of Korea Air Force from 2006 to 2009. During his service, he represented the Korean government defending claims related to military aircraft noise involving high profile plaintiffs. 

Mr. Park received his LL.B degree from the College of Social Science, Department of Politics, Seoul National University in 2004. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2004 and completed his coursework at the Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University, in 2007. 

Profile

Experience

Foreign Attorney, Littler Mendelson P.C. (2014-2015)

Kim & Chang (2009-Present)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force (2006-2009)

Representative Mattersshow

  • Represented major Korean auto companies in various litigation related to worker dispatch and wage & hour claims. 
  • Advised a major financial company on employee transfer and benefits related matters in connection with its demerger. 
  • Advised a major U.S. IT company in connection with the business closure and liquidation of its Korean branch. 
  • Advised a major global commercial and consumer production company in connection with its internal audit regarding worker dispatch issues and establishment of compliance standards. 
  • Advised on employment and labor related matters in the acquistion of a Korean target company’s printing business by a major U.S. IT company. 
  • Advised a major Korean company in connection with establishing labor relations policies. 
  • Advised a major European insurance company in connection with M&A, business restructuring, and performance improvement program. 
  • Advised a major European IT company in connection with business restructuring and performance improvement program.

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

  • Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Employment (Chambers and Partners, 2024)
  • Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Labour and Employment (Legalease, 2021-2024)

Publications/Activities
    • Foreign Employment and Labor Issues for Outbound Investment, HR Insight (Co-author, 2016)

Education

    Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, 2007) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2006) 

    Seoul National University (B.A., Politics, 2004)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2006

Languages

Korean and English

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Hyun Jae PARK
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-1762      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Hyun Jae Park is an attorney at Kim & Chang’s Labor & Employment, Mergers & Acquisitions and Privacy & Data Security Practices.

Mr. Park advises multinational employers on all aspects of employment and labor related matters including employment policies and benefits, performance management and termination, employment litigation, business restructuring, employee data privacy, labor management relations, collective bargaining negotiation, employment and labor related issues in M&A and post-merger integration. 

Mr. Park worked as a foreign attorney at Littler Mendelson P.C. in its Los Angeles and New York offices from 2014 to 2015.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Park served as a judge advocate at the Republic of Korea Air Force from 2006 to 2009. During his service, he represented the Korean government defending claims related to military aircraft noise involving high profile plaintiffs. 

Mr. Park received his LL.B degree from the College of Social Science, Department of Politics, Seoul National University in 2004. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2004 and completed his coursework at the Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University, in 2007. 






    Foreign Attorney, Littler Mendelson P.C. (2014-2015)

    Kim & Chang (2009-Present)

    Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force (2006-2009)






  •   Represented major Korean auto companies in various litigation related to worker dispatch and wage & hour claims. 
  •   Advised a major financial company on employee transfer and benefits related matters in connection with its demerger. 
  •   Advised a major U.S. IT company in connection with the business closure and liquidation of its Korean branch. 
  •   Advised a major global commercial and consumer production company in connection with its internal audit regarding worker dispatch issues and establishment of compliance standards. 
  •   Advised on employment and labor related matters in the acquistion of a Korean target company’s printing business by a major U.S. IT company. 
  •   Advised a major Korean company in connection with establishing labor relations policies. 
  •   Advised a major European insurance company in connection with M&A, business restructuring, and performance improvement program. 
  •   Advised a major European IT company in connection with business restructuring and performance improvement program.





Awards

  •   Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Employment (Chambers and Partners, 2024)
  •   Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Labour and Employment (Legalease, 2021-2024)

Publications/Activities

  •   Foreign Employment and Labor Issues for Outbound Investment, HR Insight (Co-author, 2016)





Education

    Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, 2007) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2006) 

    Seoul National University (B.A., Politics, 2004)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2006


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Labor & Employment ,  Mergers & Acquisitions ,  Foreign Direct Investment ,  Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes ,  Privacy & Data Security