Hyunsoo LEE - Kim & Chang

Bio

Hyunsoo Lee is an attorney at Kim & Chang. Using his extensive litigation experience in courts, Mr. Lee specializes in banking, securities & finance, corporate restructuring, criminal defense, administrative and public law, international trade, and human resources litigation.

Before joining Kim & Chang in 2018, Mr. Lee served in the Korean judiciary for 17 years – first as a judge in various courts, then a presiding judge, and later a high court judge. During his tenure as a judge, he accumulated a diverse range of experiences in civil, criminal and administrative litigation. He also served in the National Court Administration as a director for three years and in Seoul High Court as a planning officer for one year focusing on judicial administration.

Mr. Lee received an LL.M. from UC Berkeley School of Law in 2006, and his LL.B. from Seoul National University in 1996. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1998.

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Experience

Auditor, Sim Myung Cultural Foundation (2022-2026); Director (2026-Present)

Kim & Chang (2018-Present)

High Court Judge, Seoul High Court (2014-2018)

Presiding Judge, Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court (2013-2014)

Judge, Seoul High Court (2011-2013)

Director, Planning and Coordination Bureau, National Court Administration (2010-2011)

Director General for International Affairs, Planning and Coordination Bureau, National Court Administration (2009-2010)

Director for International Affairs, Planning and Coordination Bureau, National Court Administration (2008-2009)

Judge, Gangneung Branch of Chuncheon District Court (2006-2008)

Judge, Daejeon District Court (2005-2006)

Judge, Eastern Branch of Seoul District Court (2003-2005)

Judge, Seoul District Court (2001-2003)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force (1998-2001)

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Publications/Activities

“Principles of Legal Liability for Damages from Fire to Non-leased Portions of Leased Buildings,” Journal of Private Case Law Studies Vol. 40 (Parkyoungsa, 2018)
Sentencing of Desirable Criminal Appeals (Co-author, National Court Administration, 2016)
“Progress of Negotiations for the Conclusion of the MLAT,” Current Status and Prospects of International Norms (National Court Administration, 2009)
“Status and Prospects of the Conclusion of the Bilateral Treaty and the Joining of the Multilateral Convention in 2008,” Status and Prospects of International Norms (National Court Administration, 2008)
“Legal principles of the U.S. Supreme Court precedents on search and seizure under Article 4 of the Amended Constitution of the United States,” Judicial Material No. 113 (Court Library, 2007)
“Land-Building Joint-hypothec and the Reconstruction’s effect to the Statutory Superficies,” Journal of Private Case Law Studies Vol. 27 (Parkyoungsa, 2005)
“Defects in road conservation under Article 5 of the State Compensation Act: Accidents caused by defects in roads caused by a third party,” Air Force Legal Journal Vol. 4 (Legal Affairs Office of the Air Force Headquarters, 2000)

Designated debater, “Criteria for Determining the Infringement of Obligation by a Third Party,” Academy of Private Case Law Studies (2022.1.)
Speaker, “An Outside Perspective on Korea’s Equal-Status Judicial Panels,” Seoul High Court Workshop (2021.7.)
Designated debater, “Some Thoughts on Indirect Compulsory Performance (Academy of Private Case Law Studies,” Designated discussion panelist in (2014.5.)
Designated debater, “Legal Effect of Illegal Dispatch,” Korean Supreme Court Labor Law Society (2012.4.)