Wookrae Lee

Partner

T. +82-2-3404-0684
F. +82-2-3404-0804
E. wookrae.lee@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Wookrae Lee is the head of the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC and advises multinational clients doing business in Korea on legal issues affecting the workplace, including management rights disputes, industrial accidents, employee discipline and dismissals, employment contracts, workforce reductions, unions and collective bargaining negotiations, labor-related issues in M&A, and other human resources issues.

Mr. Lee also has vast experience in civil and administrative litigation, having successfully defended large Korean and foreign multinational corporations across a wide range of industries in disputes relating to unfair labor practices, unfair dismissals, labor relations, ordinary wages, and labor unions, just to name a few.

Prior to joining BKL in 2014, Mr. Lee served as a judge of several district courts and worked as a labor and employment attorney at Kim & Chang. He earned an LL.B. from Seoul National University and also earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.

Related Practices

Representative Experience

2014-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

2005-2014 Attorney, Kim & Chang

2004-2005 Director General for Investigative Research, Supreme Court of Korea

2000-2004 Judge, Mokpo Branch of Gwangju District Court

1998-2000 Judge, Northern Branch of Seoul District Court

1996-1998 Judge, Seoul District Court

1993-1996 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army

Representative Matters

Represented the Valeo branch of the Korean Metal Workers' Union in its request for the change of organizational form from an umbrella branch union into an independent company union

Advised IT game industries including company A, company AB and company AC, machinery industries such as company AD and chemical industries including company AE, company AF and company AG on issues regarding collective bargaining

Represented automaker B, automaker BA, automaker BC, steelmaker BD, steelmaker BE and construction company BF in cases involving in-house subcontracting

Represented automaker C, automaker CA, automaker CB, paper manufacturer CD, bus operator CE, company CF and livestock cooperative CG in ordinary wage disputes

Represented heavy industry company D, company DA, company DB and company DC in responding to industrial safety cases

Represented the Valeo branch of the Korean Metal Workers' Union in its request for the change of organizational form from an umbrella branch union into an independent company union

Represented automaker B, automaker BA, automaker BC, steelmaker BD, steelmaker BE and construction company BF in cases involving in-house subcontracting

Represented automaker C, automaker CA, automaker CB, paper manufacturer CD, bus operator CE, company CF and livestock cooperative CG in ordinary wage disputes

Represented heavy industry company D, company DA, company DB and company DC in responding to industrial safety cases

Consulted company E, company EA, company EB and company EC on in-house subcontracting

Represented company F, company FA, company FB, company FC and company FD in consignee case

Represented bank G and bank GA in labor dispute related to their merger

Represented automaker H, concrete manufacturer HA and company HB in dispute related to unfair dismissal and labor relations

Represented pharmaceutical company I in unfair dismissal dispute

Represented cement company J in case involving dismissal of employees due to corporate restructuring and management issues

Advised foreign company K and foreign company KA on pre- and post-compliance issues