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Choe, Woo Young
Practice Areas
Introduction
Mr. Choe, Woo Young is a partner at Yulchon LLC’s Dispute Resolution Practice. Mr. Choe received his LL.B. from Hanyang University in 1996 and completed his training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 2004. He began his career in 2004 as a prosecutor at Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office, and continued to serve as a prosecutor at Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office Mokpo Branch, Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office Ansan Branch, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Central Investigation Division, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Financial Supervisory Service (dispatched as Senior Legal Counsel), and Busan District Prosecutors’ Office. Thereafter, he served as the director prosecutor of Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 3, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 5, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 2 from 2019 to 2022, and director prosecutor of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 5 from 2022 to September 2023 before joining the Dispute Resolution Practice at Yulchon.
- 2004 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
- 1996 Hanyang University, LL.B.
- 2023-present Partner, Yulchon LLC
- 2022-2023 Director Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 5 (environment, transportation)
- 2021-2022 Director Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 2 (environment, medical)
- 2020-2021 Director Prosecutor, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 5 (environment)
- 2019-2020 Director Prosecutor, Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 3 (corporate, public post)
- 2018-2019 Vice Director Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office (overseas training at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany)
- 2017-2018 Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office (special investigation, criminal trial)
- 2015-2017 Senior Legal Counsel, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2012-2015 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (special investigation)
- 2011-2012 Research Prosecutor, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Central Investigation Division
- 2004 Admitted to Bar , Republic of Korea
Korean, English, German
Awards/Recognition
- 2026 Litigation star, White-collar crime, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
- 2014 Minister of Justice Citation (Meritorious Service in Anti-Corruption)
- 2008 Prosecutor General Citation (Meritorious Service)
