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, 2019-2024)
- Recognized Practitioner, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Employment (Chambers and Partners, 2018-2020)
- Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Labour & Employment (Lexology Index, 2016, 2023-2024)
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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Newsletters
New Administration’s Labor Agenda: Key Policy Changes Ahead
2025.06.04 -
Newsletters
Court Denies Worker Dispatch Relationship Between Quasi-Governmental Agency and Contractor Employees
2025.05.23 -
Recognitions
Kim & Chang Attorney Ki Young Kim Recognized as “South Korea Lawyer of the Year” – Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Awards 2025
2025.05.20 -
Newsletters
Recent Supreme Court Decision on Discrimination and Ordinary Wage Issues
2025.04.21 -
Newsletters
Recent Supreme Court Decision on “Employee Status” under the Labor Standards Act
2025.03.24 -
Newsletters
MOEL Issues Labor Inspection Plan for 2025
2025.02.21
