Overview
Byungjo Sohn is a senior advisor at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL). After passing the 23rd National Higher Civil Service Examination on Government Administration, Mr. Sohn started his career as a government official with Korea Customs Service and then continued to work in Seoul Main Customs, Busan Main Customs (as a criminal investigation bureau head), and Korea Customs Service (as a director of Clearance Facilitation Bureau; director general of Planning & Administration Bureau; and deputy commissioner). As a standing senior advisor at BKL, he provides advice in various areas such as customs, trade, commerce, international customs, foreign exchange, intellectual property rights, free trade agreements, information and technology, corporate criminal affairs, etc. Based on extensive work knowledge, he lectured on customs law in Korea University Graduate School and Graduate School of Legal Studies. He authored a book “Door to Single Window” in 2004, a guidebook on e-trades.