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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

  1. Recruitment misconduct and recruitment cancellation at Gangwon Land 
  2. Recruitment misconduct and recruitment cancellation at SR Corporation
  3. Dismissal of low performers in public institutions
  4. Wrongful dismissal at Samhwan Corporation
  5. Matters related to regular recruitment at public organizations
  6. Husun Station transfer case at KB Bank
  7. Personnel and disciplinary matters at Kyunghyang Newspaper
  8. Personnel and disciplinary matters at Korea Railroad Corporation
  9. Normal wage matters at Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Corporation
  10. Normal wage (overseas wage) matters at Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.
  11. Normal wage matters at Hanjin Corporation
  12. Wage peak system matters at Hanjin Corporation
  13. Wage peak system matters at Seoul Transportation Corporation
  14. Wage peak system case at KB Bank
  15. Wage peak system case at Korea Economic Daily
  16. Correction of non-regular employee discrimination at GKL
  17. Retirement income tax rectification claims for non-regular employees converted to regular employees at KB Bank
  18. Worker status of in-home counselors and corresponding measures
  19. Worker status of outsourced management personnel and improvement measures
  20. Review and improvement plan for entrustment contract with independent vehicle owners
  21. 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
  22. Advised the Ministry of Employment and Labor on multiple unions and union activities
  23. Advised Korea National Railway on labor disputes and negotiations
  24. Various dismissal and disciplinary matters related to strikes at the Railroad Facilities Corporation
  25. Advised Seoul Metropolitan Transportation Corporation on Interpretation of collective bargaining agreement
  26. Provisional injunction and invalidation action regarding the election at Kookmin Bank branch of Financial Union
  27. Dismissal case regarding union activities at Korean Air
  28. Advised Daelim Petrochemical on labor disputes and negotiations
  29. Provisional injunction regarding suspension of performance improvement program at Kookmin Bank branch of the Financial Union
  30. Request for correction of violation of fair representation at KB Kookmin Bank
  31. Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (review of measures by employers under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act)
  32. Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (review of those subject to criminal sanctions under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act)
  33. Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (review of those subject to liability in the event of a Serious Accident at a performance venue)
  34. Advised on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (general inspection for Korea Water Resources Corporation's safety and health management system)
  35. 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)
  36. Criminal defense in a Serious Accident case (handling a case of accidental manslaughter)

Publications

  1. Irregular Worker Law Explained (co-authored) - Lawyers for Democratic Society
  2. 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