Doil Son
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 3 : Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)
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About
Provided by Doil Son
Career
Doil Son is a partner at Yulchon practicing primarily in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Data Privacy and Cyber Security including Trade Secret Protection as well as crisis management. Throughout his career, Doil represented both multinational and domestic clients across numerous industries in matters including artificial intelligence, big data, block chain, cyber security, data privacy and fintech. Doil also actively provides legal advice to the Korean government with regards to AI, big data and fintech.
Doil currently serves as Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Technology Law Committee, while also serving as Vice-Chair of Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s TMT committee. Doil is also a Board Member of TechLaw. Doil has presented his view on various issues related to technology in international and domestic conferences including the IBA and the IPBA.
Personal
Education
2002 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Law School, LL.M
1996 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
1994 Seoul National University, Political Science, B.A.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Son Doil heads Yulchon's TMT practice and is active in a range of corporate, licensing and regulatory matters in South Korea involving clients in the TMT sector. He is particularly noted for his handling of data privacy issues and acquisition of licences.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a very thoughtful lawyer who gets what matters to the client and the bottom line and understands the bigger picture."
"He is a fabulous lawyer."
"He is a very thoughtful lawyer who gets what matters to the client and the bottom line and understands the bigger picture."
"He is a fabulous lawyer."