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Kyunghoon Lee is the co-head of both the Compliance Practice Group and the International Litigation Group of Lee & Ko. He has extensive experience in successfully advising major domestic and international clients on regulatory compliance and corporate investigations matters, along with representing and providing advice to clients on a wide array of cross-border dispute cases. Prior to joining Lee & Ko, Mr. Lee worked for eight years at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in its DC office in the US, and as an in-house counsel of a global electronics company for fifteen years. Based on his experience working in law firms and a company in both the US and Korea, he has accumulated a wealth of experience on a broad range of cross-border disputes. His deep understanding on both common law and civil law traditions enable him to provide the optimal litigation strategies in cross-border dispute cases, along with the best possible legal advice on matters involving regulatory compliance and corporate investigations. As a leading expert, Mr. Lee also frequently lectures on compliance in Korea before international audiences.
Education
2005 |
Duke Law School - LL.M. |
1998 |
Harvard Law School - LL.M. |
1989 |
Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
1987 |
Seoul National University, College of Law - LL.B. |
Work Experience
2014-Present |
Lee & Ko |
2006-2014 |
Chadbourne &Parke LLP |
2002-2004 |
Samsung Electronics (Vice President and Corporate Counsel) |
1989-2002 |
Samsung Group (Corporate Counsel) |
Expertise
Corporate Governance |
Antitrust Litigation |
Product Liability |
Automotive Industry |
Litigation & Arbitration |
Anti-corruption |
Regulatory Compliance |
Antitrust & Competition |
International Litigation |
International Arbitration |
International IP Litigation |
ESG |
Admissions
Admitted to bar, Korea(1989) |
Admitted to bar, New York(2001) |
Admitted to bar, District of Columbia (2007) |
Languages
Representative Cases
[Outbound Cases]
- Advised a global electronics company on a class action product liability lawsuit at the U.S. District Court of New Jersey (which is a federal court) and handled the related settlement
- Advised a leading airline company in Korea in connection with a tort lawsuit at the New York State Court and its immediate appellate court (and the case was dismissed with prejudice in accordance with forum non conveniens)
- Advised a large Korean manufacturing company in a bankruptcy case at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and advised on the related mediation relating to such case
- Advised a leading Korean entertainment company in connection with a lawsuit on the contractual breach of personal data protection at the U.S. District Court for California
- Advised a consortium of the largest state-owned power company in Korea and its subsidiary in connection with a lawsuit in Guam on the revocation of the approval for a project
- Advised a Korean manufacturing company in connection with a tort lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for Georgia
- Advised a leading Korean fashion company on a lawsuit involving a breach of contract at the New York State Court and the related settlement
- Advised a Korean cosmetics company on a lawsuit involving a breach of contract at the New York State Court and the related settlement
- Advised the largest airline company in Korea in connection with a patent infringement lawsuit at one of the U.S. federal courts (and the case was dismissed with prejudice)
- Advised a global electronics company on various civil and criminal cases in both lower and appellate courts in India
- Advised a leading Korean company in connection with a lawsuit on subrogation in a civil court in Israel and the related settlement
- Advised a large Korean manufacturing company on a lawsuit involving wrongful termination and goodwill at a civil court in Norway
- Advised a large Korean manufacturing company on a lawsuit involving a breach of contract at a civil court in Turkey
- Advised a Korean client in connection with an application for Section 1782 with the U.S. District Court for Oregon and conducting deposition
[Inbound Cases]
- Advised an American manufacturing company for conducting deposition and discovery in connection with a lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- Advised a Canadian company in relation to providing Korean law advice in connection with a lawsuit at the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta
- Advised a Korean client for providing Korean law opinions (as an expert on foreign law) in connection with lawsuits at the federal courts of California, New York and Oregon
- Advised a Korean client in connection with document discovery and review works for lawsuits in various U.S. courts
- Represented an Austrian steel company in relation to a lawsuit against a Korean company for the payment of outstanding construction costs and provisional disposition
- Represented an international electronics company in connection with a product liability lawsuit in Korea initiated by multiple parties in relation to its global recalls
- Advised a New Zealand client for providing a Korean law opinion (as an expert on foreign law) in connection with a lawsuit at the relevant court in Auckland
- Represented a foreign client in connection with a criminal case in Korea involving fraud, obstruction of justice and perjury
[Regulatory Compliance / Corporate Investigations]
- Advised a global electronics company establish a transnational regulatory compliance program
- Advised various affiliates of the five leading conglomerates in Korea on company-wide compliance reforms
- Advised a leading life science Korean company on company-wide compliance reforms
- Advised a Japanese client with business in Korea on supply chain management compliance
- Advised various Korean subsidiaries of global companies on a broad range of corporate investigations relating to anti-corruption, antitrust, sexual harassment, sanctions, etc.
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgements Guide, for the Korean Chapter (2020. Multilaw)
- Russian Court's Judgment Recognized for Enforcement in Korea (2019. Legal500 Asia Pacific)
- Corporate internal investigation participated as a panelist (2019. IBA Seoul conference)
- Global Regulatory & Enforcement Update participated as a speaker (2017. International conference on FCPA, DC USA)
- Implications on U.S. Securities Class Action Cases (2006. Korean Listed Companies Association)
- Issues on Stock Option Adjustment (2004. Business Finance Law, Seoul National University)