HBL
HANBYOL LAW LLC

Qualifications

  • Korean lawyer (Korean Bar Association, Seoul Bar Association)
  • Passed the 44th Korean Bar Examination (2002)

Education

1991
  • Graduated from Suwon Yushin High School
1999
  • Seoul National University, Department of Spanish Language and Literature (Major) / Department of Jurisprudence (Minor)
2005
  • Completed the 34th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute
2012
  • LL.M. from the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law

Professional Career

2002
  • Passed the 44th Judicial Examination
2005 - 2021
  • LOGOS LLC
2021 - 2026
  • Jion Law Firm
2026 - 현재
  • Hanbyol Law LLC
(현)
  • Member of the National Intelligence Service Information Disclosure Review Committee
  • Member of the Content Dispute Mediation Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Key Achievements

Litigation & Arbitration

  • •A damages claim brought on behalf of Hynix Semiconductor Co., Ltd. against its former and current executives
  • •Represented the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation in a damages claim against former and current executives of Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
  • •대우조선해양㈜ 분식회계 관련 사외이사들에 대한 손해배상청구 사건
  • •Gyeongsan Bus Co., Ltd. Management Control Dispute Case
  • •Case seeking to set aside the disposition suspending the validity of accreditation, representing the Korean Council for University College Education
  • •Case seeking confirmation of the invalidity of accreditation, representing the Korea Council for University College Education
  • •Case Seeking Revocation of the Disposition Revoking Approval of the Appointment of Officers, Representing the Directors of the Yeji Foundation
  • •Case seeking revocation, on behalf of the Yeji Foundation, of the disposition revoking the suspension of subsidy support

Fair Trade

  • •LGU+’s action against the Korea Fair Trade Commission seeking revocation of corrective orders and other measures concerning abuse of market-dominant position (with the Commission participating as an assisting intervenor)

Finance

  • •A damages claim against banks concerning KIKO currency options, brought on behalf of small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • •A damages claim against a bank concerning an exchange-traded fund (ETF) case

Construction & Real Estate

  • •In the construction payment claim case concerning High1 Ski Resort, representing Daelim Construction Co., Ltd. against Kangwon Land Co., Ltd.
  • •A claim for reimbursement of electrical feeder installation costs brought against the Korea National Housing Corporation on behalf of Korea Electric Power Corporation.

Media Litigation

  • •Case seeking removal of an article, etc., from CBS Broadcasting on behalf of Pastor A
  • •Action on behalf of B Housing Co., Ltd. against Y Newspaper seeking removal of an article, etc.

Labor Litigation

  • •Case concerning claims for long-term performance bonuses by former executives against GS Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

Corporate Advisory

  • •Korea Electric Power Corporation Advisory (10 years)
  • •Advisory on the Platform Screen Door (PSD) Technology Transfer Agreement between Ftech PSD Co., Ltd. and France’s Faively.
  • •Consulting with the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards on the establishment of Korean Industrial Standards (KS) for Samkwang Glass Co., Ltd.
  • •Advisory on the sale of shares in New Altech Co., Ltd. between Daechang Steel Co., Ltd. and POSCO P&S Co., Ltd.
  • •Power Engineering Co., Ltd. Consulting
  • •FNC Entertainment Co., Ltd. Advisory
  • •SM Life Design Group Co., Ltd. Advisory
  • •KDB Infrastructure Asset Management Co., Ltd. Advisory
  • •Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) Advisory
  • •Advisory for Foamworks Co., Ltd.
  • •Advisory for MAN Diesel Korea
  • •CBRE Korea Advisory
  • •First American Title Insurance advisory
  • •Advisory to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, formerly Jeil Fire & Marine Insurance, and Ssangyong Fire & Marine Insurance

Public Institution & SOE Advisory

  • •Consultation on Pohang City’s Special Act on the Investigation into the Causes of the Pohang Earthquake and Relief for Damage Therefrom, etc.
  • •Advisory services for the Korean Council for University College Education
  • •EBS consultation
  • •Board of Audit and Inspection advisory
  • •National Intelligence Service advisory

University Industry-Academia Cooperation Legal Advisory

  • •Advisory for Kookmin University Industry Cooperation Foundation

Languages

Korean