January 25, 2024
Yoon & Yang effected a leadership change in its Seoul office, effective January 1, 2024. The firm elected Myung Soo Lee as Senior Managing Partner in its Seoul office, and named two Managing Partners, Young Ho Kang and Jin Guk Shi, who will oversee the firm’s day-to-day operations and lead the firm as members of the management committee for the next three years. Myung Soo Lee was unanimously elected by the equity partners in October 2023. He had served as one of the three managing partners for six years since 2017, and succeeds Jinsu Jeong, who served as Senior Managing Partner since 2018. Under Myung Soo Lee’s guidance, the firm has become the primary legal advisor for many conglomerates and major domestic financial institutions. He also spearheaded key recruitment efforts, notably the hires of JongKu Choi, former chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission; Jong-moon Choi, former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs; Sae Chun Park, senior deputy governor for the Financial Supervisory Service; and Dong Shin Lee, former commissioner of the regional office of the National Tax Service in Busan. Young Ho Kang, who also started as a managing partner, began his career at Kim, Shin & Yu in 2001, and has continued his tenure as a Yoon & Yang attorney since 2006 when Kim, Shin & Yu merged with Yoon & Yang. As an attorney specializing in M&A, finance and capital markets, he has served as head of the Banking & Finance Practice Group, as well as of the Corporate Advisory Group. Jin Guk Shi joined Yoon & Yang in 2020 after having served as a judge in various courts...
April 19, 2023
In-House Community Firms of the Year 2022 – Top Law Firms in South Korea Winners in ⭐bold Honourable mentions in italics Alternative Investment Funds (Including Private Equity)   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee ⭐ Yulchon Shin & Kim Banking And Finance   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Lee & Ko ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee Yoon & Yang Compliance And Regulatory   ⭐ Lee & Ko ⭐ Yulchon ⭐ Kim & Chang Bae, Kim & Lee Yoon & Yang Antitrust/ Competition   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee ⭐ Yoon & Yang Yulchon Capital Markets   ⭐ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Yoon & Yang Paul Hastings Yulchon Shin & Kim Corporate And M&A   ⭐ Yoon & Yang ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee Shin & Kim Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Ropes & Gray   Employment   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Yoon & Yang ⭐ Lee & Ko Yulchon Bae, Kim & Lee Litigation And Dispute Resolution   ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Lee & Ko Yoon & Yang Shin & Kim Yulchon Restructuring & Insolvency   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Lee & Ko ⭐ Yoon & Yang DR & AJU Bae, Kim & Lee Energy & Natural Resources   ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Lee & Ko DR & AJU LLC Yulchon Projects And Project Financing   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Lee & Ko ⭐ Allen & Overy ⭐ Linklaters Bae, Kim & Lee Shin & Kim Most Responsive International Law Firm – South Korea   ⭐ Herbert Smith Freehills ⭐ Allen & Overy ⭐ Linklaters Intellectual Property   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee International Arbitration   ⭐ Kim & Chang ⭐ Bae, Kim & Lee ⭐ Peter...
December 27, 2017
A proposed amendment of the Enforcement Decree of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (Fair Trade Act) was approved by the State Council on September 26, 2017 ...
November 17, 2017
On October 16, 2017, the US Supreme Court decided to hear a case in which Microsoft refused to submit requested data to US law enforcement authorities for a criminal investigation ...