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Kyungwoo Lee

Managing Partner

T. +82-2-3458-9500

F. +82-2-595-1892

E. kwlee@classhklaw.com

Overview

Kyungwoo Lee is a Managing Partner at ClassHankyul, with a practice that encompasses labor law, insurance, trade secret protection, unfair competition, damages, and general civil matters.

Mr. Lee has a particular expertise in labor issues, including human resources and labor relations. He founded the Labor Issues Research Institute 30 years ago and has served as a public interest member on both the Central Labor Committee and the Labor-Management-Government Committee. Currently, he serves as an advisory lawyer to the Ministry of Employment and Labor and as a mediator at the Seoul Central District Court.

Experience

  1. 1982 Passed the 24th National Bar Examination
  2. 1985 Completed Judicial Research and Training Institute (14th Class)
  3. 2004 ~ 2009 Member, Inspection Committee of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office; Member, Public Security Advisory Committee
  4. 2007 Selected as one of the best lawyers in the labor field (Chosun Ilbo)
  5. 2000 ~ 2011 Seoul Model Public Interest Member, Labor-Management-Government Committee
  6. 2005 ~ Present Mediator, Seoul Central District Court.
  7. 2007 ~ 2014 Public Interest Member, Workers' Compensation Review Committee at Ministry of Employment and Labor
  8. 2005 ~ 2020 Public Interest Member, Central Labor Commission
  9. 2011 ~ 2015 Member, Statutory Interpretation Committee of the Ministry of Government Legislation
  10. 2011 ~ 2023 Member, Motor Vehicle Compensation Dispute Mediation and Review Committee
  11. 2007 ~ Present Advisory Member, Ministry of Employment and Labor
  12. Present Managing Partner, ClassHankyul

Education

  1. 1975 Gyeonggi High School
  2. 1983 Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B.)
  3. 1996 ~ 1997 Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, USA
  4. 1999 Completed Graduate School of Labor at Korea University (5th class)
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Representative Matters

- Recruitment misconduct and recruitment cancellation at Gangwon Land 
- Recruitment misconduct and recruitment cancellation at SR Corporation
- Dismissal of low performers in public institutions
- Wrongful dismissal at Samhwan Corporation
- Matters related to regular recruitment at public organizations
- Husun Station transfer case at KB Bank
- Personnel and disciplinary matters at Kyunghyang Newspaper
- Personnel and disciplinary matters at Korea Railroad Corporation
- Normal wage matters at Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Corporation
- Normal wage (overseas wage) matters at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.
- Normal wage matters at Hanjin Corporation
- Wage peak system matters at Hanjin Corporation
- Wage peak system matters at Seoul Transportation Corporation
- Wage peak system case at KB Bank
- Wage peak system case at Korea Economic Daily
- Correction of non-regular employee discrimination at GKL
- Retirement income tax rectification claims for non-regular employees converted to regular employees at KB Bank
- Worker status of in-home counselors and corresponding measures
- Worker status of outsourced management personnel and improvement measures
- Review and improvement plan for entrustment contract with independent vehicle owners
- Review of the plan for regularizing non-regular workers in public institutions under the government's "Conversion of Non-regular Workers to Regular Workers" policy
- Advised the Ministry of Employment and Labor on multiple unions and union activities
- Advised Korea National Railway on labor disputes and negotiations
- Various dismissal and disciplinary matters related to strikes at the Railroad Facilities Corporation
- Advised Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Corporation on Interpretation of collective bargaining agreement
- Provisional injunction and invalidation action regarding the election at Kookmin Bank branch of Financial Union
- Dismissal case regarding union activities at Korean Air
- Advised Daelim Petrochemical on labor disputes and negotiations
- Provisional injunction regarding suspension of performance improvement program at Kookmin Bank branch of the Financial Union
- Request for correction of violation of fair representation at KB Kookmin Bank
- Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (review of measures by employers under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act)
- Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (review of those subject to criminal sanctions under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act)
- Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (review of those subject to liability in the event of a Serious Accident at a performance venue)
- Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (general inspection for Korea Water Resources Corporation's safety and health management system)
- Advised on administrative disposition proceedings related to the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (administrative disposition in a case where a subcontractor's worker died during construction)
- Criminal defense in a Serious Accident case (handling a case of accidental manslaughter)

Publications

- Irregular Worker Law Explained (co-authored) - Lawyers for Democratic Society
- Labor Law Explained by Lawyers (co-authored) - Lawyers for Democratic Society

Kyungwoo Lee

Managing Partner

T. +82-2-3458-9500

F. +82-2-595-1892

E. kwlee@classhklaw.com