Seug-Hee Yoon

Expertise embodied passion, confidence in customers [YOON & CO]

Seug-Hee Yoon
      • Seug-Hee Yoon
      • E-mail: shyoon@ynclaw.co.kr
      • Admitted to Practise in Korea, 1994
      • Member, Korean Bar Association
    • Education
      • Nov 2021 Completion of the 3rd the highest level of the sea, Korea University School of Law ESEL Academy
      • Nov 2020 Completion of the 1st Female Lawyer Non-Excutive Director Academy Course, Master of Business Administration, Ewha Womans University
      • 2009 - 2010 University of Washington School of Law (Visiting Scholar)
      • 2002 - 2003 Tulane Law School (LL.M. in Admiralty)
      • 1987 Ewha Womans University (LL.B., Magna Cum Laude)
      Qualifications
      • 1994 Admitted to Practise in Korea
      Experience
      • Nov 2012 - Present YOON & CO (Managing Partner)
      • Nov 2003 - Nov 2012 Cho, Yoon & Lee (Partner)
      • Mar 1998 - Jun 2002 Jin & Lee (Associate)
      • Mar 1994 - Feb 1998 Hwang, Mok, Park & Jin (Associate)
      Current Membership
      • Apr 2022 President of Korean Maritime Law Association
      • Jun 2021 Member of Crime Victim Protection Committee (Ministry of Justice)
      • Feb 2021 Commissioner of National Human Rights Commission
      • Dec 2020 Member of Deliberative Committee for Crime Victim Protection (The Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors' Office)
      • Sep 2020 Non-Executive Director of Women's Human Rights Institute of Korea
      • Feb 2020 Member of National Maritime Police Committee (Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)
      • Oct 2018 Member of Deliberative Committee for Gender Equality(Seoul Family Court)
      • Apr 2017 Member of Content Dispute Resolution Committee (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)
      • Jun 2010 Mediator of the Seoul Central District Court
      Membership History
      • May 2020 - May 2022 Member of Private School Dispute Resolution Committee (Ministry of Education)
      • Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 President of Korean Women Lawyers Association
      • Jan 2018 - Jan 2022 Member of Prosecutorial Investigation Review Committee(Supreme Prosecutors' Office)
      • Feb 2020 – Feb 2021 Vice President of Korean Bar Association
      • Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 Vice President of Seoul Bar Association
      • Aug 2014 – Jun 2017 Member of Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
      • May 2012 – Apr 2016 Auditor of Korean Maritime Law Association
      • Aug 2012 Examiner of 3rd Professional Responsibility Examination
      • Jul 2006 Member of Central Maritime Relief Committee (The National Maritime Police Agency)
      • Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 Member of Deliberative Committee for Fishery Disasters (Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries)
      • Aug 2005 – Jul 2009 Member of Interpretation Act Review Committee (Ministry of Government Legislation Committee)
      Professional Field : Transport Law
      Awards
      • 24 Feb 2014 Distinguished Service Medal by Korean Bar Association
      • 23 Sep 2011 Distinguished Service Medal by Seoul Bar Association
      Practice Area
      • Foreign Investment & General Corporate Practice, Aviation & Maritime Law, Insurance Law, Environmental Law, Litigation, Arbitration