Yulchon has made up the largest number of associates to partner since launching in 1997. The 16 new additions raise the firm’s partner totals to 68.
Most of the partners are from the corporate & finance practice – four locally qualified and three senior foreign counsel. From the tax practice, four new partners have been made up while the dispute resolution practice has added five.
Yulchon co-founder Sai Ree Yun said that the promotions are part of the firm’s strategy to build organically rather than pursue mergers. “Many Korean law firms pursue size first, merging with other firms to expand their services,” said Yun. “But we take the opposite approach of … internal talent development [combined with] strategic lateral hiring.”
|
Partner
|
Practice
|
|
Jin Kook Lee
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Won Jung
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Jae Hyun Park
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Won Il Sohn
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Kwon Do Kang *
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Sung Hoo Park*
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Robert Wachter*
|
Corporate & finance
|
|
Young Joon Chun
|
Tax
|
|
Kwang Jin Jung
|
Tax
|
|
Un Sang Jung
|
Tax
|
|
Ki Seon Shin
|
Tax
|
|
Jang Hyuk Cho
|
Dispute resolution
|
|
Jeong Soo Hahn
|
Dispute resolution
|
|
Hee Joong Lee
|
Dispute resolution
|
|
Jung Han
|
Dispute resolution
|
|
So Young Sung.
|
Dispute resolution
|
*Foreign qualified
Related stories: