YOON&YANG

Keon Joo Cho Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7559
FAX 82 2 6003 7847
E-MAIL kjcho@hwawoo.com

Keon Joo Cho is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice area is corporate litigation, with a primary focus on civil, criminal and administrative litigation.
After completing the training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Korea (25th), he began his career in public service as a Judge at the Seoul Central District Court. He later served as a Judge at the Seoul Administrative Court and the Seoul High Court (Criminal and Fair Trade), and as a Judicial Researcher at the Supreme Court of Korea. He retired from public service after his time as the Chief Judge at the Seoul Eastern District Court.

Experience

2017-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2019-present Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
2015-17 Presiding Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court
2012-15 Presiding Judge, Suwon District Court Ansan Branch
2011-12 Presiding Judge, Daejeon District Court
2009-11 Judicial Researcher, Supreme Court of Korea
2007-09 Judge, Seoul High Court
2006-07 Judge, Suwon District Court
2003-06 Judge, Chuncheon District Court Sokcho Branch
2001-03 Judge, Seoul Administrative Court
1999-01 Judge, Seoul Central District Court

Education

1996 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1994 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

Represented Hanwha Consortium in a dispute concerning the preferred bidder status in relation to development of unused site at Seoul Station
Represented LS Mtron in a claim for damages related to an M&A.
Represented EY in a claim for damages related to China Gaoxian Fibre Fabric Holdings Ltd.
Represented President Shin of L Group in a case concerning the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (breach of trust)
Represented NH Bank in a claim for damages related to KT ENS
Related SK Chemical in a claim for damages related to a bio fuel oil supply agreement