Yongbok Cho

  • Senior Advisor
  • T. +82-2-3404-1080
  • F. +82-2-3404-0801
  • E. yongbok.cho@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Yongbok Cho mainly engages in duties relating to regulation and legislation based on his expertise built while working for the standing committees, the Legislative Research Service and the Budget Office of the National Assembly for 30 years.

Mr. Cho graduated from Korea University (B.A. in Public Administration) and Kyung Hee University (LL.M.) and passed the National Higher Civil Service Examination on Legislative in 1992. He has a high level of expertise and an extensive knowledge in the entire legislation process, finance and financial affairs obtained by conducting a review of various bills and budget settlement at standing committees of the National Assembly, including National Policy Committee, which takes charge of the matters under the jurisdiction of the Financial Services Commission, the Financial Supervisory Service and the Fair Trade Commission, etc., the Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee, the Administrative Committee and the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, and the National Assembly Budget Office, which takes charge of the matters under the jurisdiction of all the government ministries and public institutions. In addition, he served as head of the General Affairs Department and the Office of Planning & Coordination, and deputy secretary-general at the National Assembly Secretariat, and has a comprehensive knowledge of the overall affairs of the National Assembly.

Mr. Cho worked at the National Assembly for 30 years, including his service at the Ministry of Justice, and has been providing advice on the overall legislation process and various legal issues since joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2022.

Representative Experience

2022-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2020-2022 Deputy Secretary-general, National Assembly Secretariat
2018-2020 Chief Expert Advisor, National Policy Committee of the National Assembly
2016-2018 Head, Budget Analysis Office, National Assembly Budget Office
2014-2016 Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Austria and Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the International Organizations in Vienna
2013-2014 Head, Planning and Coordination Office, National Assembly Secretariat
2012-2013 Head, National Assembly Research and Training Institute, National Assembly Secretariat
2011-2012 Legislative Deliberation Officer, Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Committee of the National Assembly
1992-2011 Legislative Researcher, National Policy Committee, Administrative Committee, and Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee of the National Assembly
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2014-2016 Chairman, Election Commission, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Austria
2014-2016 Secretary-general, Support Association for the Korea-Austria Philharmonic Orchestra

Representative Matters

Advised on legislation process, including suggestion of bills, etc.
Advised on budget projects
Advised on parliamentary inspection and investigation of the administration
Advised on various matters relating to the legislature

Education

1998 Kyung Hee University (LL.M.)
1993 Korea University (B.A.)

Selected Activities

Publications
Amendment to the Act on Use and Protection of Credit Information for Activation of Data Economy, National Assembly Review Serial No. 639 (National Assembly Secretariat, 2020)
Methods of Legislative Improvement for Effective Restrictions of Unfair Trade Practice in Financial Sector (Co-author, Journal of Legislation Studies, 2019)
Internet-only Bank, Establishment of a Foothold for Activation through Exemption Law, National Assembly Review Serial No. 625 (National Assembly Secretariat , 2018)
Analysis of the Budget for 2018 Definitely Confirmed by the National Assembly, Budget & Policy, Serial No. 49 (National Assembly Budget Office, 2018)
Awards
Citation (Chairman of the National Assembly, 2021)
Achievement Plaque (Secretary-General of the National Assembly, 2018)
Presidential Citation (2004)
Citation (Secretary-General of the National Assembly, 1999)