Address:
Parnas Tower, 38F
521 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, 06164
South Korea
Chairman and Managing Partner: Seok Hoon KANG
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# Partners: 300+
# Total number of lawyers: 700+
Languages: Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese, Burmese and Cambodian
Yulchon is a full-service law firm headquartered in Seoul, Korea, advising on a full range of specialized practice areas, including corporate & finance, antitrust, tax, real estate & construction, dispute resolution, intellectual property & technology, and labor & employment. With more than 700 professionals, in addition to its main office in Seoul, Yulchon has six overseas offices in five jurisdictions and has 10 regional practice teams covering the world.
Yulchon was established in 1997 by a group of top legal professionals to create “a community of legal experts combining their talents,” the literal meaning of Yulchon. Since its founding, Yulchon has grown rapidly without any mergers or acquisitions, becoming an acknowledged market leader among Korea’s law firms. Today, Yulchon lawyers rank among the very top practitioners in the country and work together in multidisciplinary teams to provide the highest quality of legal services to its clients.
Corporate & Finance
Young Su SHIN
ysshin@yulchon.com
Jae Hyun PARK
jpark@yulchon.com
Yulchon M&A team represented Jaguar Global Growth Partners I, a US Nasdaq-listed SPAC, in its acquisition of GLAAM, a Korean architectural display glass maker
Antitrust/Competition
Jeong Keun YUN
jkyun@yulchon.com
Represented both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard as their joint Korean merger control counsel in Microsoft’s USD70 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Tax
Young Joon CHUN
yjchun@yulchon.com
Kun Jai KIM
kjkim@yulchon.com
Represented Mastern Asset Management and KB Asset Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in a Luxembourg joint venture vehicle. The firm conducted a comprehensive review of the tax laws across multiple jurisdictions
Real Estate & Construction
Nam Ho KIM
nhkim@yulchon.com
Represented a consortium of construction companies in a lawsuit for payment of KRW 35.8 billion additional construction costs brought against consortium members Hyundai E&C and GS E&C by a subcontractor for the installation of boilers of Samcheok Green Power Station, and secured a partial victory in the first-instance proceeding
Dispute Resolution
Jae Keun LEE
jaklee@yulchon.com
Jung Han OH
jhoh@yulchon.com
Representing the Korea Exchange in a Civil Action Brought by the Shareholders of Gamma Nu Inc. Seeking Damages Against the KRX for the Exchange’s Decision to Delist Gamma Nu
Intellectual Property & Technology
Doil SON
dison@yulchon.com
Yulchon secured punitive damages for wilful patent infringement on behalf of HS against HC Company
Labour & Employment
Sang Wook CHO
swcho@yulchon.com
Yulchon successfully represented Hyundai Digitech Core before the Supreme Court in an employee status confirmation case
CHINA - SHANGHAI
+86 21 6179 9834
shanghai@yulchon.com
MYANMAR - YANGON
+95 1 7537 088
yangon@yulchon.com
VIETNAM - HANOI
+84 24 3837 8200
hanoi@yulchon.com
VIETNAM - HO CHI MINH CITY
+84 28 3911 0225
hcmc@yulchon.com
INDONESIA - JAKARTA
+62 878 8994 7958
jakarta@yulchon.com
RUSSIA - MOSCOW
+7 495 510 5200
moscow@yulchon.com
