Competition/Antitrust
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : South Korea
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Our Antitrust & Competition Practice consists of Korea’s finest team of over 150 professionals, specializing in antitrust issues, including Korean and overseas-licensed attorneys, economists, industry experts, and former senior officials of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”), whose combined experience and expertise is unrivaled in all aspects of Korean antitrust and competition law.
As the pioneer of antitrust and competition law practice in Korea, our firm has advised more clients from around the world than any other law firm in navigating through complex antitrust cases in Korea and has accumulated an unparalleled level of experience and know-how through our undertakings. Supported by our clients’ trust and satisfaction, our Antitrust & Competition Practice strives to provide creative and effective solutions to our clients.
Key Services:
- Merger Filings
- Cartel Investigations
- Abuse of Market Dominance
- Unfair Trade Practices
- Distribution & Franchise
- Fair Labeling and Advertising
- Horizontal and Vertical Commercial Agreements
- Compliance Programs (Risk Diagnosis and Prevention)
- Unfair Affiliate Transactions
- Civil and Administrative Litigation and Criminal Defense
Chambers Review
Kim & Chang has a market-leading practice with a deep bench, including academics and former government officials. The team handles the full gamut of competition matters including abuse of dominance, collusion and merger filings. The law firm has a well-established international client base, including companies from the financial, media and pharmaceutical industries, and often acts in multi-jurisdictional cases. It has a strong reputation for successfully representing appeal cases against the KFTC. The team's clients benefit from the presence of former judges specialising in competition matters.
Work Highlights
- Kim & Chang represented Dolby Laboratories in an administrative action before
- the Seoul High Court seeking the annulment of a decision and all related sanctions imposed by the KFTC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kim & Chang has a superb team with a unique understanding of the KFTC."
"They are the first call for any difficult antitrust matter in Korea."
"Kim & Chang has a superb team with a unique understanding of the KFTC."
"They are the first call for any difficult antitrust matter in Korea."
Notable Practitioners
Jung Kyung Taek draws on four decades of experience handling competition and antitrust matters, having acted in some of the most significant cases in the Korean market during his career.
Jung Youngjin maintains an active and varied practice, handling abuse of dominance cases, unfair practice investigations and merger filings. His expertise is regularly sought by international corporations and financial institutions.
"Youngjin's analysis, advocacy and client service are excellent."
Kim Gene-Oh (Gene) co-leads Kim & Chang's antitrust and competition law practice. He is experienced in acting for companies from the manufacturing, technology and finance industries on merger reviews and cartel investigations, as well as behavioural competition matters such as abuse of market dominance and bid-rigging cases.
"He is terrific, a highly sophisticated lawyer."
Lee Min-Ho continues to offer expert advice on non-contentious work such as merger filings. His clientele includes Fortune 500 companies and corporations headquartered in the USA and Europe. He also advises on contentious cases brought before the KFTC.
Chun Kee-Hong has considerable experience in various competition and antitrust mandates, and is notably active in KFTC investigations and cartel matters. His clientele incudes international and domestic companies.
"Chun Kee-Hong is a very good lawyer who is easy to work with on difficult issues."
"He quickly penetrates to the essence of the issue and solves the problem."
Kim Kyoung Yeon (Kay) advises on a range of mandates, covering merger filings and abuse of dominance, and unfair practice investigations.
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