紹介

Sang Wook Cho is a partner and head of the Labor Team at Yulchon who practices primarily in the areas of labor and employment and internal investigation. He joined Yulchon as an associate in 1999 and has been working with the firm ever since. Mr. Cho had worked on secondment at the Korean branch of General Electric International, Inc. for some time as a Yulchon attorney. With regard to labor, as deputy head of Labor & Employment Team of Yulchon, Mr. Cho provides advisory services to leading domestic companies and foreign corporations on the Korean Labor Standard Act, the Act on the Protection, etc., of Dispatched Workers, the Act on the Protection, etc., of Fixed-term and Part-time Employees, the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act and other labor laws, and represents companies in the cases for labor dispute issues such as regarding dismissal, wage and illegal dispatch of workers. Mr. Cho also advises on negotiation of separation package and HR compliance program issues. With regard to internal investigation, Mr. Cho advises clients on internal investigations provoked by whistle-blowing and disciplinary actions including for embezzlement, breach of occupation, divulgence of trade secrets, sexual harassment and workplace bullying, on responsive measures for illegal conducts including civil or criminal actions, and on government and media affairs.Mr. Cho speaks often at seminars and conferences for Amcham, BCCK and Korea Employers Federation and delivers lectures in workshops of Korean companies including Samsung Human Resources Development Center, Samsung Group and Lotte Group on labor reform, ordinary wage, disguised contracting-out, multiple labor union and temporary workers. He also writes labor columns and articles for Work Law, a monthly journal.In 2018, he was selected as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific, and Legal 500 in the field of employment and named as an expert by Who’s Who Legal in the fields of labor & management as well as pension & benefits.

学歴
  • 2004 Cornell University Law School、LL.M.
  • 1999 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
  • 1994 Seoul National University、LL.B.
経歴
  • 1999-present Partner、Yulchon LLC
  • 2019 Adjunct professor、Korea University Graduate School of Law
  • 2018-present Vice President、Society of Labor Law Theory and the Profession
  • 2016-2024 Advisory lawyer、Ministry of Employment and Labor
  • 2013-present Member of Discrimination Remedy Committee、National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea
  • 2013-2015 Adjudication Member of Public Interests、Seoul Regional Labor Relation Commission
  • 2004-2005 In-house Counsel、Korean Branch of General Electric International (Secondment)
資格
  • 2007 Admitted to Bar 、 New York
  • 1999 Admitted to Bar 、 Republic of Korea
言語

韓国語、英語

受賞等

受賞等
  • 2025-2026 Recommended, Employment & Labor、Lexology Index: South Korea
  • 2024-2025 Leading Lawyer, Labour and employment、asialaw
  • 2024-2026 Litigation star, Labour and employment、Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
  • 2024-2025 Stand-Out Lawyer、Thomson Reuters
  • 2024-2026 Leading Lawyer, Employment、Chambers AP

お知らせ/資料

論文/著書

HR Internal Investigations 2025: South Korea, Chambers Global Practice Guide (2025)

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2022)

Employees (private company acquisitions) Q&A: REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters)(2021)

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2021)

Employees (private company acquisitions) Q&A: REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters)(2020)

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2020)

2020年、企業が留意すべき3つの重要な労働問題について, 労働法律 1月号(2020) download

非常勤講師の差別的取扱いの禁止、労働法律 12月号(2019) download

Employees (private company acquisitions) Q&A: REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters)(2019)

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2019)

経営評価成果給の賃金性、労働法律 12月号 (2018) download

職場内セクハラ事件の防止及び対応:企業の留意事項、労働法律 5月号 (2018) download

2018年企業が注目すべき三つの事項、労働法律 1月号 (2018) download

Employees (private company acquisitions) Q&A: REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Practical Law (Thomson Reuters)(2018)

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook (2018)

交渉代表労働組合の公正代表義務、労働法律 12月号 (2017) download

新政府の雇用政策に関する断想、労働法律 6月号 (2017) download

職場内いじめに関する主要実務問題についての小考、法学評論 (2017) download

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2017)

低成果者の管理の適法性に関して、労働法律 12月号 (2016) download

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2016)

労使政の合意の検討及び見通し、Legal Times10月号(2015) download

Labor and Employment Compliance in the Republic of Korea, Wolters Kluwer, International Labor and Employment Compliance Handbook(2015)

構造調整の際、労働法イシュー及び実務的留意事項、労働法律10月号(2014) download

実務上よく提起されるHR隣接法律イシュー(1)-役員、労働法律1月号(2014) download

組織間統合段階で考慮する労働法問題(下)、労働法律11月号 (2013) download

差別的処遇の範囲拡大による労務管理上の注意事項、労働法律10月号(2013) download

How to select employees for termination in "reasonable and fair" manner, International Law Office (2013) download

第21回 使用者の意見表明に対する不当労動行為該当の可否, NNA(2013) download

廃業、労働法律2月号(2013) download

Dismissal Based On Poor Per formance, Invest Korea (2012)

Government announces greater protection for employees, International Law Office (2012)

低成果者管理方案、労働法律12月号(2012) download

その他費用の調整方案、労働法律10月号(2012) download

第19回「整理解雇の有利な条件」、NNAコラム(2012) download

第17回 希望退職と勧告辞職, NNA(2012) download

第16回 賃金削減以外のその他費用の削減方法, NNA (2012) download

第15回 会社設立時の登記事項と変更の登記時効, NNA(2012) download

第13回 経歴を有する職員採用時の留意事項, NNA(2012) download

第12回 非正規職差別に関する主な争点, NNA (2012) download

第11回 定期賞与金に関する最新の判決, NNA (2012) download

第10回 社内下請不法派遣労働問題, NNA(2012) download

第9回 成果給の賃金制, NNA(2012) download

第8回 成果不振による解雇, NNA(2012) download

第7回 個人情報保護法においての労働争点, NNA(2011) download

第6回 就業規則の不利益変更, NNA (2011) download

第5回 就業規則, NNA (2011)(2011) download

第4回 職場内セクハラ, NNA(2011) download

第3回 勤労者退職給与保障法の改訂法律, NNA(2011) download

第2回 競業禁止契約の有効性, NNA(2011) download

第1回 韓国の複数労働組合:交渉窓口一本化制度について, NNA (2011) download

Too Big, Too Small, Just Right: Restrictive Employment Agreements in Korea, AMCHAM Journal (2011) download

Workplace Sexual Harassment: Growing Awareness, International Law Office (co-author)(Aug.)(2011) download

Taming the tiger: Understanding Korea’s labor laws, The Asian Lawyer (co-author)(Winter)(2011) download

特別法上の法人企業の設立、組織、運営上の特殊性,BFL 第32号 (共著)(2008)

労働法2007 : 解雇に関する規定変更及び不正規関連立法、KORUM (2007)

証券投資信託のいくつかの法的争点、証券法研究4巻2号 (共著)(2003)

お知らせ/資料
2022. 09. 14. 選定 律村、「Asialaw Profiles」の4分野で第1位に 2022. 09. 14.
2021. 01. 14. ニュースレター 重大災害処罰等に関する法律にかかるNews Alert 2021. 01. 14.
2018. 11. 30. 選定 「Chambers Asia Pacific」 で3部門がトップに 2018. 11. 30.
2018. 10. 31. 最新の事例 Ordinary-Wage Litigation 2018. 10. 31.
2018. 10. 01. 最新の事例 Illegal Worker Dispatch 2018. 10. 01.
2018. 07. 31. 最新の事例 Investigations 2018. 07. 31.
2018. 05. 31. 最新の事例 M&A 2018. 05. 31.
2018. 05. 30. 最新の事例 Restructuring 2018. 05. 30.
2017. 11. 30. 最新の事例 Sexual Harassment 2017. 11. 30.
2017. 11. 29. 選定 [選定] 『Legal 500』の7分野でトップに 2017. 11. 29.
2017. 08. 11. ニュースレター 2018年最低賃金7,530ウォン、 賃金体系再編の必要性高まる 2017. 08. 11.
2016. 01. 05. ニュースレター 低成果者解雇等に関する雇用労働部検討資料の発表 2016. 01. 05.
2015. 12. 31. 最新の事例 Labor-Management Relations 2015. 12. 31.
2015. 11. 26. 最新の事例 Successful Defense of Woori Bank in an Ordinary-Wage-Related Dispute 2015. 11. 26.
2013. 05. 10. 最新の事例 ESRI JVC Acquisition of Business from Sundo 2013. 05. 10.
2010. 12. 09. 最新の事例 M&A Team Advises Hantec Engineering on Acquisition of Kangwon B&E 2010. 12. 09.