Seuk Joon Lee

Career

Seuk Joon Lee is a foreign attorney(a member of New York Bar since 2000) at Yulchon and primarily practices in the areas of antitrust, medicine and pharmaceuticals, broadcasting and telecommunications, and air transportation. Mr. Lee handles all types of antitrust matters, including cartels, merger review, abuse of market dominance, and unfair trade practices. He has been selected as a leading lawyer by international publications such as GCR’s International who’s who, Chamber’s Asia.

Mr. Lee is also a core member of Yulchon’s Health Care Practice Team and has advised many prominent Korean and foreign pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies on various healthcare regulation issues, including compliance issues and reimbursement for medical products.

Prior to joining Yulchon in 2006, Mr. Lee spent 21 years working for the Korean government agencies such as the KFTC, the Economic Planning Board, and the Ministry of Information and Communication. At the KFTC, he held a number of leadership positions such as director of the Investigation Division, director of the Labeling and Advertising Division, director of the Large Business Group Division, director of the Competition Promotion Division, and director of the Monopoly Regulation Division. While he worked for the KFTC, he took a leading role in investigating many historically important antitrust cases in Korea, including the abuse of market dominance cases against Microsoft, Intel and Qualcomm. In addition, Mr. Lee took a prominent role in the development of fair trade policies and the revisions of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (MRFTA) and relevant regulations, in particular as it relates to large Korean conglomerates (i.e., chaebols).

Personal

Education

2000 Syracuse University, Graduate School of Management, M.S.A.

1999 Syracuse University, College of Law, J.D.

1985 Pusan National University, Graduate School of Political Science, M.A. in Public Administration

1983 Pusan National University, B.A. in Business Administration

Experience

2006-present Yulchon LLC

2012-present Outside Director, Korea Communications Agency

2012-present Member of Fair Competition Regulation Review Committee, Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association

2012-present Member of Fair Competition Regulation Review Committee, Korea Dental Trade Association

2011-2013 Member of Medical Device Committee, Korea Food & Drug Administration

2006 Head of the Monopoly Surveillance Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2005 Head of the Competition Facilitation Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2004-2005 Head of the Business Conglomerates Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2003 Kim & Chang

2002 Director, Advertising and Labeling Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2001 Director, Investigation Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission

1993-1997 Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Korea Fair Trade Commission

1992-1993 Deputy Director, Department of the External Economic Policy Coordination, Economic Planning Board

1989-1991 Deputy Director, Telecommunications Policy Bureau, Ministry of Information and Communication

1986-1989 Naval Troop Information and Education Officer

1984 Passed Higher Civil Service Examination