Yang, Jay Son
Practice Areas
Introduction
Jay-Son (JS) Yang is a foreign attorney at Yulchon, LLC. Prior to Yulchon, Ms. Yang worked for Citibank Korea Inc. where she handled a wide range of corporate legal issues mainly in areas of corporate governance, financial regulations, and internal controls. Ms. Yang also advised on HR matters in such areas as employee relations, HR policies and internal investigations, as well as handling HR-related disputes and litigation. Ms. Yang has also represented foreign financial institutions in Korea in communicating with regulators to further legal advocacy and enhance the regulatory environment in Korea. From 2019 to 2020, Ms. Yang served as president of the In-House Counsel Forum, a nation-wide association of more than 2,000 corporate counsels in Korea. In 2021, Ms. Yang was appointed as a member of the Financal Development Deliberation Council, which is the advisory board of the Financial Services Commission.
- 2004 Northeastern University School of Law, J. D.
- 2000 Kyung Hee University, Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies, International Trade, M. A.
- 1992 Yonsei University, Public Administration, B.A.
- 2021-present Foreign Attorney, Yulchon LLC
- 2021-2023 Member, Financial Development Deliberation Council, Financial Services Commission
- 2005-2021 Senior Legal Counsel, Citibank Korea Inc.
- 2019-2020 President, In-house Counsel Forum (IHCF)
- 1994-1997 Han Sung Econet Co., Ltd.
- 2005 Admitted to Bar , Massachusetts
Korean, English, Japanese
Awards/Recognition
- 2025-2026 Stand-out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters
