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Dentons Lee Offices
14F, POONGSAN BLDG.
23 CHUNGJEONG-RO SEODAEMUN-GU
SEOUL, 03737
03737
South Korea
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Yong-Moon Kim
Work Department
Labor and Employment
Position
Senior Attorney
Career
Senior Attorney, Dentons Lee, 2021-present
Legal specialist, International Labour Organization, 2015-2016
Attorney, Lee & Ko, 2009-2021
Attorney, Yoon & Yang, 2006-2008
Languages
Korean, English
Memberships
Korean Bar Association
Seoul Bar Association
Education
Seoul National University Law School – Korea Labor Institute (SNU-KLI), 2017, Academy of the best leaders in industrial relationships
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, 2006
Seoul National University, 1999, LLB
Personal
Yong-Moon Kim is the leader of the Labor Group at Dentons Lee. As an expert in addressing labor and employment issues, Mr. Kim has served his clients on a range of matters involving individual employment relationships (e.g., classification as an employee, hiring, dismissal, disciplinary measures, HR orders, performance management, corporate restructuring, wages, severance pay, part-time employees, dispatched employees, other non-regular employees, protection of female workers’ rights, workplace discrimination, individual employees/employer relationships during M&A transactions) as well as collective labor relationships (e.g., establishment and operation of labor unions, collective bargaining, union activities, strikes, unfair labor practices, collective employees/employer relationships during M&A transactions, establishment and operation of labor committees), as well as occupational safety and health matters.
Mr. Kim has provided advice and representation in many civil, criminal and administrative litigation matters, in response to investigations by supervisory institutions, in connection with disputes against the labor committees and in other types of comparable disputes. He has also utilized his unique experience working as a legal specialist at the UN International Labor Organization to assist clients in disputes related to the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement.
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Labour and employment: local firms
Dentons Lee‘s labour and employment practice assists a client base of domestic and international companies with a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Practice head Yong-Moon Kim advises on corporate restructuring, individual employment matters, and cases of alleged workplace discrimination and harassment. Senior associates Yo-Sub Shim and Si-Won Lee assist corporate entities with HR matters, particularly on work concerning the Labour Standards Act and the Dispatch Act. Hye-In Kim is also recommended.