Sanwoo Law Firm LLC

Managing Partner

LEE, Gi-seop

LEE, Gi-seop

활동

  • Winner of the Korea Economic Leader Award (JoongAng Ilbo)
  • Selected as a Leader of Korea's Creative Economy (Maeil Business Media Group)
  • Winner of the Creative Management Award for Shining Korea for 2 Consecutive Years (JoongAng Ilbo)
  • Selected as Korea's Influential CEO (TV Chosun)
02-584-5533
leegiseop@hanmail.net

Key Practice Areas

energy industry
Corporate Advisory
Managing Partner

LEE, Gi-seop

After passing the 21st Civil Service Examination, Advisor Lee Ki-seop served in key positions across industrial, energy, trade, and information and communication policy sectors at major government ministries and agencies, including the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Information and Communication, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Presidential Secretariat. He accumulated extensive experience in national industrial policy, regulation, and overall trade and technology policy while serving as the Director General of the General Affairs Division and Team Leader of the Electric Power Industry Structure Reform Team at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Commercial Attaché at the Korean Embassy in Germany, Director General of the Living Industry Bureau, and Planning Officer for Balanced Regional Industrial Development. He also served as the Director General of the Radio and Broadcasting Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Information and Communication and as a Standing Commissioner of the Trade Commission. Furthermore, he led the development of R&D and evaluation in the fields of energy, automobiles, and industrial technology while serving as the Chairman of the Korea Energy Agency, President of the Korea Automotive Parts Research Institute, and President of the Korea Institute for Industrial Technology Evaluation and Management. He has also been recognized for his expertise spanning industry, academia, and the policy field through his activities as a visiting professor at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, President of the Korea Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, and Senior Advisor at the Global Legislative Policy Institute. Currently serving as an advisor in the energy industry and corporate consulting sector at Sanwoo Law Firm (LLC), I provide practical and strategic advice on corporate regulatory compliance, energy and industrial policy consulting, and the resolution of current issues in the technology and industrial fields, based on my extensive public service experience and expertise in industrial policy.

Education

  • Graduated from Chungang High School
  • Graduated from Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Public Administration
  • Graduated from Vanderbilt University (Master of Economics)
  • Graduated from Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School (Doctor of Business Administration)

Experience

  • Passed the 21st Civil Service Examination
  • Director of General Affairs Division, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
  • Team Leader, Electric Power Industry Structure Reform Team
  • Commercial Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Germany
  • Director General of Living Industry Bureau
  • Director General of Regional Industry Balanced Development Planning
  • Senior Advisor on Agriculture, Fisheries, and Construction, Office of the Prime Minister
  • Secretary of the Economic Administration and Regulation Inspection Team, Presidential Secretariat
  • Director General of Radio and Broadcasting Policy Bureau, Ministry of Information and Communication
  • Served as Standing Commissioner (Grade 1) of the Trade Commission, etc.
  • Chairman of the Korea Energy Agency (currently Korea Energy Agency)
  • President of the Korea Automotive Parts Research Institute (currently Korea Automotive Research Institute)
  • President of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Management
  • President of the Korea Society of Control, Robotics and Systems
  • Seoul National University of Science and Technology Visiting Professor
  • Served as Senior Advisor at the Global Legislative Policy Research Institute, etc.
  • Advisor in the Energy Industry and Corporate Advisory Field at Sanwoo Law Firm (LLC)

활동

  • Winner of the Korea Economic Leader Award (JoongAng Ilbo)
  • Selected as a Leader of Korea's Creative Economy (Maeil Business Media Group)
  • Winner of the Creative Management Award for Shining Korea for 2 Consecutive Years (JoongAng Ilbo)
  • Selected as Korea's Influential CEO (TV Chosun)