South Korea

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Hyung Ki Lee

Hyung Ki Lee

Yulchon, South Korea

Work Department

Corporate & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Fund/PE, Insurance

Position

Foreign Attorney

Career

Mr. Lee is a foreign attorney admitted in Washington since 2006 and joined Yulchon LLC in 2012. Prior to joining Yulchon LLC, he worked as a law clerk at the Washington State Court of Appeals and then as a foreign attorney at Yoon & Yang LLC. He practices primarily in the areas of Corporate & Finance, M&A, Fund/PE, Insurance, Corporate Governance, Cryptoassets/Blockchain, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, and French-language matters and has advised foreign and Korean clients on a broad range of M&A and other corporate projects, a number of which have received awards from, or been published in, international publications.

  • 2012-present  Yulchon LLC
  • 2007-2012       Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2005-2007      Law Clerk, Washington State Court of Appeals
  • 2003-2005     Executive Articles Editor, Washington International Law Journal
  • 1999-2002      International Conference Specialist, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Languages

Korean, English, French

Memberships

  • 2006  Washington

Education

  • 2005  University of Washington School of Law, J.D.
  • 2000  Korea University, Graduate School of Law, M.A.
  • 1997  Korea University, French Language and Literature, B.A.

Personal

  • 2024  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw
  • 2024  Next Generation Partner, Corporate/M&A, Legal 500
  • 2023  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw (Edition 28)
  • 2022~2023  Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business
  • 2021~2022  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, Legal 500
  • 2017~2022  Leading Lawyer, Corporate/M&A, asialaw

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