Ms. Yeunjoo Lee is a partner at ClassHankyul. After passing the 44th Korean Bar Exam in 2002, Ms. Lee handled civil, commercial, and criminal litigation in addition to real estate and solar power financing, and currently handles corporate consulting and civil litigation matters.
Beginning with consultations on Korean IPOs for Japanese companies in 2010, Ms. Lee has consulted on Korea-Japan M&As, merger agreements, debt recovery, dispute resolution, administrative regulations, and corporate compliance for mainly Japanese companies and Japan-based Korean companies for roughly 15 years, and also provides consultations on Japanese laws and practices to Korean companies entering the Japanese market through connections with Japanese law firms and experts in Japan. Ms. Lee also handles various civil litigation matters for domestic small and mid-sized companies.
Overview
Experience
- 2002 Passed 44th Korean Bar Exam
- 2005 Judicial Research and Training Institute (34th Class)
- 2006 ~ 2011 Jipyong Law Firm
- 2011 ~ 2013 Yulchon Law Firm
- 2013 ~ 2022 HMP Law Firm
- 2017 ~ 2020 Outside Director, Dongkoo Bio Pharmaceuticals
- 2022 ~ 2023 Lawfirm Class LLC
- 2022 ~ Present Member, Seoul Administrative Appeals Committee
- 2023 ~ Present Partner, ClassHankyul
Education
- 1990 ~ 1994 Tokyo Korean School in Japan
- 1995 Seoul Sehwa Girls’ High School
- 2000 Chung-Ang University Law Department
- 2012 ~ 2013 Kyoto University in Japan Graduate School of Law Law Department (major in Corporate Law)
- 2012 ~ 2013 Umegae Central Law Firm in Japan
Representative Matters
- - Legal advice for SBI Group in Japan, NTTDATA, NEC, GMO Group, Broadband Security, etc.
- - Advice on KOSDAQ listing for four Japanese companies
- - Multiple Korea-Japan M&As
- - Litigation regarding inheritances involving Koreans in Japan
- - Counsel for domestic companies in various lawsuits
Publications
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Corporate Management’s Breaches of Duty of Care regarding Employee Death by Overwork (LAWnB Corporate Law Report, 2012) - - Amendment to Japanese Companies Law and Adoption of Multi-Representative Lawsuits (LAWnB February 2014)
- - Examination of the Japanese JCom Stock Erroneous Ordering Case (The Law Times, February 2014)
- - Duty of Care for MBOs and Directors (The Law Times January 2015)
- - Sumitomo Electrical Company Cartel Shareholder Derivative Lawsuit (The Law Times, May 2015)
- - Lessons Learned from the Japanese Internal Reporting (Accusation) Case (The Law Times, January 2016)
- - Notes on Agreements as to Jurisdiction in International Contracts (Yeonhap Infomax, February 5, 2018)
- - Korea’s Multiple Nationality System (Korea Investment Association 2018)
- - Trends in Amendments to Regulations on KOSDAQ Listings for Foreign Companies (MIZUHO infostation November 2013)
- - Notes on Mergers with Korean Companies (1) (2) (MIZUHO infostation 2014)
- - Intellectual Property Right Protections in Korea (1) (2) (MIZUHO infostation 2015)
- - Enhanced Governance of Korean Subsidiaries (1) (2) (3) (MIZUHO infostation 2015, 2016)
- - Major Labor Issues for Korean Businesses (MIZUHO infostation 2016)
- - Major contents Details of Improper Solicitation and Graft Act and Analysis of Related Cases (MIZUHO infostation 2017)
Yeunjoo Lee
Attorney at Law
T. +82-2-2251-7530
F. +82-2-555-5008
E. yjlee@classhklaw.com