Jung Taek Park is an attorney at Kim & Chang, with expertise on Labor & Employment, ESG, M&A, Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, Foreign Direct Investment, and Privacy & Data Security. Having worked in Germany, Mr. Park is also part of the firm’s Europe Practice, specializing in serving clients from Europe, notably from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. He also counsels on outbound HR issues related to Korean companies conducting business in Europe and the Middle East.

Mr. Park has broad and substantial experience on a wide array of domestic and cross-border employment matters. He has in-depth expertise in dealing with issues such as industrial relations, collective bargaining, advising on labor management council issues, as well as helping corporate clients maintain their competitiveness in the marketplace. Mr. Park’s expertise also extends to labor and employment litigation, including defense of wage, discrimination and wrongful termination cases. He has defended numerous actions on behalf of multinational companies before Korean authorities, including local Labor Commissions, the Police, the Prosecutors’ Office, the Courts and the National Labor Relations Commission.

Mr. Park has a developed a successful track record through the analysis of facts and by developing various strategies to defuse and reduce the risk and potential exposure that such cases may present. He also regularly advises clients on labor and employment implications of cross-border transactions on issues ranging from mergers and acquisitions, post-merger HR integration planning, and issues related to Korean companies that have invested in European and/or Middle Eastern countries. In addition, Mr. Park also pioneers on cutting-edge ESG issues, such as ESG initiatives, ESG due diligence, establishing the ESG system and managing supply chains.

Meanwhile, Mr. Park routinely dedicates his services to pro-bono work, including providing free legal advice to migrant women from countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia, and mentoring regional middle and/or high school students. Mr. Park has also played a key role in assisting government authorities to establish and develop major areas of legislation and practices of Korean labor and employment law, including the Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act.

Mr. Park has been named for five consecutive years as one of the “Leading Individuals” in South Korea by Chambers Asia-Pacific from 2014 to 2019 in the field of Employment. He has also been named as one of the “Leading Individuals” in South Korea by Chambers Global 2013 in the field of Corporate/M&A (Germany). Mr. Park has been recognized as one of the “Leading Lawyers” in Who’s Who Legal every year since 2019. In addition, Mr. Park has authored various articles in publications including the Worklaw monthly magazine.

Mr. Park received his LL.B. from the Seoul National University College of Law in 1993 and his LL.M. from Columbia Law School in 2004. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1995.

He is admitted to the Korean bar.