South Korean law firm Yulchon has rehired Yung Sang Lee as a partner, effective 4 May 2026, after he served at the Public Prosecutors’ Office, Office of the President and a multinational company.
“Having experience across prosecutorial investigations, responses to inquiries from various regulatory authorities, corporate legal and compliance work, as well as government organisations and policy-related roles, Lee is able to manage risk in a comprehensive and all-encompassing manner,” chairman and senior managing partner Seok Hoon Kang told Asia Business Law Journal.
Lee began his career in the prosecution service in 2003 and served as a prosecutor until his departure in 2018. He rejoins Yulchon from the South Korean Office of the President, where he served as secretary for international legal affairs from January 2023 and as legal secretary from January 2024.
Before his stint at the presidential office, Lee was a partner at Yulchon from 2018 to 2021 and held vice-presidential roles at both Seattle-headquartered Coupang and the Korea In-house Counsel Association.
At Yulchon, Lee will be involved in the firm’s global work, including close engagement with multinational corporate clients in relation to increasing cross-border investigations, regulatory enquiries and mutual legal assistance between jurisdictions.
Kang said the market increasingly demanded lawyers who were not limited to legal doctrine and had a comprehensive understanding of South Korea’s investigative environment and trends, policy-making processes and on-the-ground corporate realities, enabling them to handle matters in a multidimensional way.
“Legal professionals who combine a comprehensive perspective shaped by such distinctive career experience with global capabilities are increasingly rare,” he said.
