Byong Yol Woo
- Senior Foreign Attorney
- T. +82-2-3404-6990
- F. +82-2-3404-7686
- E. byongyol.woo@bkl.co.kr
Overview
Byong Yol Woo is a senior foreign attorney. Mr. Woo's practice is focused on corporate regulation, legislative consulting services, private investment, international trade, inter-Korean economic cooperation, ESG, and etc. After passing the National Higher Civil Service Examination on Government Administration in Korea, he was responsible for policy-making, policy assessment, and policy coordination at the Ministry of Government Legislation, the Mistry of Strategy and Finance, the Office of the President of Korea, Gangwon Provincial Office, etc.
Mr. Woo received his LL.B. from Seoul National University and his LL.M. from University of Michigan Law School, and was admitted to the New York Bar.
Related Practices
Representative Experience
2021-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2020-2021
Vice Governor for Economy of Gangwon Province
2019-2020
Director General, Future and Social Economy Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance
2019
Director General, Economic Structural Reform Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance
2017-2019
Director General, International Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance
2015-2017
Deputy Director General, Fiscal Management Bureau, Ministry of Economy and Finance
2014-2015
Director, Fiscal Management Coordination Division, Ministry of Economy and Finance
2013-2014
Director, Finance and Accounting Division, Ministry of Economy and Finance
2010-2013
Economic Councilor for Korean Delegation to the OECD
2008-2010
Secretary to the President for Personnel Affairs
1998-2008
Ministry of Economy and Finance
1993-1998
Ministry of Government Legislation
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2023-Present
Director, Migration Research & Training Center (Non-Standing)
Education
2022
Kongju National University (Ph.D.)
2001
University of Michigan Law School (LL.M.)
1993
Seoul National University (M.A.)
1990
Seoul National University (LL.B.)
Qualifications
2004
New York