Ms Jihyun Kim > Bae, Kim & Lee LLC > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Tower B
Centropolis,
26 Ujeongguk-ro, Jongno-gu,
03161
South Korea
Jihyun Kim photo

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2000-present); Judge, Daejun District Court (1997-2000); Expert advisor, the Consumer Policy Committee of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (2021-Present); Member, Data-Based Administration Promotion Committee, Ministry of the Interior and Safety (2021-Present); Member, Industrial Technology Dispute Mediation Committee, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (2019-Present); Civilian Member, Deliberation Committee for Special Cases Concerning the Regulation in Regulation-Free Special Zone, Ministry of SMEs and Startups (2019-Present); Member, Personal Information Protection Deliberation Committee, Seoul (2019-2021); Member, Universal Access Right Committee, Korea Communications Commission (2016-2018); Member, IP Information Policy Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2016-2017); Mediator, Industrial Property Rights Dispute Mediation Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office (2015-Present); Member, Administrative Appeals Commission, Office of the President (2013-2017); Advisor, Legal Advisory Panel for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Doing Business Abroad, Ministry of Justice (2012-Present)

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

Korean and Seoul Bar Associations, Korea Association of Women’s Lawyers, Korea Patent Attorneys Association

Education

Duke University School of Law (Visiting Scholar, 2007); U.C. Berkeley School of Law (LL.M., 2006); Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea (1997); Ewha Womans University Law School (LL.B., 1992)

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Intellectual property: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Jihyun Kim – Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC has excellent IP capabilities, spanning the full range of contentious and non-contentious matters. The IP practice group is led by Kijoong Kang, who has extensive experience advising on cross-border IP disputes. Tae Uk Kang is particularly skilled in IP matters concerning online business, personal information protection, and e-commerce. Jihyun Kim focusses on trade secret protection, trademarks, and copyrights, while Taeck Soo Kwon, who previously served as Presiding Judge at the Seoul High Court, brings over two decades of expertise in IP transactions and litigation. Tae Guen Kim, Hankil D. Kang, and Susan Park are also noted for their work on some of the firm’s most prominent cases.