Chul Ho Kim
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Competition/Antitrust
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About
Provided by Chul Ho Kim
Practice Areas
Antitrust & Competition
Cartel
Abuse of Market Dominance
Unfair Trade Practices
Merger Filings
Unfair Affiliate Transactions
Regulation on Conglomerates ∙ Holding Companies
Healthcare
Professional Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea (1999)
Publications
Regulation of Information Exchange under Amended Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, Journal of Competition (co-author), 2021; Korea Chapter, Comparative Legal Guide: Merger Control (4th Edition), The Legal 500 (co-author), 2019; "Applicable Laws and Calculation of Relevant Sales in Bid Rigging Cases," The 9th Economic Law Case Study, Academy of Economic Law Case Study (co-author), 2015; "Recent Decisions in the United States, Europe and Korea regarding Reverse Payment Agreement," Law & Technology (co-author), 2013; "Enforcement of Competition Law in the South Korean pharmaceutical industry," Practical Law Company (co-author), 2013; "Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (Article 12: Merger Control Filing)," LAWnB online annotation book, 2013; "Impact of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on the Korean pharmaceutical industry," Practical Law Company (co-author), 2012; "Unity and Number of Breaches of Fair Trade Law," The 7th Economic Law Case Study, Academy of Economic Law Case Study, 2011
Work Highlights
[Cartels]
Handled the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigation and administrative litigations on cartels of steel companies with respect to purchase of steel scrap
Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding cartels of transportation companies with respect to transportation services
Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding cartels of auto-part manufacturers
Handled the KFTC investigation of bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the Korea Gas Corporation’s bid for LNG storage tanks
Handled the KFTC investigation of cartels of seven manufacturers of double insulation pipes
Handled the KFTC investigation of bid rigging acts by 14 enterprisers in KEPCO’s bid of watt-hour meters
Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the bid for turn-key construction for the four-river project
Handled the KFTC investigation of bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the bid for construction of Daegu Urban Railway
Handled the KFTC investigation of bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the bid for construction of Honam High Speed Railway
Handled the KFTC investigation of cartels of 20 securities companies with respect to small claims
[Business Combination]
Handled review of business combination between the world’s first and third largest manufacturers of semiconductor equipment
Handled review of business combination in acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott
Handled review of business combination in acquisition of Gyeonggi East Broadcasting by CNM
Handled review of business combination in acquisition of Carrefour by E-land
Handled review of business combination in acquisition of RealNetworks’ video codec patent by the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer
Handled review of business combination in acquisition of InterDigital’s wireless communications patent by the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer
[Abuse of Market Dominance / Unfair Trade Practices]
Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding Qualcomm’s abuse of market dominance
Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigation on the abuse of market dominance by the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors for personal computers
Handled the KFTC investigation of unfair trade practices by Nike
Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigation regarding unfair practices of attracting customers by pharmaceutical companies
Handled the KFTC investigation of unfair trade practices by Merial Korea
[Regulation of Conglomerates & Internal Trading]
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Samsung Group
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Hite Jinro Group
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of LS Group
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Hanwha Group
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Hanjin Group
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of SK Group
Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Dongwon Group
Languages Spoken
Korean and English
Experience
2003-present
Yoon & Yang LLC
2020-present
Director, Korea Competition Law Association
2020-present
Vice President, Asia-Pacific Competition Community
2013-present
Member, Subcontract Price Adjustment Advisory Board, Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency
2010-present
Auditor, Korea Blood Disease & Cancer Association
2017
International Director, Korea Competition Law Association
2015
Examiner, the 4th Bar Examination (Economic Law)
1999-03
Yoon & Partners
Clients
Qualcomm, British America Tobacco Korea, Levi Strauss, sanofi-aventis Korea, IBM Korea, Intel Korea, Samsung SDI, Samsung Engineering,
Kumho Petrochemical, Hite Jinro, Kakao Mobility, Yuhan Corporation
Education
University of Washington School of Law
Visiting Scholar
2004 - 2005
Seoul National University Law Research Institute, Fair Trade Law Research Course (coursework completed)
2002
Judicial Research and Training Institute
1999
Seoul National University, International Relations
B.A.
1995
Awards
Leading Individual, Competition/Antitrust
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2023
Leading Individual, Competition/Antitrust
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2022
Leading Individual, Competition/Antitrust
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2021
Notable Practitioner, Competition/antitrust
asialaw
2022
Notable Practitioner, Competition/antitrust
asialaw
2021
Litigation Star, Competition/antitrust
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2023
Litigation Star, Competition/antitrust
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2022
National Leader, Competition
Who's Who Legal Korea (2022-2023)
2023
National Leader, Competition
Who's Who Legal Korea (2022-2023)
2022
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kim Chul Ho co-leads Yoon & Yang's antitrust and competition team. He routinely represents high-profile multinationals and domestic corporations operating in the steel, electronics and life sciences industries in cartel investigations as well as cases concerning false advertising and unfair trade practices.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is one of the best competition lawyers in the industry. He does not oversell the risks but provides very grounded, solid advice. He is very strategic in his way of approaching the issues we have."
"Beyond simply providing legal knowledge, he provides opinions and solutions that company practitioners can understand well."
"He is one of the best competition lawyers in the industry. He does not oversell the risks but provides very grounded, solid advice. He is very strategic in his way of approaching the issues we have."
"Beyond simply providing legal knowledge, he provides opinions and solutions that company practitioners can understand well."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Yoon & Yang LLC
KFTC's Amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”) has started enforcement of the amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines (Guidelines”) on June 10, 2021.
Korean Competition Law to Undergo Complete Overhaul
The amendment bill to comprehensively overhaul the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (“MRFTA”) was passed by the National Assembly on December 9, 2020 and will become effective in December of 2021.
KFTC's Amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”) has started enforcement of the amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines (Guidelines”) on June 10, 2021.
Korean Competition Law to Undergo Complete Overhaul
The amendment bill to comprehensively overhaul the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (“MRFTA”) was passed by the National Assembly on December 9, 2020 and will become effective in December of 2021.
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