Awards

• External Counsel of the Year, In-House Community Commended External Counsel of the Year 2024 (In-House Community, 2024)
• Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Competition (Who’s Who Legal, 2022-2023)
• Leading Partners, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Antitrust & Competition (Legalease, 2019-2025)
• Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Competition/Antitrust (Chambers and Partners, 2018-2025)
• Leading Lawyer, Asialaw Leading Lawyers (Euromoney, 2017-2018)
• Competition Lawyer of the Year, The Asia Legal Awards (The Asian Lawyer, 2017)

Publications/Activities

[Publication]
 
• Affiliates and Single Economic Entity Doctrine, Journal of Competition Vol. 225 (2024)
• Korean Competition Law Fundamental Cases (Co-author, 2d ed., Bobmunsa, 2023)
• Suggestions for Improvement of Korea Fair Trade Commission's Investigation and Deliberation Process, Journal of Competition Vol.213 (Co-author, 2022)
• Promoting Consent Orders for Merger Cases in the Digital Economy, Journal of Korean Competition Law Vol. 42 (Bobmunsa, 2020)
• Korean Competition Law Fundamental Cases (Co-author, Bobmunsa, 2020)
• “Advertisement” under the Fair Labeling and Advertising Act, 100 Advertisement Judicial Precedents (Korea Internet Advertising Foundation, 2019)
• Single Economic Entity and Bid-Rigging, Journal of Competition Vol. 191 (Co-author, 2017)
• Legal Principles for Assessing Illegality in Horizontal Agreement Cases, JURIS Vol. 39 (2017)
• Abuse of Superior Bargaining Power and Relevance to Trade Order, Journal of Korean Competition Law Vol. 34 (Bobmunsa, 2016)
• Administrative Measures Subject to Appeal When Multiple Measures Are Imposed by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Journal of Competition Vol. 189 (Co-author, 2016)
• An Analysis of an Unilateral Refusal to Deal Case, Journal of Competition Vol. 185 (Co-author, 2016)
• Issues on Interior and Facilities Costs Under the Large-Scaled Distribution Business Act, Journal of Competition Law and Policy Vol. 4 (Co-author, 2015)
• Substantive Test for Vertical Mergers, Market Economy and Social Harmonization (Festschrift for the Retirement of Prof. Dr. Ohseung Kwon) (Bobmunsa, 2015)
• Issues on the Changes of Interior and Facilities in a Store under the Franchise Act, Journal of Competition Law and Policy Vol. 3 (Co-author, 2014)
• Requirements of Certification for Antitrust Class Actions, Journal of Korean Competition Law Vol. 28 (Bobmunsa, 2013)
• Tie-Ins and Exclusive Dealing, Journal of Competition Vol. 169 (2013)
• Substantive Test for Merger Control in Korea - Focusing on Horizontal Mergers - (Kyung-in Publishing Co., 2013)
• “Unreasonableness” in the Abuse of Market Dominance, JURIS Vol. 22 (Co-author, 2012)
• An Analysis of the Casual Connection Between Antitrust Violation and Damages: Focusing on the U.S. Perspective, Korean Lawyers Association Journal (BUP JO) Vol. 665 (Co-author, 2012)
• Korea Chapter, Getting the Deal Through - Dominance (Co-author, 2011)
• Acquisition of Youngchang Music Instrument by Samick Music Instrument, 30 Benchmarking Decisions of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (Korea Fair Trade Commission, 2011)
• Merger Control Chapter, 30 Year History of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (Bobmunsa, 2011)
• Conditional Rebates as Abuse of Market Dominance, Issues and Problems with the Fair Trade Act (Bobmunsa, 2010)
• Merger Control Cases of Korean Courts in 2008, Journal of Korean Competition Law Vol. 19 (Bobmunsa, 2009)
• The Judgment of the Court of First Instance in GE/Honeywell: The Portfolio Effects in the Assessment of Conglomerate Mergers, Study of Antitrust Cases Vol. 5 (Bobmunsa, 2008)
• Cartel and Administrative Guidance, Journal of Korean Competition Law Vol. 16 (Bobmunsa, 2007)
• Restraints of Competition in the Private Law Perspective, Comparative Private Law Vol. 14 No. 1 (Co-author, 2007)
• Prohibition of Anti-Competitive Mergers, Fair Trade and Regulated Industries (Bobmunsa, 2007)
• Substantive Test of Anti-Competitive Mergers, Journal of Korean Competition Law Vol. 13 (Bobmunsa, 2006)
• Illegal Refusal to Deal, Study of Antitrust Cases Vol. 2 (Bobmunsa, 2005)
• Recent Developments in the Treatment of Collusion by Korean Courts, Journal of Korean Law Vol. 4 No. 2 (Seoul National University College of Law, 2005)
• Review of Restrictions on Parallel Importation (Seoul National University, LL.M. Thesis, 2002)
 
[Activities] 
 
• Adjunct professor/lecturer on Antitrust Law at Seoul National University, Korea University and Sogang University 
• Speaker/lecturer at Korean Competition Law Association, Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency, Fair Competition Federation, and Judicial Research & Training Institute 
• Panelist, “Multinational Mergers with an Asian Dimension” (13th Annual IBA Competition Mid-Year Conference, 2017) 
• Speaker, “M&A and Antitrust Law Issues” (In-House Congress Seoul, 2017) 
• Panelist, “Regulatory Scrutiny in Technology M&A Transactions,” Mergers & Acquisitions in the Technology Sector (IBA, 2015) 
• Speaker, “Merger Control,” Antitrust Law Center (Seoul Bar Association, 2013-2018)