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Parnas Tower, 38F
521 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, 06164
South Korea
Managing Partner: Seok Hoon KANG
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Managing Partner: Dong Ryul CHOI
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Managing Partner: Hee Woong YOON
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Number of fee earners: 550+
Languages: Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Vietnamese, Burmese and Cambodian
Practice Areas: Corporate & Finance, Antitrust & Competition, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property & Technology, Labor & Employment, Real Estate & Construction, Tax
Regional Practices: China, EU (France, Germany), Japan, Latin America & Iberia, Middle East, North Korea, Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam), Russia & Commonwealth of Independent States
Yulchon’s name is formed from two Chinese characters that mean, “a community of legal experts.” With more than 550 lawyers and specialists across seven practice groups and 12 industry teams, and with six overseas offices, Yulchon’s experienced professionals work together in a culture of excellence, innovation and collaboration to address the challenges our clients face. Since its founding in 1997, Yulchon has become the fastest-growing among Korea’s top law firms. Our perspective is international, and our reach is global. At Yulchon, we put the needs of our clients first, and we are proud that our success is measured by the success and satisfaction of our clients.
Corporate & Finance
Young Su SHIN
ysshin@yulchon.com
Sung Wook EUN
sweun@yulchon.com
Yulchon advised Prudential throughout the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, PoK, to Korea’s KB Financial Group for 2.3 trillion Korean Won, or $1.9 billion. Handled by a women-led team, this was one of 2020’s largest Korean M&A deals. For this work, Yulchon was awarded M&A Deal of the Year: North Asia at The 2021 Asia Legal Awards.
Antitrust/Competition
Sung Bom PARK
sbpark@yulchon.com
Yulchon represented Woowa Brothers, Korea’s largest online food delivery platform company, in its $4 billion acquisition by Germany’s Delivery Hero before the KFTC as the seller’s Korean merger control counsel.
Tax
Dong Soo KIM
dskim@yulchon.com
Yulchon advised IGIS Asset Management in the successful acquisition of an Amazon logistics center located in New Mexico through a real estate investment fund.
Real Estate & Construction
Ju Bong PARK
jbpark@yulchon.com
Yulchon successfully represented a global construction company in a USD 165 M lawsuit against Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd.
Dispute Resolution
Il Bong MOON
ibmoon@yulchon.com
Yulchon successfully obtained acquittal for Korea’s ridesharing platform startup SOCAR and VCNC, a Korean version of “Uber”, where passenger transport service based on sharing economy was allegedly in violation of current law.
Intellectual Property & Technology
Jeong Yeol CHOE
jychoe@yulchon.com
Doil Son
dison@yulchon.com
Yulchon successfully represented Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm in a patent invalidation trial involving a patent that relates to FinFET technology filed against KAIST, and successfully settle the matter. The corresponding US case resulted in a jury verdict of $200 million.
Labour & Employment
Sang Wook CHO
swcho@yulchon.com
Yulchon is representing SK Hynix in litigation in which employees are seeking to characterize profit-sharing bonuses as “wages” which must be included in the base rate for statutory severance benefits and other entitlements.
Shanghai Office
+86 21 6179 9834
shanghai@yulchon.com
Yangon Office
+95 1 7537 088
yangon@yulchon.com
Hanoi Office
+84 24 3837 8200
hanoi@yulchon.com
Ho Chi Minh City Office
+84 28 3911 0225
hcmc@yulchon.com
Jakarta Office
+62 878 8994 7958
jakarta@yulchon.com
Moscow Office
+7 495 510 5200
moscow@yulchon.com
