Big Six Korean firm Yulchon has bolstered its dispute resolution practice with the hire of Jooyup Chae, who was most recently the general counsel of Korea’s biotechnology company SK Biopharmaceuticals and its U.S. subsidiary SK Life Science. 

Chae, who joins the firm as a partner in Seoul, is licensed to practice in both Korea and the U.S. He began his career as a legal counsel at LG Electronics in 2004. He also served as a senior vice president of the Korean Bar Association from 2019 to 2021, and has been an arbitrator at the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) since 2018.