YOON&YANG

Sang Hoon Park Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7548
FAX 82 2 6003 7027
E-MAIL parksh@hwawoo.com

Sang Hoon Park is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas include labor and administrative law.
Mr. Park held a series of important posts at various courts, including Presiding Judge of the Suwon District Court, Chief Judge of the Jeongeup Branch of the Jeonju District Court, Judge of the Seoul High Court and Judge of the Seoul Central District Court (dispatched to the Constitutional Court), and retired as Presiding Judge of the Seoul Administrative Court in 2007. Mr. Park is acclaimed for his involvement in a seminal case, chosen as the case of 2008 by Hangyeore 21, involving the recognition of an illegally dispatched worker’s employment status. He is also well-known for his work regarding the prohibition of identifying a fetus’s sex, for which he made arguments before the Constitutional Court and obtained the Court’s recognition of unconstitutionality. He continues to show outstanding performance in labor and administrative law.

Experience

2007-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2016-present Auditor, Korean Society of Labor Law
2011-present Lecturer, Sungkyunkwan University Law School
2008-present Editor, Labor Law Society, Supreme Court
1988-present Editor / Vice-chairman, Society of Labor Law, Seoul National University
2019-23 Auditor, The Academy of Korean Studies
2018-20 Chairman, Society of Labor Law Theory and Profession
2017-19 Commissioner, Administrative Appeals Commission of Seoul
2016-17 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Employment and Labor
2014-16 Commissioner, Legislative Evaluation Committee, Korean Bar Association
2013-16 Commissioner, Judicial Officers Unification Committee, Korean Bar Association
2013-16 Chairman, Examination Committee for Registration of Specialty, Korean Bar Association
2013-15 Commissioner, Bar Examination Supervisory Commission, Ministry of Justice
2013-15 Councilor, Sentencing Guidelines Council, Supreme Court
2013-15 Director of Legislation, Korean Bar Association
2011-13 Non-standing Commissioner, Central Administrative Appeals Commission
2010-12 Lecturer, Seoul National University Law School
2007-11 Public Interest Commissioner, National Labor Relations Commission
2006-07 Presiding Judge, Seoul Administrative Court
2004-06 Presiding Judge, Suwon District Court
2002-04 Chief Judge, Jeongeup Branch of Jeonju District Court
2000-02 Judge, Seoul High Court
1999-00 Judge, Seoul High Court (Dispatched to Constitutional Court)
1998-99 Judge, Seoul District Court (Dispatched to Constitutional Court)
1997-17 Lecturer for Labor Law, Judicial Research and Training Institute
1997-98 Judge, Pyeongtaek Branch of Suwon District Court
1996-97 Judge, Yeongwol Branch of Chuncheon District Court
1995-96 Judge, Jeongseon/Taebaek/Pyeongchang Branch of Chuncheon District Court
1994-95 Visiting Scholar, Universität Göttingen (Germany)
1994 Judge, Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Court
1992-94 Judge, Bukbu Branch of Seoul District Court
1990-92 Judge, Incheon District Court

Education

1994-95 Universität Göttingen, Visiting Scholar
1990 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law, LL.M (Labor Law)
1987 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1984 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

Handled the case of direct employment of illegally dispatched workers at the Supreme Court public hearing
Handled the case of direct employment of illegally dispatched workers at the Constitutional Court public hearing
Handled the case of the Medical Service Act regarding fetal sex identification at the Constitutional Court public hearing
Handled the case on severance pay of the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation
Handled the case on the leukemia of employees of semiconductor division of Samsung Electronics
Handled the case on ordinary wage of Hyundai Motor
Handled the case on non-regular workers of Hyundai Motor
Handled the mediation on dismissal of employees by Hydis
Handled the case on return of performance bond by Hyundai Merchant Marine
Handled the case on return of performance bond by Hanwha Chemical
Handled the case on bribery of public official of the Ministry of Unification (acquitted)

Awards

Leading Individual, Employment, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2014-2025)
Distinguished Practitioner, Labour and employment, asialaw (2013-2015, 2020-2023/24)
Litigation Star, Labor and employment, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2019-2024)
Korea's Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal (2022-2024)
Leading Individual, Labour and Employment, Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2016, 2018)

Publications

Dismissal Cases about Public Official of 5th Republic
Overwork and Occupational Accidents
Unconstitutionality of Professor Reappointment System
Cancellation of Labor Contract by Mutual Consent – Submission of Letter of Resignation
Commentary on the Labor Standards Act of Korea (Co-author)
The Unification of Two Korea's Labor Laws
Commentary on the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (Co-author)
Germany’s Introduction of Labor Court System
The Concurrence between Motive for Unfair Labor Practices and Reason of Dismissal
Procedures for Remedy of Unfair Dismissal
Labor Relations of Foreign Investment Industry in DPRK
The Unfair Discrimination and the Remedy for That, Seoul National University Graduate School of Law LL.M. Thesis (1990)
Limitation on Deduction of Shutdown Allowance in Damages Cases
Promotion and Unfair Labor Practice
Decision on Unconstitutionality of the Act on the Upper Limit of Housing Site Ownership and Release from Attachment
Arguments for Invalidation of Dismissal and the Principle of Lapse
Approval of Dismissal
Necessity of Introduction of Retrial Clause for the Judgment of Constitutional Court
Necessity of Introduction of General Clause of the Provisional Disposition in Constitutional Court Law
Understanding of the Supreme Court’s En Banc Decision Concerning Ordinary Wages, AMCHAM JOURNAL (1st quarter 2014)