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Mr Il Bong Moon
Work Department
Asset Management, Financial Regulation Disputes, Bankruptcy/Rehabilitation Disputes, Labor/Employment Disputes, Corporate/M&A Disputes, Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner, Co-head of Dispute Resolution Practice
Career
Il Bong Moon is a partner at Yulchon LLC and serves as the Co-head of the Dispute Resolution Practice. Mr. Moon practices primarily in litigation, area and advisory services mainly in the field of finance and corporate field (M&A). Before joining Yulchon in 1999, he served as a judge on various courts, including Uijeongbu Branch and Southern Branch of Seoul District Court, Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Court, and Seoul Central District Court.
- 2010-present Partner, Yulchon LLC
- 2021-present Member of Warrant Deliberation Committee, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office
- 2016-present The Panel of Arbitrators, The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
- 2015-present Director, Korean Securities Law Association
- 2011-2012 Adjunct professor, Seoul National University Law School
- 2011 Adjunct professor, Basics of Civil Practice, Korea University Law School
- 2010 Adjunct professor, Civil Procedure Act, Hanyang University Law School
- 2009-2010 Advisor, Judicial Policy Advisory Committee, Korean Supreme Court
- 2009-2010 Member, Analysis Committee of Bar Exam Question Types, Ministry of Justice
- 2008-2010 Partner, Hyun Attorneys at Law (formerly Achim Attorneys at Law)
- 2008 Lecturer, Seoul National University Graduate School (Special Study of Corporate Law)
- 2007-2008 Member of Dispute Resolution Board, Korea Securities Dealers Association
- 2006-2007 Adjunct Professor, Civil Law in Practice, Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Korean Supreme Court
- 2002- present Lecturer, Corporate Law (Bankruptcy), Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Korean Supreme Court
- 2001 Member, Amendment Committee of the Attorney-at-Law Act, Ministry of Justice
- 2000-2008 Bankruptcy Trustee, Jinro Construction
- 2000-2002 Lecturer, Seoul Public Officials Training Center
- 1999-2008 Partner, Yulchon Attorneys at Law
- 1998-1999 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
- 1995-1998 Judge, Jeonju District Court, Gunsan Branch
- 1995-1997 Lecturer, Civil Procedure Act, Gunsan University
- 1994 Lecturer, Civil Procedure Act, Sookmyung Women’s University
- 1993-1995 Judge, Seoul District Court, Southern Branch
- 1991-1993 Judge, Seoul District Court, Uijeongbu Branch
Languages
Korean, English
Memberships
- 1991 Republic of Korea
Education
- 1997 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, Ph.D. course completed
- 1994 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, M.A
- 1991 Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Korean Supreme Court
- 1989 Seoul National University, LL.B
Personal
- 2024 Leading Lawyer, Dispute resolution, asialaw
- 2021-2023 Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal
- 2020-2024 Band 1, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers AP
- 2020-2024 Leading Individual, Dispute Resolution, Legal 500
- 2023 Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution, asialaw (Edition 27)(Edition 28)
- 2019-2022 Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution, asialaw
- 2019-2024 Litigation Star, Commercial and transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
- 2018 Dispute Resolution Star, Commercial Disputes, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
- 2016-2019 Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers AP
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
Dong Ryul Choi, Il Bong Moon, and Yong Pyo Yeom all jointly lead the ‘exceptional and outstanding‘ team at Yulchon handles a wide variety of disputes arising within the automobile, IT, ad defence sectors. Choi is noted for his broad knowledge of corporate and electoral crime, while the ‘professional, persuasive and logical‘ Sang June Uhm focuses on corporate investigations and financial crime, in addition to tax evasion-related matters. Seung Hyun Lee has broad expertise, particularly in relation to environmental law and the pharmaceutical industry.
South Korea > Dispute resolution: local firms
(Leading partners)Yulchon boasts a top-tier practice handling a wide array of corporate and financial disputes, with a growing focus on cryptocurrency and blockchain-related cases stemming from its traditionally strong financial dispute practice. The team, known for representing major Korean conglomerates, is co-led by Il Bong Moon, a specialist in post-M&A arbitration, and Yong Pyo Yeom, who focuses on debt, equity, and contentious construction, tax, and real estate matters. Sy Nae Kim is a key figure in cross-border dispute matters with strong capabilities in private international law issues, treaties and conventions, while Ik Hyun Kim handles trust, white-collar crime, and real estate and has recently expanded his expertise into newer fields of practice such as mobility, blockchain, product liability, and logistics matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: local firms South Korea
- Leading partners South Korea > Dispute resolution: local firms
- Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: 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