Bio
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2000-Present)
Judge, Uijeongbu Branch of Seoul District Court (1998-2000)
Judge, Seoul District Court (1996-1998)
Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1993-1996)
Representative Mattersshow
- Represented major Korean oil refinery companies in damage actions for bid-rigging, in which econometric models were used for damage calculation for the first time in Korean court.
- Represented Korean flour companies in damage actions for bid-rigging, in which passing-on defense was issued for the first time in Korean court.
- Advised and represented a Japanese graphite electrode manufacturing company in the KFTC’s first extra-territorial jurisdiction case.
- Advised and represented a major discount store chain in the KFTC’s investigation and following litigation.
- Advised a major Japanese semiconductor company on a patent dispute regarding NAND memory.
- Advised and represented a major global EU company in a patent dispute regarding semiconductor-manufacturing machinery.
- Advised a major US company in a trade secret dispute regarding semiconductor-manufacturing machinery.
- Advised and represented a major global EU company in a patent dispute regarding LED.
- Advised a major global EU company in a patent dispute regarding mobile telecommunication.
- Advised and represented Korean and US game companies in dispute over copyright and patent issues of online games.
- Advised and represented many major US, EU and Japanese companies in patent and trade secret disputes regarding issues related to chemistry, pharmacy, electronics and machinery.
- Advised and represented a global car module company in the acquisition of a Korean Tier 1 car part manufacturing company.
- Advised and represented the acquisition of a casino case.
- Advised and represented a major Korean bank in KIKO case.
- Advised and represented many real estate funds in land development cases.
- Advised and represented many global IBs in project financing cases.
- Advised and represented many global IBs in NPL cases.
- Advised and represented the case of a PF for building a skyscraper in downtown.
- Advised and represented real estate funds in the case of a re-building project in downtown.
- Advised and represented global IT companies in distribution channel issues.
- Advised and represented global IT companies in malfunction of storage server cases.
- Advised and represented major parties’ spokesmen in National Assembly election law violation cases.
- Advised and represented the cases of permission for mining and casino, among others.
Education
The George Washington University (Visiting Scholar, 2003-2004)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1993)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1991)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1993
Languages
Korean and English