With an excellent reputation for its full-service labour and employment offering, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC‘s team of experts regularly acts for international clients and has a strong relationship with the Ministry of Employment and Labour. Seong Soo Kim heads up the group, which is home to the highly regarded practitioner Wookrae, who is a key name for handling management disputes. Wrongful dismissal disputes are also prominent in the department's workload. Kyunghan Kim and Jeong Han Lee are key names; Sang Min Kim advises on wage-related disputes, collective bargainings and dismissals.

Kim & Chang maintains its strong full-service credentials, with the labour and employment team handling class actions, wrongful dismissals, and various contentious labour union matters, to name a few areas of instruction. Chun Wook Hyun co-heads the practice with Weon Jung Kim, who has an excellent reputation for advising on contentious employment matters, industrial relations and collective bargaining. Hyun Jae Park focuses on employment policies and benefits, performance management and terminations, and employee data privacy. Dong Min Cho and Do-Yoon Kim are key names.

Lee & Ko is best known for advising on contentious HR issues, as well as a wider spectrum of labour and employment litigation. The team, which is co-led by Chang Soo Jin and litigation expert Sang-Hoon Lee, handles severance and pension disputes, wrongful termination claims, and regularly advises on complex labour law matters. Senior associate Shawn (Seong Ho) Han handles employment-related regulatory compliance matters, internal HR issues, and occupational safety matters. Foreign attorney William Kim continues to assist with the employment aspects of M&A and corporate restructuring matters. Jae Hoon-Choi is another key member of the team.

Housing a team of specialised employment and labour lawyers, Shin & Kim fields a strong labour and employment and litigation practice. Dong-Wook Kim leads the team and advises on the full range of contentious collective labour relations matters. Hye-Young Yun is another key name for employment litigation, while Sery Lee focuses on advising major domestic and multi-national companies on labour disputes. Young-Seok Ki is particularly active in wage disputes.

With strength and depth in contentious and non-contentious employment matters, Yoon & Yang LLC‘s team advises foreign and domestic clients on restructurings, health and safety matters, cases of alleged discrimination, industrial accident claims, wage cases and the employment aspects of M&A mandates. Tae Hwan Oh is a key name for employment litigation. Chan-Keun Park and Seong Hong are names to note in the department.

Yulchon's labour and employment practice, led by Sang Wook Cho, has established strength in handling health and safety matters, as well as workplace accident claims and compliance matters concerning the Serious Accidents Punishment Act. Jung Woo Lee and foreign attorney Christopher Mandel advise on labour relation issues and restructurings, and Soojung Lee assists domestic and international clients with employee terminations, downsizings, and market exits with subsequent redundancy issues. Kwang-Sun Lee and Ja Hyeong Ku joined the team in February 2023.

Dentons Lee's labour and employment practice assists a client base of domestic and international companies with a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Practice head Yong-Moon Kim advises on corporate restructuring, individual employment matters, and cases of alleged workplace discrimination and harassment. Senior associates Yo-Sub Shim and Si-Won Lee assist corporate entities with HR matters, particularly on work concerning the Labour Standards Act and the Dispatch Act. Hye-In Kim is also recommended.

With expertise in management and HR issues, the labour and employment practice at Jipyong LLC is co-led by Soo Saeng Moon and Young Hwan Kwon. The group advises on unlawful dismissals, wage claims, collective labour union and disciplinary matters. Experienced litigator Chang Young Kwon handles corporate and labour relations disputes. Firm managing partner Ji Hyung Kim is a highly regarded practitioner in the employment law arena.