Bio
Profile
Experience
Shearman & Sterling, New York (1993)
Kim & Chang (1988-Present)
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- South Korea Lawyer of the Year, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards (Delinian, 2025)
- Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Healthcare & Life Sciences - Patent Litigation (Lexology Index, 2021-2025)
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Employment (Chambers and Partners, 2021-2022)
- Stand-out Lawyer - Independently Rated Lawyers (Thomson Reuters, 2021)
- Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Korea, Labour & Employment (Lexology Index, 2019-2025)
- Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Employment (Chambers and Partners, 2018-2020)
- Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Labour & Employment (Lexology Index, 2016, 2023-2025)
Education
University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (LL.M., 1993)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1988)
Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (1986)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1984)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1988; New York, 1996
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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MOEL Revises “Yellow Envelope Act” Enforcement Decree to Dualize Bargaining Standards
2026.01.21 -
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MOEL Releases Draft Guidelines on the “Yellow Envelope Act”
2025.12.30 -
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Key HR Amendments for 2026
2025.12.24 -
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Kim & Chang Secures Seoul High Court Win on Worker Dispatch Case
2025.12.18 -
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Supreme Court Rules Submission of Resignation Letter Bars Subsequent Remedial Action
2025.12.05 -
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Proposed Amendments to the Enforcement Decree for the Yellow Envelope Act
2025.11.26




