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Moon, Ki Joo Attorney (Partner)

Professionals Introduction

Attorney Moon is a partner attorney of Barun Law LLC. He received his bachelor's degree from Korea University College of Law and his master's degree from the Graduate School of the same university. He also studied the civil codes and trust laws of Korea and Japan as a comparative study as a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan. He passed the Korean bar exam in 2003 (45th exam) and completed his training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2006 (35th cohort), and joined Barun Law in 2009 after completing his service as a public-service judge advocate. His practice mainly focuses on the fields of labor/employment, corporate secretarial services, contracts to which a state is a party, administration and procurement, and civil and criminal litigation. Attorney Moon currently serves as a legal advisor for the Ministry of Employment and Labor, auditor to the Korea Resource Circulation Service Agency, arbitrator to the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, legal advisor to the National Research Council of Science and Technology and a government-funded research institute, legal advisor to the Seoul Facilities Corporation, and legal advisor to the Seoul Energy Corporation.

Education

  • 2017Graduate School of Law, Korea University (LL.M., Civil Code)
  • 2014Guest Research Associate, Faculty of Law, Kyoto University (Trust Law and Family Business Succession)
  • 2006Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (35th)
  • 2003Passed the Bar Exam (45th), Korea
  • 2000 College of Law, Korea University (LL.B.)
  • 1995Seoul Junghwa High School

Experience

  • 2016 ~ presentPartner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2022 ~ PresentAuditor, Korea Resource Circulation Service Agency
  • 2017 ~ 2023Of Counsel, Korean Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service
  • 2016 ~ 2020Researcher, Legislation Research Institute of Korean Bar Association
  • 2017 ~ 2018Member, Japan Subcommittee of the International Committee, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2014Vasco da Gama Offices in Tokyo, Japan
  • 2009 ~ 2015Associate, Barun Law LLC
  • 2006 ~ 2009Public-Service Judge Advocate, Nationality and Refugee Division, Korea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice of Korea

Practice Areas and Representative Matters

Real Estate / Construction

- A litigation action involved by Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. filed to claim the payment of contributions among joint contractors of the Kyodong Bridge

- A case involved by Dongbu Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. concerning the death of unagi in relation to the construction of a highway spanning between Daejeon and Dangjin

Commercial Matters and Intellectual Property Rights

- A litigation action involved by POSCO Corp. with regard to the infringement of patent and damages in relation to the technology adopted to use by-products from a mini mill

- Advising Samjeong KPMG on the change of an auditor of STX Corp., and Korea Exim Bank on construction consulting and on accounting and audit with regard to the end of an audit, accounting standards of contingent assets and available-for-sale securities of Hansol Paper Co., Ltd.

- Advising Korea Creative Contents Agency on the discharge of copyright to cultural archetype contents

- Advising SBS Contents Hub Co., Ltd. on broadcasting, export of audiovisual works, prevention of illegal distribution, etc.

Labor / Employment

- A case regarding the employee status ofshoemaker under the Labor Standards Act

- A caseregarding the employee status of the middle manager working at a departmentstore under the Labor Standards Act

- A case regarding the employee status of commissionagent working at a department store under the Labor Standards Act

- A case regarding the employee status ofgame assistants working at a golf course under the Labor Standards Act

- A case regarding a claim forseverance pay upon transfer to an affiliate within the same corporate group 

Administrative

- A litigation action involved by Korea Land and Housing Corporation concerning the cancellation of the measure restricting eligibility of inappropriate enterprises from taking part in a bid

- A litigation action concerning the cancellation of designation of a supervisor for the construction of a Alphdom City multi-functional city

- Cases concerning business permits, construction permits, occupational accidents, legal status of public service workers, development charges, nationality, refugees, etc.

Criminal Matters

- Cases regarding breach of the Political Funds Act, bribery by a former commissioner of Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, breach of the Public Official Election Act by a former city mayor(sijang) and former county governor(gunsu).

- A case concerning embezzlement of government subsidies in relation to the installation o f low nox burners

Publications

- A Study on the Assignability and Scope of a Beneficiary's Obligations when Transferring the Beneficiary Right, under the Revised Trust Act, BFL Vol. 65, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law

- The Pursuit for Truth of Biological Family Connections through DNA Testing and Its Limits, Research on Inheritance and Trust II, Barun Inheritance and Trust Society

- A Study on the Waiver of Beneficiary Right by the Beneficiary under Land Development Trust and Repayment Obligation, Inheritance and Trust Research II, Barun Inheritance and Trust Society

- A Study on the Status of Beneficiaries under the Revised Trust Act, Korea University Graduate School, Master's Thesis

Qualifications/License

Finished the Securities & Finance Training Course provided by the Seoul Bar Association (on December 4, 2014)
Registered as Certified Tax Accountant (February 4, 2020)
Registered labor law as specialty field with the Korean Bar Association (March 30, 2020)
Arbitrator of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board

Profile

02-3479-2451

kijoo.moon@barunlaw.com

Recent Cases

[Criminal] A case regarding receipt of bribe, etc. by Commissioner of Korea Financial Intelligence Unit

[HR and Labor] A court’s decision that middle managers of a department store are not an employee under the Labor Standard Act

[HR·Labor] Barun obtained a decision that transferring the accounting staff to another post, which was executed in accordance with the amendments to relevant statutes and the fluctuations of workload, was legal.

[Labor·Employment] A decision in which an online/offline instructor of a famous private academy is deemed as employee under the Labor Standards Act

[HR·Labor] A decision that an employer’s disciplinary action of dismissing some employees who acquired capital gains by exploiting classified internal information is reasonable

[HR·Labor] A decision confirming that the legitimacy of an employer’s authority to direct an employee to move to another post should be determined by taking account of the principle of good faith and whether the direction was necessary for business purposes, the selection of the employee was reasonable, and there would not be any disadvantage to daily life of the employee

[HR·Labor]A decision that ex-officio dismissal of an employee is illegal if there is no proved causal relationship between the improper solicitation and the employment of the employee and causes resulting in the ex-officio dismissal is beyond the scope prescribed in the relevant rules of employment (or labor management regulations) even though it is found that a person having a close relationship with the employee has made the improper solicitation for employment

[Civil] A decision that the plaintiff’s claim for damages was denied, canceling the lower court’s decision in which the court had found that the defendant had interfered with the plaintiff’s satisfaction with certain conditions precedent to the recovery of certain business cost already spent

[HR·Labor] A decision confirming that a freelance computer programmer who is hired for a certain project does not constitute a worker under the Labor Standards Act

[HR and Labor] A court’s decision that middle managers of a department store are not an employee under the Labor Standard Act.

[Labor and Employment] A registered director was held to be an employee who provided his employer with labor service under a subordinate employment relationship to earn salaries.

[Labor & Employment] A court’s decision confirming that it was legal for an employer to transfer an employee to another job on the basis of the changes in workloads of jobs

[Labor] We won the lawsuits before the district and the appeal courts for employees who had been dismissed ex officio due to the allegation of employment irregularities by proving that there was no causal relationship

[Employment/Labor] Barun Law provided advisory service for an employee who was subject to the disposition of mandatory retirement for the entry of criminal conviction.

[HR · Labor] Barun Law obtains a court decision reaffirming that a freelance IT developer hired to work on a specific project is not a worker under the Labor Standards Act

[Personnel & Labor] We obtain a confirmation that allowances paid to employees by a local public corporation based on its own assessment do not constitute ordinary wages

[Labor] Successfully Representing a Local Public Enterprise and Obtaining a Judgment Confirming That Evaluation Pay of Local Public Enterprises Is Not Part of Ordinary Wages

[Employment and Labor] A Judgment Confirming the Legality of an Employer's Personnel Order in Accordance with Legal Principles

[Human Resources & Labor] Case Determining That Employment Rules for Permanent Care Teachers Do Not Directly Apply to Outsourced After-School Care Teachers, Even if Employment Dispatch Relationship with Education Authority is Recognized (Case Remanded)

[Labor & Employment] Barun Law Secures Full Victory in Claiming Executive Severance Pay Despite Employer's Denial of Internal Regulations

[Civil] Barun Law Obtains Full Victory for the Defendant in a Case Dismissing the Plaintiff's Claim for Full Heat Payment Despite Shortfall of Required Heat Volume Due to Force Majeure