Hwan Jeong
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Competition/Antitrust
Band 1
About
Provided by Hwan Jeong
Practice Areas
Antitrust/Competition
Career
Hwan JEONG is a partner and the head of Antitrust & Competition group at Lee & Ko. His practice focuses on a broad range of antitrust &competition matters including investigation of merger review, cartels, abuse of dominance and unfair trade practices. Mr. Jeong has handled various international cartel cases such as FX, auto parts, capacitor, airline, LCD and DRAM cartels. He also has been involved in many global merger review cases, abuse of dominance cases, cross-border investments and general corporate transactions. Mr. Jeong served as an Advisory Counsel
for the Korea Fair Trade Commission. He was an ad-hoc instructor at the Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea and the Seoul National University Law School.
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar Association, International Bar Association, Antitrust Committee.
Publications
Injunctive Relief Korean Competition Law (2013); Study on Treble Damages (2011); Healthcare and Antitrust Law (2011); Study on Unfair Practices (2009); Comparative Study on Consent Order System (2008); Korean Merger Regime Update (2008).
Personal
For over 10 years, Mr. Jeong has been recognized as a "ranked lawyer" by Chambers Asia, a "leading individual" by Legal 500, a "highly regarded" lawyer by IFLR 1000 and a "recommended" lawyer by International Who's Who Legal.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Jeong Hwan leads Lee & Ko's competition and antitrust practice. He advises across the full gamut of mandates, with recent experience handling merger control and KFTC investigations into alleged abuse of market dominance, price fixing and bid rigging. He works with a diverse range of clients such as entities in the financial, transportation, technology and automotive sectors.
Contributions
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jeong Hwan provides practical advice in his consultations."
"Jeong Hwan provides practical advice in his consultations."