YOON&YANG
Soo Yeon Han Partner
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Soo Yeon Han is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include environment, ESG, public contracts, national defense, construction, M&As, maritime affairs and fisheries, food industry and North Korea.
After completing his legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, Mr. Han worked as a judge advocate of the Republic of Korea Army and an attorney-at-law at Yulchon LLC.

Experience

  • 2022-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2021-present Commissioner for Development and System Development, Korea Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment
  • 2020-present Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
  • 2010-22 Yulchon LLC

Education

  • 2014 Kyunghee University Graduate School of Public Policy & Civic Engagement, M.A. in National Security and North Korea Policy
  • 2010 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.
  • 2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute

Representative Matters

  • Advised Tongil Foundation on acquisition of a defense industry company (2011)
  • Advised Emart on acquisition of Kim’s Club (2012)
  • Advised Harim Group on conversion into holding company and restructuring (2012)
  • Represented construction companies and defense industry companies in litigations to seek cancellation of restriction on eligibility for participation in bids (sanctions on improper businesses) and suspension of business
  • Represented construction companies in litigations involving price fluctuation, change of design, indirect costs and liquidated damage
  • Represented construction companies, defense industry companies, fisheries companies and shipbuilders, etc. in application for preliminary injunctions regarding bidding (confirmation of successful bidder, prohibition on proceedings of bidding)
  • Represented a construction company in arbitration to seek payment of construction costs for expansion of facilities at a production base in Incheon (2018)
  • Represented Hanmi Global in litigation against Republic of Korea to seek payment of additional CM service fee (2019)
  • Represented construction companies and engineering companies in litigation against LH to seek cancellation of penalty points for improper businesses (2020)
  • Represented an SI company in litigation to seek payment for services to establish next-generation hospital information system for a police hospital (2020)
  • Represented an environmental impact assessment company in litigation to seek cancellation of suspension of business (2021)
  • Advised on soil remediation projects (returned US military base, sites for large development projects, etc.)
  • Advised on waste disposal (comprehensive waste recycling business)
  • Conducted environmental due diligence for acquisition of wastewater disposal company, waste incinerating/landfill facilities and recycling companies
  • Advised on wastewater discharge facilities / permissible discharge limits (Water Environment Conservation Act)
  • Advised on wastes and by-products
  • Advised a refinery in handling a criminal case involving soil pollution
  • Handled litigations to claim damage for soil pollution and the price of clean-up service
  • Represented construction/environment-related companies in handling administrative dispositions and litigations to seek their cancellation

Publications

  • A Study on Remedies for Claiming Compensation against North Korea (2017, master’s thesis)
  • How to Successfully Invest in North Korea (2018)
  • Cases under Construction Technology Promotion Act (2019)
  • Environmental Law Cases, Pakyoungsa (Co-author)(2019)