Ranked in 1 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Employment

South Korea

7 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Chan-Keun Park

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

General HR

Illegal Dispatch ∙ Non-Regular Workers

Collective Labor Relations

Sexual Harassment ∙ Workplace Harassment

Labor Inspection

HR Compliance

Workplace Safety ∙ Serious Accidents

M&A & Labor

Labor Dispute

Employment & Labor Litigation

Employment ∙ Labor

Career

Chan-Keun Park is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include labor and administration law.

In particular, in the field of labor law, Mr. Park specializes in restructuring in the process of corporate mergers and business transfers, improving wage structures such as ordinary wages, responding to legal disputes related to the dispatch law, establishing measures to resolve discrimination between fixed-term workers and dispatched workers, introducing flexible working systems, consulting for serious accidents, he has dealt with litigation cases and provided advice on major disaster cases, labor supervision, corporate responses under the plural union system, and sexual harassment in the workplace.

Mr. Park also consulted and litigated on general cable broadcasting business re-licensing, housing reconstruction/redevelopment project, factory establishment/relocation permit, urban planning facility business, sports facility business, expropriation compensation, fishing right compensation, repurchase right, etc. in the field of general administration.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (2004)

Publications

Korea Chapter, Occupational Health & Safety, Lexology Getting the Deal Through (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2023)

South Korea: Law & Practice, Employment, Chambers Global Practice Guides (Chamber and Partners, 2019)

Change and Outlook of New Government’s Labor Policy: Focus on Reduction of Temporary Employees and Work Hours (Legal Times Vol.108, 2017)

Understanding of the Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision Concerning Ordinary Wages, Journal Vol. 81 No.1, AMCHAM Korea (Co-author, 2014)

Experience

2006-present

Yoon & Yang LLC

2018-present

Member of Labor Law Theory and Practice Society

2011-present

Member of the Labor Law Working Group, Supreme Court

2005-06

Lee & Ko

2004-05

First Law Offices

Languages Spoken

Korean, English and German

Clients

GM Korea, Samsung C&T Corporation, DL E&C, Coupang

Education

Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law.

LL.M

2011

Seoul National University Graduate School

LL.D. coursework completed

2006

Judicial Research and Training Institute

2004

Seoul National University College of Law

LL.B.

1996

Awards

Leading Individual, Employment

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2023

Leading Individual, Employment

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2022

Leading Individual, Employment

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2021

Leading Individual, Employment

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2020

Leading Individual, Employment

Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

2019

Notable Practitioner, Labour and employment

asialaw

2022

Litigation Star, Labor and employment

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2023

National Leader, Labour & Employment

Who's Who Legal Korea

2023

Future Star, Labor and employment

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2022

Future Star, Labor and employment

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2021

Future Star, Labor and employment

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2020

Future Star, Labor and employment

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

2019

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Asia-Pacific

Employment - South Korea
3
Band 3

Park Chan-Keun undertakes a broad spectrum of work including advisory and litigious matters. His work covers subcontractor employee status matters, dismissal disputes and other HR advice in South Korea.

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