Bio
Profile
Experience
American Antitrust Institute (2014-2015)
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington D.C. (2014)
Kim & Chang (2008-Present)
Representative Mattersshow
- Represented a global mobile technology company in a court appeal against the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC)'s abuse of dominance decision.
- Represented a global enterprise software company in the KFTC’s investigation on abuse of dominance.
- Advised various multinational IT and pharmaceutical companies in the KFTC's survey of abuse of IP rights.
- Represented a global commercial bank in the KFTC’s international cartel case investigation.
- Represented a global airline company in the KFTC’s international cartel case investigation and subsequent appeal litigations.
- Represented a cement manufacturer in the KFTC’s cartel investigation on market share and price fixing and subsequent appeal litigations.
- Represented a global pharmaceutical company in the KFTC's investigation of unfair inducement of customers and subsequent appeal litigations.
- Represented a global luxury brand in the KFTC's investigation of unfair trade practices.
- Represented a global IT company in dispute with a domestic distributor.
- Represented a global healthcare company in its acquisition of a global diagnostic device company.
- Represented a global IT company in its acquisition of a networking and communications solutions company.
- Represented a global financial consulting company in internal and government investigations regarding alleged breach of trust.
- Represented a global pharmaceutical company in internal and government investigations for allegedly providing improper benefits to customers.
- Represented a global parts manufacturing company in an internal investigation of alleged improper entertainment of customers.
- Represented a global sportswear company in an internal investigation regarding allegations of bribery.
- Represented a global IT company in an internal investigation regarding allegations of bribery.
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Global Elite Thought Leader, Lexology Index: Competition - Under 45 (Lexology Index, 2025)
- Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Competition (Lexology Index, 2024)
- Leading associates, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Antitrust & Competition (Legalease, 2023-2025)
- Leading Lawyer, Lexology Index: Korea, Competition (Lexology Index, 2021-2024)
- Leading Lawyer: 공정거래 (리걸타임즈, 2021, 2023-2024)
- Rising Star, Rising Stars Awards Asia-Pacific 2021: South Korea (Euromoney, 2021)
- Future Leader, Lexology Index: Competition (Lexology Index, 2020-2023)
- Rising Star, Expert Guides: Competition and Antitrust (Euromoney, 2019-2022)
Publications/Activities
- Tracking Ancestry: KFTC Guidelines on Online Platforms (Co-author, Competition Policy International, 2023)
- Antitrust Year in Review 2018: Korea Chapter (Co-author, ABA International Antitrust Law Committee, 2019)
- Getting the Deal Through – Pharmaceutical Antitrust: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2018)
- Handbook on Antitrust in Technology Industries: Korea Chapter (Co-author, ABA, 2017)
- Entrepreneurship and Antitrust: An Annotated Bibliography, American Antitrust Institute Working Paper No. 15-01 (American Antitrust Institute, 2015)
- "South Korea: How Recent Fair Trade Commission Enforcement Activities Have Reshaped Corporate Risk Profiles - Anti-Corruption, Antitrust and More Unexpected Challenges," 8th ACI Asia Pacific Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance and Risk Management (2019)
- “South Korea: How Business Landscape is Evolving Amid Vigorous Local Transparency Enforcement Activities,” 6th ACI Asia Pacific Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance and Risk Management (2017)
Education
Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Master's Coursework, 2009)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2008)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 2006)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2008
Languages
Korean, English and French