Heeho Lee

Heeho Lee
Partner

E-MAIL

heeho.lee@seumlaw.com

TEL

+82.2.562.3117

FAX

+82.2.562.3393

Practice Area

  • Startups, tech companies, general corporate matters, shareholder disputes, management disputes, intellectual property disputes, human resources/labor, civil and criminal matters

Qualification

  • 2016 Korea

Education

  • 2016 Sungkyunkwan University School of Law
  • 2008 Seoul National University

Language

Korean, English

Heeho is a partner at SEUM, where his practice focuses on civil and criminal litigation for a variety of industries, including start-ups and IT companies, manufacturing, public administration, and e-commerce/platforms. He has focused his practice on providing practical solutions through strategic responses to real-life corporate crises, including management disputes, intellectual property infringement, and white-collar crime.

Heeho has been playing a central role in complex disputes and major matters requiring litigation for many years, and provides corporate legal solutions optimized for the characteristics and types of disputes of companies ranging from startups to publicly traded companies.

Experience
  • 2021-present
    SEUM
  • 2016-21
    Shin & Yoo
  • 2016
    Apex
Representative Matters

[1] Management control dispute 

  • Advised A, a logistics system service company, in a shareholder dispute and a claim for transfer of shares (2024)
  • Represented a shareholder of E, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer, in a share purchase and penalty claim (2024)
  • Advised a waste company D on shareholder disputes and responded to related civil and criminal lawsuits, including share transfer claims (2023)
  • Advised on a dispute over the dismissal of the CEO of C, an automobile repair service company, and defended against an injunction (2021)
  • Provided legal representation in a dispute between shareholders of a tourism development company and defended a lawsuit against an injunction against the issuance of new shares (2020)
  • Defense of a lawsuit against the CEO of W, a control instrumentation manufacturing company, relating to transfer of shares claims (2018)


[2] Intellectual Property Disputes

  • Defense of a patent infringement claim by K, an Internet portal service (2024)
  • Advised a marketing platform company T in a trademark infringement dispute (2023)
  • Advised K, a medical device company, in a trademark dispute (2023)
  • Defense of a social commerce company W's Trademark Infringement/Unfair Competitive Practices and damages claim (2021)
  • Defense of an injunction against copyright infringement by a indoor playground operator A (2019)


[3] HR & Labor

  • Defense of a severance pay claim by a director of a mobile advertising platform company N (2024)
  • Advised a software development company D on disciplinary proceedings for sexual harassment in the workplace (2022)
  • Litigation to confirm the invalidity of the dismissal of an executive of a foreign pharmaceutical company B (2020)
  • Audit and labor consultation for non-executive employees of lens manufacturer B (2019)
  • Claimed damages for dismissal of CEO of cosmetics company N (2017)


[4] Criminal Litigation

  • Defense of CEO of N, a software development company, for violation of the Capital Market Act and violation of Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement) (2024)
  • Defense of CEO of S, a manufacturing company, against violation of the Tax Penalty Act (2019)
  • Representation of CEO of W, a control instrumentation manufacturer, in capital market violations and Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (fraud) (2017)


[5] General Corporate Counseling

  • Legal counsel for Lotte Shopping, DnG Company, Team Snowball, and others
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