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Brian RYOO Foreign Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-4526 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Brian RYOO Foreign Attorney
Brian RYOO Foreign Attorney

Brian RYOOForeign Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-4526 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.brian.ryoo@kimchang.com

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Bio

Brian Ryoo is a senior foreign attorney in the Antitrust & Competition Practice at Kim & Chang. He provides assistance to clients in complex antitrust and other regulatory matters, including government investigations, merger clearance, and litigation. He also regularly advises clients on internal investigations, corporate compliance and consumer protection issues.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Ryoo served as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, where he investigated and litigated conduct and merger cases. Mr. Ryoo also practiced in the Washington DC offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Covington & Burling LLP. He has worked across many industries, including technology, telecommunications, semiconductors, media, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, banking, chemicals, retail, consumer products, transportation, energy, and food & beverages.

Mr. Ryoo is a member of the leadership of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, where he currently serves as an editor of The Antitrust Source and previously served as Counsel to the Section Chair. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Before attending law school, Mr. Ryoo worked as a management consultant at Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte).

Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2021-Present) 

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington DC (2018-2021) 

US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (2016-2018) 

Covington & Burling LLP, Washington DC (2013-2016) 

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities
    • Editor, “American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section,” The Antitrust Source (2021-Present)
    • Counsel to the Section Chair & Chair-Elect, ABA Antitrust Law Section (2019-2021)
    • "Refining, Not Redefining, Market Definition: A Decade Under the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines," Antitrust Source (Co-author, 2020) 
    • Counsel to the Section Chair & Chair-Elect, ABA Antitrust Law Section (2019-2021) 
    • Regional Governor, International Association of Korean Lawyers (2019-2021) 
    • Moderator/panelist, "Global Antitrust Trends in the Trump Era," International Association of Korean Lawyers Annual Conference (2018) 
    • Officer, Korean American Bar Association of Washington D.C. (2016-2018) 

Education

    University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2013) 

    University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Economics, 2007)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, California, 2014; Washington, D.C., 2015

Languages

Korean and English

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Brian RYOO
Foreign Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-4526      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Brian Ryoo is a senior foreign attorney in the Antitrust & Competition Practice at Kim & Chang. He provides assistance to clients in complex antitrust and other regulatory matters, including government investigations, merger clearance, and litigation. He also regularly advises clients on internal investigations, corporate compliance and consumer protection issues.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Ryoo served as a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, where he investigated and litigated conduct and merger cases. Mr. Ryoo also practiced in the Washington DC offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Covington & Burling LLP. He has worked across many industries, including technology, telecommunications, semiconductors, media, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, banking, chemicals, retail, consumer products, transportation, energy, and food & beverages.

Mr. Ryoo is a member of the leadership of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, where he currently serves as an editor of The Antitrust Source and previously served as Counsel to the Section Chair. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Before attending law school, Mr. Ryoo worked as a management consultant at Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte).






    Kim & Chang (2021-Present) 

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington DC (2018-2021) 

    US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (2016-2018) 

    Covington & Burling LLP, Washington DC (2013-2016) 






Publications/Activities

  •   Editor, “American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section,” The Antitrust Source (2021-Present)
  •   Counsel to the Section Chair & Chair-Elect, ABA Antitrust Law Section (2019-2021)
  •   "Refining, Not Redefining, Market Definition: A Decade Under the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines," Antitrust Source (Co-author, 2020) 
  •   Counsel to the Section Chair & Chair-Elect, ABA Antitrust Law Section (2019-2021) 
  •   Regional Governor, International Association of Korean Lawyers (2019-2021) 
  •   Moderator/panelist, "Global Antitrust Trends in the Trump Era," International Association of Korean Lawyers Annual Conference (2018) 
  •   Officer, Korean American Bar Association of Washington D.C. (2016-2018) 





Education

    University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2013) 

    University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Economics, 2007)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, California, 2014; Washington, D.C., 2015


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Antitrust & Competition