• Represented a leading shipping company in the KFTC’s investigation into an alleged collusion.
• Represented a global tire manufacturer in the KFTC’s investigation into an unfair support to the affiliates.
• Represented a global biotechnology company in its acquisition of a multinational contract research organization (CRO).
• Represented a leading steel company in the KFTC’s investigation into an alleged collusion.
• Represented a leading auto parts manufacturing company in the KFTC’s investigation on violation of the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act.
• Represented a leading health & beauty store company in the KFTC’s investigation on violation of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business.
• Represented a leading bank in the KFTC’s investigation into an alleged abuse of superior bargaining position and obtained a dismissal of the case.
• Represented a transportation company in the KFTC’s cartel investigation.
• Represented a leading bank in the KFTC’s investigation into an alleged collusion and obtained a dismissal of the case at the KFTC hearing.
• Represented a PEF consortium in the acquisition of a global silicon manufacturing company.
• Represented a leading home shopping company in the KFTC’s investigation of the violation of Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business (Seoul High Court’s ruling revoked the KFTC’s decision).
• Represented a large retailer in the KFTC’s investigation of alleged cartel and obtained a dismissal of the case at the KFTC hearing.
• Represented a ramen manufacturing company in the KFTC’s investigation into an alleged collusion (Supreme Court ruling revoked the KFTC’s decision).
• Represented a leading computer component manufacturing company in the KFTC’s cartel investigation.
• Represented a leading cable company in the KFTC’s investigation of bid-rigging.
• Represented a leading construction company in the KFTC’s investigation of bid-rigging.
• Represented a leading agricultural machine manufacturing company in the KFTC’s cartel investigation.
• Represented a leading animal feed manufacturing company in the KFTC’s cartel investigation.
• Represented a leading brewing company in the KFTC’s investigation on violation of the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising.
• Represented a leading food service distributor company in the acquisition of nine local food service distributor companies.
• Represented a global oil company in the KFTC’s investigation of price-fixing.
• Represented a global data storage company in the acquisition of a global company’s HDD business.

Awards

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

Publications/Activities

[Publications] 

 
• E-Commerce Competition Enforcement Guide (Edition 2-3): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Global Competition Review, 2019-2020) 
• Legal Standard of Anticompetitive Effect of Non-Compete Clause Incident to M&A, Journal of Competition No. 181 (Co-author, Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2015) 
• Theory and Practice of Unfair Assisting Under MRFTA - 50 Q&A (Co-author, Shin & Kim Whitepaper, 2015) 
• Recent Antitrust Cases and Major Issues in E.U., U.S.A., and India, Journal of Competition Law and Policy No. 4 (Co-author, Seoul National University Center for Competition Law, 2015) 
• Analysis on Requirement of Extraterritorial Application of Competition Law, Journal of Competition No. 178 (Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2015) 

 

[Speeches/Presentations] 

 
• Online Training Session - Act on Fair Transaction of Large Retail Business, Gyoenggi-Do Antitrust Training Program (Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2020) 
• “Enforcement Trends and Key Issues of KFTC’s Guidelines for Examining the Illegality of the Purchase Under a Special Contract by Large Franchise and Retail Business Operators” (Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2020) 
• “Attorney’s Role in Multijurisdictional Government Investigations,” IAKL 27th Annual Conference (International Association of Korean Lawyer, 2019) 
• “Antitrust Regulation on Pharmaceutical Company’s Exercise of Patent Right,” 2018 Annual Conference (Korea Pharmaceutical Patent Institution, 2018)