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Mr Christopher Mandel
Work Department
Labor and Employment
Position
Foreign Attorney
Career
Christopher Mandel is a senior foreign counsel at Yulchon who primarily practices in the areas of labor and employment. Christopher mostly assists foreign multinationals with operations in Korea, whom he advises on all manner of workforce issues including terminations and restructurings, labor union issues, and general compliance matters.
Prior to joining Yulchon at the end of 2013, Christopher worked in the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as an associate focusing on M&A and securities matters, and clerked for the Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- 2013-present Yulchon LLC
- 2010-2011 Clerk, The Honorable William H. Yohn, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- 2007-2010 Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Languages
English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, New York (2008)
Education
- 2007 University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D. magna cum laude
- 2003 The American University of Paris, B.A. summa cum laude
Personal
- 2022-2024 Next Generation Partner, Labour & Employment, Legal 500
- 2019-2021 Next Generation Lawyer, Labour & Employment, Legal 500
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Labour and employment: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)Yulchon has a comprehensive labour and employment practice, acting for clients across diverse industries with notable strength in employment litigation. The firm’s investigations practice is continuously expanding to support complex, multidisciplinary cases. The team is led by Sang Wook Cho, who advises major domestic, and international corporations entering the Korean market. Soojung Lee assists both local and foreign clients with HR issues, while Jungwoo Lee focuses on labour relations, restructurings, and compliance. Senior foreign counsel Christopher Mandel brings significant experience from the U.S., enhancing the team’s global perspective in employment law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners South Korea > Labour and employment: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms South Korea
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
- International arbitration
- Shipping: local firms