Mr Soon-Yub Samuel Kwon > Lee & Ko > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Lee & Ko Offices
HANJIN BUILDING
63 NAMDAEMUN-RO, JUNG-GU
SEOUL 04532
South Korea
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Mr Soon-Yub Samuel Kwon
Work Department
Corporate, Foreign Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Legislative Consulting.
Position
Career
Lee & Ko: 1999 – Present Executive Vice President for Telecommunications and Information, SK Holdings Executive Vice President, SK Research Institute : 2008-2009 Senior Counsel, Shin & Kim : 2006-2007 Representative Director, Hanaro Telecom Representative Director, Thrunet: : 2003-2006 Executive Vice President, Hansol M.com and Representative Director, Hansol iGlobe : 2000-2002 International Trade Counsel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,, Wharton & Garrison : 1987-1999.
Languages
English and Korean.
Memberships
Admitted to Bar, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: 1988; State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: 1987
Education
Columbia Law School J.D.: 1987 Pennsylvania Law School LL.M.: 1984. Seoul National University LL.B.: 1980.
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > TMT: local firms
Lee & Ko’s broad TMT practice handles regulatory, licensing, transactions, and disputes. The team is jointly led by Soon-Yub Samuel Kwon, Kwang Bae Park, and Jongsoo (Jay) Yoon. Kwon has extensive experience in advising domestic and international clients in the technology and telecoms fields. Park ‘consistently delivers outstanding services to his clients’ and focuses on data protection, privacy, cyber security, IT, and Fintech matters, as does Yoon who also advises on IP matters. Other key names to note include Ju Bong Jang, Hwan Kyoung Ko, and Tae Joo Kim.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms