Hyo Jin Bae
Hyo Jin Bae is an attorney specializing in Labor & Employment and ESG matters. She advises multinational corporations on a wide range of employment issues, including employment agreements, HR policies and procedures, workforce restructuring, labor relations, employment-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, discrimination and harassment matters, and dispute resolution. In her ESG practice, she focuses on human rights and supply‑chain sustainability, reviewing contracts, policies, and codes of conduct for alignment with global regulatory frameworks and best practices, and advising on due diligence processes and robust risk‑management systems for emerging ESG compliance challenges.
Before joining Kim & Chang in 2022, Ms. Bae spent over a decade at the United Nations in New York, where she provided counsel on employment and internal compliance, conducted internal investigations, and managed complex procurement projects. She also practiced at U.S. law firms, handling employment‑law litigation, arbitration, mediation, and administrative proceedings. Ms. Bae holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Western History from Seoul National University (2005) and a J.D. from George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School (2008). She is admitted to the Virginia and District of Columbia bars.