Jeong-Suh PARK - Kim & Chang

Bio

Jeong-Suh Park is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice with extensive and specialized experience advising the firm’s clients in antitrust law.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Park has worked as a deputy director of the Korean Fair Trade Commission, the administrative organization responsible for formulating and enforcing competition policies and M&A review policies and conducting investigations on cartel and activities of market dominance abuse.

Mr. Park advises clients on competition law issues arising from their daily operation and investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission into violations of competition law. He also provides counsels on competition issues of the retail business and the franchise business using his experience during the enactment of the Act of the Fair Trade in Large-Scaled Distribution Businesses and the revision of the Fair Transactions in Franchise Act.

Mr. Park received his LL.B. from Seoul National University, College of Law in 1998. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. He is admitted to the Korean bar.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2015-Present)

Director for Deliberation Management, Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) (2013-2015)

Deputy Director, Distribution Division, KFTC (2012-2013)

Deputy Director, Franchise & Retail Division, KFTC (2010-2012)

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Advised on the merger filing of a global semi-conductive compound manufacturer’s acquisition of a Korean company.
Represented a global automotive parts company in its collusive acts.
Represented a global automotive parts company in its violation of the Subcontracting Act.
Represented a major domestic screen golf company in its unfair trade practices such as discrimination.
Represented a global game company in its violation of the E-Commerce Act.
Advised a major Korean distribution company on the inspection of internal transactions.
Represented a major Korean construction company in an unfair support case.
Represented a major global tire manufacturer and seller in an unfair support case.
Represented a Korean pharmaceutical company in an unfair support case.
Advised a global company manufacturing and selling automotive parts on compliance inspection.
Represented a global automaker in changing leadership and submitting materials for designation of business group.
Represented a Korean construction materials and construction company in its false submission of materials for designation of business group.
Advised a major domestic construction company on the separation of affiliates.
Represented a global online travel site operator in its violation of the Standardized Contract Act.
Represented a domestic manufacturer and supplier of clothing supplied to military in its collusive acts.
Represented a global pharmaceutical company in its violation of distributorship issues.
Represented a global electronics company in an unfair support case.
Represented a Korean window and door company in its violation of the Fair Labeling and Advertising Act.
Represented a Korean home shopping company in its violation on abuse of superior bargaining position.
Represented a large domestic discount store in its violation on abuse of superior bargaining position.
Represented a global duty-free shop in the dispute mediation on abuse of superior bargaining position.
Represented the headquarters of a Korean food service franchise in its violation of the Franchise Business Act.
Represented a number of Korean companies in internal transactions and compliance advice.
Represented a global automobile manufacturer and seller in its violation of the Standardized Contract Act.
Represented a Korean refinery company in its compliance inspection and unfair trade practices.
Represented a global apparel manufacturer in its false/exaggerated advertisement.

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Awards

Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2024)

Publications/Activities

The Result and Evaluation of TV Home Shopping Channels for SME (National Assembly Policy Forum, 2013)
The Changing Regulation Environment and Improvement on the Act of the Fair Trade in Large-Scaled Distribution Business (Law and Economics Analysis Group, 2012)
The Main Contents of the Act of the Fair Trade in Large-Scaled Distribution Business (Competition Journal, 2012)
Legal Infrastructure for Establishing Fair Trade Order on Large-Scaled Distribution Business (Korea Legislation Research Institute, 2011)