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Kyung Taek JUNG Managing Partner

T.+82-2-3703-1101 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Kyung Taek JUNG Managing Partner
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Kyung Taek JUNG Managing Partner

Kyung Taek JUNGManaging Partner

T.+82-2-3703-1101 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.ktjung@kimchang.com

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Kyung Taek Jung is a Managing Partner and the Chair of the corporate practices at Kim & Chang. Mr. Jung is also the Managing Partner of the firm’s Singapore office.

Mr. Jung practices in a wide range of areas of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and antitrust/competition law. He has extensive experience in the corporate aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including corporate restructurings, private equity transactions and joint venture transactions. His expertise in antitrust/competition law spans over 40 years and involves many of the most prominent antitrust/competition law cases in Korea over those years. Because of his knowledge and experience in such cases, Mr. Jung is highly regarded by clients and peers and is regularly sought out by the Korean Fair Trade Commission to advise on policy matters. He also advises clients in the IT, pharmaceutical, energy and automobile industries.

He is the recipient of numerous notable awards and citations for his distinguished service to clients. He has consistently been named as a leading lawyer in antitrust/competition, M&A and corporate law by many highly respected publications including Chambers and Partners, Delinian (formerly Euromoney) and The Legal 500.

Mr. Jung received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and his LL.B. from Seoul National University’s College of Law in 1974. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1977. He is admitted to the Korean bar.

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Experience

Co-Chair, IBA Korea Advisory Board (2013-2020)

Chairman, Antitrust Committee, Seoul Bar Association (2011-2017)

Vice Chairman, Korean Competition Law Association (2000-2008)

Lecturer, Advanced Specialist Program (Fair Trade Law), Seoul National University (2000-2001)

Member of the Competition Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission (1999-2003, 2009-2011)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York (1986-1987)

Kim & Chang (1980-Present)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (1977-1980)

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Awards

  • M&A Powerlist Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist (Legalease, 2024)
  • Thought Leader, Who’s Who Legal: Firm Management (Who’s Who Legal, 2022-2023)
  • The A-List: Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal (Vantage Asia, 2021-2023)
  • Asia Best Lawyer, IFLR (Euromoney, 2019-2022)
  • Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2019-2024)
  • Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2017-2019, 2021-2023)
  • Expert Guides: Banking, Finance and Transactional Law (Euromoney, 2017, 2020)
  • Market-Leading/Leading lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyer: Corporate M&A (Euromoney, 2013-2022)
  • Market-Leading/Leading lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyer: Competition & Antitrust (Euromoney, 2013-2022)
  • Market Leader/Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2011-2023)
  • Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2023)
  • Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Corporate/M&A (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2023)
  • Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Competition/Antitrust (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2023)
  • Leading Individual, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Antitrust & Competition (Legalease, 2010-2018)

Publications/Activities
    • Chambers Global Practice Guide – Pharmaceutical Advertising: Korea chapter - Law & Practice (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019) 
    • Chambers Legal Practice Guides – Corporate M&A 2013: South Korea - Law & Practice section (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2013) 
    • GCR The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2011-2013: “Korea” chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2011-2013)

Education

    Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1986)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1977)

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1974)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1977

Languages

Korean and English

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Kyung Taek JUNG
Managing Partner


T. +82-2-3703-1101      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092      
  




Kyung Taek Jung is a Managing Partner and the Chair of the corporate practices at Kim & Chang. Mr. Jung is also the Managing Partner of the firm’s Singapore office.

Mr. Jung practices in a wide range of areas of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and antitrust/competition law. He has extensive experience in the corporate aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including corporate restructurings, private equity transactions and joint venture transactions. His expertise in antitrust/competition law spans over 40 years and involves many of the most prominent antitrust/competition law cases in Korea over those years. Because of his knowledge and experience in such cases, Mr. Jung is highly regarded by clients and peers and is regularly sought out by the Korean Fair Trade Commission to advise on policy matters. He also advises clients in the IT, pharmaceutical, energy and automobile industries.

He is the recipient of numerous notable awards and citations for his distinguished service to clients. He has consistently been named as a leading lawyer in antitrust/competition, M&A and corporate law by many highly respected publications including Chambers and Partners, Delinian (formerly Euromoney) and The Legal 500.

Mr. Jung received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and his LL.B. from Seoul National University’s College of Law in 1974. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1977. He is admitted to the Korean bar.






    Co-Chair, IBA Korea Advisory Board (2013-2020)

    Chairman, Antitrust Committee, Seoul Bar Association (2011-2017)

    Vice Chairman, Korean Competition Law Association (2000-2008)

    Lecturer, Advanced Specialist Program (Fair Trade Law), Seoul National University (2000-2001)

    Member of the Competition Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission (1999-2003, 2009-2011)

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York (1986-1987)

    Kim & Chang (1980-Present)

    Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (1977-1980)






Awards

  •   M&A Powerlist Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist (Legalease, 2024)
  •   Thought Leader, Who’s Who Legal: Firm Management (Who’s Who Legal, 2022-2023)
  •   The A-List: Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal (Vantage Asia, 2021-2023)
  •   Asia Best Lawyer, IFLR (Euromoney, 2019-2022)
  •   Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2019-2024)
  •   Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2017-2019, 2021-2023)
  •   Expert Guides: Banking, Finance and Transactional Law (Euromoney, 2017, 2020)
  •   Market-Leading/Leading lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyer: Corporate M&A (Euromoney, 2013-2022)
  •   Market-Leading/Leading lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyer: Competition & Antitrust (Euromoney, 2013-2022)
  •   Market Leader/Leading Lawyer, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2011-2023)
  •   Leading Individual, Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2023)
  •   Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Corporate/M&A (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2023)
  •   Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Competition/Antitrust (Chambers and Partners, 2010-2023)
  •   Leading Individual, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Antitrust & Competition (Legalease, 2010-2018)

Publications/Activities

  •   Chambers Global Practice Guide – Pharmaceutical Advertising: Korea chapter - Law & Practice (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019) 
  •   Chambers Legal Practice Guides – Corporate M&A 2013: South Korea - Law & Practice section (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2013) 
  •   GCR The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2011-2013: “Korea” chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2011-2013)





Education

    Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1986)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1977)

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1974)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 1977


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Antitrust & Competition ,  Mergers & Acquisitions ,  Corporation Law ,  Singapore