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Kun Jong Lee Of Counsel
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Kun Jong Lee is an Of Counsel at Yoon & Yang LLC.
Mr. Lee began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Southern Branch of the Seoul District Public Prosecutor’s Office. Thereafter, Mr. Lee served as a prosecutor at various districts in Korea including the Chief Prosecutor at the Yeongdong Branch of the Cheongju District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Ulsan District Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the Eastern Branch of the Busan District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Vice Chief Prosecutor at the Jeonju District Public Prosecutor’s Office, and Senior Prosecutor at the Eastern Branch Criminal Department 1 of the Seoul District Public Prosecutor’s Office. He transitioned into private practice at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, where he retained the role of Chief Legal Officer. He also has experience as a professor at the Judicial Research & Training Institute and legal advisor to the Korea Fair Trade Commission.

Experience

  • 2015-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2019-25 Outside Director, DB Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • 2010-15 Chief Legal Officer, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group
  • 2008-09 Chief Prosecutor, Busan District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Eastern Branch
  • 2007-08 Legal Advisor, Korea Fair Trade Commission
  • 2006-07 Vice Chief Prosecutor, Jeonju District Public Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2005-06 Senior Prosecutor Criminal Department 1, Seoul District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Eastern Branch
  • 2003-05 Professor, Judicial Research & Training Institute
  • 2000-01 Chief Prosecutor, Ulsan District Public Prosecutor’s Office
  • 1998-99 Chief Prosecutor, Cheongju District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Yeongdong Branch
  • 1997 Visiting Prosecutor, United States Santa Clara County Prosecutor’s Office
  • 1993-96 Director for Planning, Korean Institute of Criminology (Secondment)
  • 1989-92 Prosecutor, Seoul District Public Prosecutor’s Office
  • 1986-88 Prosecutor, Seoul District Public Prosecutor’s Office, Southern Branch
  • 1980 Prosecutor, Military Court of the Ministry of National Defense

Education

  • 1996 Hongik University Graduate School of Tax (M.A.)
  • 1991 Harvard School of Law (Visiting Scholar)
  • 1985 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 1976 Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)

Qualifications

Admitted to bar, Korea (1985)

Representative Matters

[Representative Matters as Chief Legal Officer of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group]

  • Gulf of Mexico oil spill incident
  • Current transformer anti-dumping incident
  • C-GIS patent litigation
  • HDO acquisition arbitration
  • International arbitration regarding desalination facilities in the Middle East
  • International arbitration regarding crane facilities in Chile
  • International arbitration regarding solar polysilicon supply contract
  • International arbitration and litigation in in Thailand regarding PTT Corporation
  • Establishment of compliance programs


 

Awards

  • Order of Service Merit, Red Stripes (2008)

Publications

  • Relationship between Standard Income Rate and Principle of No Taxation without Law (Master’s Degree)

Languages

Korean and English