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Sue Yeon Woo
Partner
- TEL 82 2 6182 8302
- FAX 82 2 6003 7038
- E-MAIL sywoo@hwawoo.com
Biography
Sue Yeon Woo is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. Her main practice area is corporate law and corporate litigation.
Ms. Woo served as a judge in the Daegu District Court and Suwon District court from 2006. Based on her significant experience in presiding over a variety of cases, she represents clients in corporate, civil, and criminal litigation.
Ms. Woo served as a judge in the Daegu District Court and Suwon District court from 2006. Based on her significant experience in presiding over a variety of cases, she represents clients in corporate, civil, and criminal litigation.
Experience
- 2010-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2009-10 Judge, Suwon District Court
- 2006-09 Judge, Daegu District Court
Education
- 2014 Wake Forest University School of Law, LL.M.
- 2006 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 2001 Ewha Womans University Law School, LL.B.
Representative Matters
[Commercial and Financial Disputes (General Finance/Private Equity/Futures/M&A-Related Disputes)]
- Represented Hanwha Chemical and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in M&A related performance bond (KRW 315 billion)
- Represented SK Securities and other clients in connection with redemption claims, discretionary trading, litigation related to incomplete sales, and carbon emission trading
- Advised on matters relating to deposits in a ABL structure with Hana Bank and KT ENS trade receivables as collateral, insurance claim concerning overseas business finance insurance (China power plant construction business), claim challenging judgment of the financial creditor mediation committee, export credits guarantee accident concerning STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, and EFF insurance.
- Represented POSCO E&C in a forward premium claim
- Represented Nonghyup Bank in a credit card customer information leak claim
- Represented Woori Bank in a Seongdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering related insurance claim, non-existence of debt claim, and claim for damages related to an overseas real estate development business investment fund
- Represented Lakeside on a golf course management dispute
- Represented Yurie Asset Management in a private equity litigation (aircraft special asset fund))
- Advised Meritz Fire on an insurance claim
- Advised on Violation of a director's duty to monitor
[Construction Disputes (Construction Subcontracting Agreements, Defects, Construction Cost Related Disputes/ Real Estate Trust/ Trust Proceed Bonds/ Rea Estate Development Business)]
- Represented Korea Water Resources Corporation in various construction cost related civil litigation and arbitration
- Represented Hana Asset Trust and SK E&C in a business expense claim
- Represented POSCO ICT in various civil litigation and arbitration
[Corporate Crime and Other Criminal Matters]
- Represented numerous clients including the chairman of company C on violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (breach of duty)
- Represented numerous incidents including the vice president of company O on violation of the former Securities Transactions Act for use of undisclosed information
- Advised KB Capital on a shipping finance matter
Awards
- Future Star, Commercial and Transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2022-2024)
- Next Generation Partner, Dispute Resolution, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2020-2024)
Insights
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Admitted to bar, Korea (2006)
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Korean and English