Wook Yoo
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Expertise Based Abroad : General Business Law
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Expertise Based Abroad
About
Provided by Wook Yoo
Practice Areas
Wook Yoo focuses his practice on administrative litigation, constitutional litigation, legislative and regulatory consulting, environment, defense industry, public contracts, public interest foundations/non-profit corporations, and North Korea.
Career
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (1993-present); Advisor, Unification Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2021-present); Member, Sub-Committee on South-North Cooperation, Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (2020-present); Chairman, Gaesung Industrial Complex Legal Advisory Committee, Ministry of Unification (2018-present); Vice President, Korean Environmental Law Association (2017-present); Member, Judicial Research Committee on Korean Unification, National Court Administration (2011-present); Adjunct Professor, University of North Korean Studies (2007-present); Member, Working Committee on International Development Cooperation, Office of the Prime Minister (2018-2020); Member, Policy Advisory Committee, National Human Rights Commission of Korea(2016-2018); Foreign Attorney, Winston & Strawn, New York(1998-1999)
Professional Memberships
Korean and Seoul Bar Association
Publications
Practical Guide to Investment in North Korea(Co-author, Do & Book, 2020); The Sanctions against North Korea and the Possibilities of Resumption of Gaeseong Industrial Complex(Co-author, Ministry of Justice, 2017); Legal System of North Korea and Understanding of North Korean Laws(Korea Society of Unification & North Korean Law Studies, 2011); Legal and Institutional Challenges to Build an Inter-Korean Economic Community(North Korean Law Research Society, 2007)
Personal
Seoul National University Law School (LL.B., 1986)
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Yoo Wook handles a range of instructions relating to South-North economic cooperation on behalf of government entities, banks and corporations. He is also adept at advising on matters in relation to unification.