YOON&YANG

Jiyul Yoo Senior Foreign Attorney

TEL 82 2 6003 7552
FAX 82 2 6003 7804
E-MAIL jyoo@yoonyang.com

Jiyul Yoo is a senior foreign attorney at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas include corporate law, international matters and healthcare.
Jiyul Yoo primarily advises global foreign companies and their domestic subsidiaries and advises domestic companies on overseas legal matters. Mr. Yoo has authored publications including “U.S. Anti-dumping Law and Practice,” a book well received by the international trade community in Korea. Mr. Yoo has chaired Yoon & Yang’s healthcare practice group and served as a lecturer at the Judicial Research & Training Institute, member of the Korean Appeal Agency on Doping, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Korea-US FTA of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Practice Areas

Experience

2005-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2010-17 Member, The Legal Advisory Committee on International Investment Dispute of the Ministry of Justice
2009-13 Member, Korean Appeal Agency on Doping
2010-11 Visiting Lecturer, Judicial Training and Research Institute
2009 Member, Pusan Financial Hub Advisory Board
2009 Lecturer, Introduction to Law, Sangmyung University
2006-09 Member, Korea Anti-doping Agency
2006-07 Expert Advisory Member of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2005-07 Lecturer, Youngsan University Law School
2002-06 Civilian Trade Negotiations Advisory Group for Competition Policy for Korean’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2005 Advisory Board for Advanced Trade Nation of the Ministry of Finance and Economy
2004 Member, The Korea Trade Commission Task Force on International Trade Regulations
2002-05 Yulchon LLC
2001-02 Advisory Counsel, Overseas Korean Lawyers, Legal Service Center for International Trade and Promotion of Korea’s Ministry of Justice
2001-02 Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (Washington, DC)
1998-00 Dorsey & Whitney LLP (Washington, DC)
1995-98 Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts (Washington, DC)

Education

1995 Vanderbilt School of Law, J.D.
1990 Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, M.B.A.
1988 Seoul National University, Department of International Relations, B.A.

Qualifications

Admitted to bar, New York (1997); Washington D.C. (1999)

Representative Matters

Advised foreign companies on the acquisitions of Korean companies
Advised a domestic company on the U.S. Trade Commission (ITC) case
Advised on a U.S. litigation concerning trade secrets between a Korean company and a U.S. company
Advised on trade secret litigation and international arbitration between a foreign company and a Korean company
Advised on healthcare issues, including overseas expansion of domestic pharmaceutical companies and entry of foreign pharmaceutical companies into the domestic market, determination of drug prices, listing on Green List and K- quarantine
Advised a foreign company on investment conversion, workouts, and court management for a Korean company
Advised Korean companies on US anti-dumping cases

Awards

Leading Lawyer, Corporate Governance, asialaw Leading Lawyers (2012-2013)

Publications

Remedies for Unfair Trade Practices in Relation to the Intellectual Property Right Infringement in South Korea, Michigan International Lawyer (Co-author, Winter 2013)
Enforcement of competition law in the South Korean pharmaceutical industry, Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide, Life Sciences (Co-author, 2013)
Impact of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on the Korean pharmaceutical industry, Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide, Life Sciences. (Co-author, 2012)
U.S. Antidumping Law and Practice, Dasan Publishing Co. (2002)