Attorney Won Chang-yeon Chosen as New Managing Partner of Law Firm Dongin

Attorney Won Chang-yeon, a member of the Judicial Research and Training Institute’s 28th class, has been selected as the new managing partner of Law Firm (LLC) Dongin, according to reporting by Ajunews on Monday.

Dongin recently chose Won through an internal election, the report said. An official announcement is expected soon.

Won, born in November 1963, graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in political science and diplomacy and earned a master’s in law from Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Legal Studies. He also completed Seoul National University’s specialized legal program covering mergers and acquisitions theory and practice.

He passed the 38th bar exam in 1996 and completed the Judicial Research and Training Institute. After working at law firms Aram and Human, he joined Dongin in 2006. He served as a representative attorney from 2018 to 2022 and has again been listed as a representative attorney since last year.

Won’s practice has focused on M&A, corporate restructuring, management control disputes, finance and securities, and real estate project financing. His work has included advising Korea Asset Management Corp. on the sale of special nonperforming loans worth 1 trillion won, as well as advising and litigating on M&A deals and control disputes involving multiple listed companies.

In management control disputes, he has handled cases tied to corporate governance, including injunctions to block new share issuances, injunctions related to placing items on meeting agendas, injunctions to inspect and copy shareholder registers, and court petitions to convene extraordinary shareholders’ meetings. In finance and securities, he has worked on asset-backed securities, acquisition financing and cases involving the Capital Markets Act.

The selection comes ahead of the end of Managing Representative Attorney Hwang Yun-gu’s term, which runs through the end of this month. Dongin is expected to shift to the new managing-partner structure starting next month.

A Dongin official said observers expect Won’s prior experience leading the firm could put the focus on organizational stability and strengthening corporate advisory work, though the specific management direction is expected to be clarified after the official announcement.

Dongin is regarded as a law firm with strength in criminal litigation. It has also been working to bolster its advisory capabilities in areas including M&A, fair trade, tax, intellectual property, and environment and energy.