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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.
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.
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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.
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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)
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Admissions
1989 Admitted to bar, Korea
2001 Admitted to bar, New York
2007 Admitted to bar, District of Columbia
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Languages
English and Korean
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)
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