YOON&YANG
Jin Guk Shi Managing Partner
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Jin Guk Shi is a managing partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice area is corporate litigation.
After completing his legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, Mr. Shi started his career in the public sector as a judge at the Seoul Central District Court. Then, he served as a judge at the Seoul Family Court, the Chuncheon District Court, the Seoul High Court, the Suwon District Court and the Seoul Central District Court, and the 1st and 2nd Director of Planning at the National Court Administration. He retired from the public sector as a presiding judge at the Tongyeong branch of the Changwon District Court. Since 2020, he has been working as a partner for the Litigation Group at Yoon & Yang, and has taken on several major cases that have become a hot topic in the public eye. He has achieved successive successes in both civil and criminal cases. He has been elected as a management partner since 2024, and is also in charge of management of Yoon & Yang.

Experience

  • 2020-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2018-20 Presiding Judge, Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court
  • 2016-18 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
  • 2015-16 1st Director of Planning, National Court Administration (concurrent position)
  • 2014-15 2nd Director of Planning, National Court Administration (concurrent position)
  • 2011-14 Judge, Suwon District Court
  • 2010-11 Judge, Seoul High Court
  • 2007-10 Judge, Chuncheon District Court
  • 2005-07 Judge, Seoul Family Court
  • 2003-05 Judge, Seoul Central District Court

Education

  • 2009 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.D. coursework completed)
  • 2006 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law, LL.M.
  • 2003 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 2000 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.
  • 1998 Seoul National University College of Business Administration, B.A. in Business Administration

Representative Matters

  • Asiana Airlines' lawsuit for extortion of down payment related to M&A
  • Lawsuit for damages related to defects in the vessel cargo hold of the LNG ship of SK Shipping
  • Inha University Hospital's door-to-door pharmacy violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act
  • Contract dispute between chicken franchise company BBQ and bhc
  • K2 tank engine development settlement litigation
  • Former Namyangju Mayor's employment corruption-related business obstruction case

Awards

  • Best Lawyer, Litigation, Korea Economic Business (2023)
  • Lawyer of the Year, Litigation, Legal Times (2023)

Publications

  • Internet Comprehensive Information Providers’ Tort Liabilities for Defamation, Justice 114 (2009)
  • Study on the Division of Inherited Properties”, Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (2006)