Bio
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2019-Present)
Representative Mattersshow
- Represented a domestic IT company in criminal and civil litigations involving data crawling.
- Represented a global IT company in the Korea Communication Commission’s investigation on a violation of the Telecommunications Business Act.
- Represented a global e-commerce company in the Personal Information Protection Commission(“PIPC”)’s investigation and the Korea Fair Trade Commission(“KFTC”)’s investigation and advised on compliance projects.
- Advised on legal matters associated with a global game company’s structural change in its e-sports league.
- Represented a domestic game company in the KFTC’s investigation on lootbox items and related litigation.
- Represented a domestic entertainment company in a dispute over exclusivity agreements between the entertainment company and its artists.
- Represented a domestic entertainment company in the KFTC’s investigation on a violation of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Law and the E-Commerce Act.
- Advised on compliance projects targeting officers and employees of a domestic entertainment company.
- Represented a global IT company in the PIPC’s investigation on a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.
- Represented a global game company in the PIPC’s investigation on the leakage of personal information.
- Represented a domestic entertainment company in the PIPC’s investigation on the leakage of personal information.
- Represented a domestic insurance company in the PIPC’s investigation on a violation of the Personal Information Protection Act.
- Advised on an antitrust compliance project for a domestic game company.
- Represented a global bank in the KFTC’s investigation on bid-rigging and administrative litigation.
- Represented a global IT company in the KFTC’s investigation on abuse of superior bargaining position.
Representative Activitiesshow
Publications/Activities
- Panelist, “Loot Boxes and Game Monetization,” Video Game Law Conference 2023 Tokyo (2023)
Education
School of Law, Seoul National University (J.D., 2019)
Harvard College (A.B., Psychology, summa cum laude, 2015)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2019
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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Newsletters
National Assembly Passes Amendment to the Game Industry Promotion Act Relating to Loot Box Disputes
2025.01.17 -
Newsletters
Regulatory Trends: Enforcement of Loot Box Probability Disclosure Requirement
2024.04.30 -
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Legislative Notice on the Proposed Amendments to the Enforcement Decree of the Game Industry Promotion Act to Require Game Providers to Disclose Probabilities of Loot Boxes
2023.11.28 -
Newsletters
Key Provisions and Implications of the Proposed Game Industry Promotion Act Amendment Bill
2021.03.22