Lawyers

Yoon-Keun Woo

Yoon-Keun Woo

Lee & Ko, South Korea

Position

Senior Advisor

Career

2020-Present  Lee & Ko

2017-2019  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation

2016-2017  Secretary general of the National Assembly

2014-2015  Floor leader of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy

2014  Chairman of the Policy Committee of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy

2004-2016  Member of the 17,18,19th National Assembly (District of Gwangyang and Gurye, Jeollanamdo Province)

2010-2012  Chairman, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the 18th National Assembly

2004-2005  Member of the Special Committee on Budget and Accounts of the 17th National Assembly

2000-2004  Chief Lawyer, Law firm “European & Russian”

2002-2008  Legal Adviser, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Korea

1998-2003  Legal Adviser, Embassy of Germany in Korea

1997-2003  Legal Adviser, Embassy of Russian Federation in Korea

Languages

Korean, English and Russian

Memberships

Admitted to Bar, Korea: 1993

Education

2019  Far Eastern Federal University, Russia – Honorary Doctor of Law

2006  Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia – M.A. in Political Science

1999  Chonnam National University – LL.D.

1993  Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea

1983  Chonnam National University, College of Law – LL.B.