• Advised on the formation, operation and termination of co-promotion, co-distribution and business alliances of clients in the life sciences sector.
• Defended pharmaceutical and medical device companies before the Korea Fair Trade Commission on charges of illegal interaction with healthcare professionals.
• Defended pharmaceutical and medical device companies before the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on charges of violation of regulatory compliance under the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act and Medical Devices Act.
• Advised on establishing a global compliance standard of practice for multinational and domestic pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
• Conducted internal investigations into compliance violations by employees.
• Advised on acquisition of pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
• Conducted due diligence investigations of potential acquisition targets for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

• Advised a multinational life sciences and biopharmaceutical company on a merger filing in relation to its acquisition of a business in the same industry.
• Represented a global tech company in an unfair trade practices investigation.
• Advised on abuse of market dominance in the telecommunications and semiconductor sectors.
• Advised on vertical restraint and selective distribution issues.
• Advised on antitrust compliance for multinational and domestic automakers.
• Advised on internal transaction compliance for a Korean conglomerate.
• Advised on unfair trade practices issues in connection with subcontract relationships and distributor relationships.
• Advised on merger filing cases in various industry sectors.

Awards

• Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2024)
• Stand-out Lawyer - Independently Rated Lawyers (Thomson Reuters, 2024-2025)

Publications/Activities

• Chambers Global Practice Guides - Medical Devices & Consumer Health Products 2022: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2022)