Yong Jae JUNG - Kim & Chang

Bio

Yong Jae Jung is an attorney at Kim & Chang and practices primarily in the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice.

Mr. Jung has advised clients on various labor and employment issues such as major wage cases, worker dispatch and outsourcing disputes, labor and employment law aspects of corporate and M&A transactions, compliance audits in labor and employment sectors, termination and disciplinary action cases, restructuring cases, and labor union disputes including collective bargaining and industrial actions.

Mr. Jung received his LL.B. from Korea University’s College of Law and his LL.M. from the New York University School of Law. He also graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. He is admitted to the Korean bar.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2019-Present)

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2015-2019)

Member, Korean Bar Exam Review Committee, Ministry of Justice (2013)

Public Service Advocate (2012-2015)
- International Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2013-2015)
- Korea Legal Aid Corporation (2012-2013)

Representative Mattersshow

Represented a major Korean multinational electronics company in widely reported worker dispatch litigations with over 1,300 outsourced workers.
Represented a major Korean multinational automobile manufacturer in widely reported in-house subcontracting litigations.
Represented a major Korean manufacturer of rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment, in widely reported USD 180 million claims wage litigations.
Advised a major US automobile manufacturer in in-house subcontracting and wage disputes.
Advised major financial companies in performance based salary system disputes.
Advised major IT and game companies in assessing the level of risk and exposure arising out of possible violation of the Korean labor laws regarding working hours.
Advised a major US automobile manufacturer in collective bargaining and labor union disputes.
Advised major IT and game companies in collective bargaining and labor union disputes.
Advised major foreign companies on regulatory and employment/labor law aspects of corporate and M&A transactions.

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

Commendation from the Minister of Justice (2014)
Commendation from the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (2012)

Publications/Activities

[Publications]

Legal Issues Related to Disciplinary Action Against Retirees of Financial Investment Companies (Monthly Labor Law, 2016.9.)

[Activities]

Speaker, “Navigating Labor Policies and Regulations for HR Professionals,” AMCHAM HR Workshop 2023 (AMCHAM, 2023.6.)
Speaker, “Travel Tuesdays: Doing Business in Korea,” Employment Law Alliance Podcast (Employment Law Alliance, 2023.4.)
Speaker, “Employment Compliance Management and Risk Control,” Cross Border Labor and Employment Forum in Shanghai (River Delta Law Firm, 2017.11.)