About
Chun Wook Hyun is an attorney at Kim & Chang who has served as Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Practice since 1981 and has focused on labor and employment law for over 40 years. He advises multinational and domestic clients on restructuring, collective bargaining, M&A-related labor issues, HR compliance and major employment litigation, and has served as legal counsel to the Ministry of Employment and Labor and participated in national labor law reform; he has also taught at Korea University and serves on boards including Save the Children Korea and UN Global Compact Korea.
Practice areas
Labor & EmploymentEmployment LitigationForeign Direct InvestmentCorporate GovernanceShareholder Disputes
Office
Expertise
Restructuring & Turn-aroundCollective Bargaining & Industrial RelationsM&A Labor Issues / Post-Merger IntegrationHR Policy & ComplianceWage & Working Hours LitigationUnfair Labor Practices and Wrongful Termination
Education
- The Wharton School (CEO Program, 2008)
- Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1987)
- Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1978)
- College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1976)
- Seoul High School (1972)
Admissions
- Korean Bar, 1978
- New York Bar, 1988
Languages
KoreanEnglishJapanese