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GANGNAM-GU
SEOUL 06164
South Korea
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Mr Yong Pyo Yeom

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Work Department

Environment/Energy Disputes, Sports / Entertainment / Game Disputes, Healthcare Disputes, Corporate/M&A Disputes, Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner, Co-head of Dispute Resolution Practice

Career

Yong Pyo Yeom is a partner at Yulchon where his practice area focuses on litigation and arbitration. He joined Yulchon as an associate in 1998 and was made a partner in 2007. Mr. Yeom’s experience also includes an associate position at Shin & Kim. Additionally, he held a public prosecutor position at the Changwon District Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office.

  • 2005-present Partner, Yulchon LLC
  • 2021-present  Outside Director, KG Chemical
  • 2021-present  Member, National Election Survey Deliberation Commission
  • 2021-present  Member, Sports Fair Commission of Korean Sport & Olympic Committee
  • 2021-present  Member, KBO Reward and Punishment Committee
  • 2019-present  Arbitrator, The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
  • 2019-2021  Member of the Sentencing Commission, Supreme Court
  • 2019-2021  Vice President, Korean Bar Association
  • 2017-2019  Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2017-2019  Civil Mediation Committee Member, Seoul Central District Court
  • 2015-2017  Director of International Affairs & Member Director, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2013-2018  Adjunct professor, Seoul National University School of Law
  • 2012-2019  Early Mediator, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2011-2013  Director, Korean Bar Association
  • 2007-2008  Media Committee Member, SK Communications Co., Ltd.
  • 2004-2005  Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors Office
  • 2002-2004  Prosecutor, Changwon District Prosecutors Office
  • 2001-2002  Shin & Kim
  • 1999-2001  Yulchon LLC

Languages

Korean, English

Education

  • 1996 Seoul National University, LL.B.
  • 2003 Seoul National University, Graduate School(Master Course)
  • 2009 University of California Berkeley, LL.M.
  • 1999 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea

Personal

  • 2024  Super 50 Disputes Lawyers, Asian Legal Business
  • 2024  Litigation star, Product liability and recall, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
  • 2022-2024  Leading Individual, Dispute Resolution, Legal 500
  • 2022  Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal
  • 2021-2022  Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business
  • 2020-2023  Litigation Star, BENCHMARK LITIGATION AP
  • 2020  Leading Lawyer, Legal Times
  • 2019-2023  Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers AP
  • 2019  Dispute Resolution Star, BENCHMARK LITIGATION AP
  • 2019  Lawyer of the Year, Legal Times
  • 2017  Commended External Counsel of the Year, In-House Community, ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms

Dong Ryul Choi, Il Bong Moon, and Yong Pyo Yeom all jointly lead the ‘exceptional and outstanding‘ team at Yulchon handles a wide variety of disputes arising within the automobile, IT, ad defence sectors. Choi is noted for his broad knowledge of corporate and electoral crime, while the ‘professional, persuasive and logical‘ Sang June Uhm focuses on corporate investigations and financial crime, in addition to tax evasion-related matters. Seung Hyun Lee has broad expertise, particularly in relation to environmental law and the pharmaceutical industry.

South Korea > Dispute resolution: local firms

(Leading partners)

Yong Pyo Yeom – Yulchon

Yulchon boasts a top-tier practice handling a wide array of corporate and financial disputes, with a growing focus on cryptocurrency and blockchain-related cases stemming from its traditionally strong financial dispute practice. The team, known for representing major Korean conglomerates, is co-led by Il Bong Moon, a specialist in post-M&A arbitration, and Yong Pyo Yeom, who focuses on debt, equity, and contentious construction, tax, and real estate matters. Sy Nae Kim is a key figure in cross-border dispute matters with strong capabilities in private international law issues, treaties and conventions, while Ik Hyun Kim handles trust, white-collar crime, and real estate and has recently expanded his expertise into newer fields of practice such as mobility, blockchain, product liability, and logistics matters.

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