Mr Hwan Jeong > Lee & Ko > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Lee & Ko
HANJIN BUILDING
63 NAMDAEMUN-RO, JUNG-GU
SEOUL 04532
South Korea
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Work Department

Anti-trust & Competition, Corporate, Healthcare, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Anti-corruption & Regulatory Compliance, Unfair Competition & Trade Secret Protection.

Position

Partner.

Career

Lee & Ko: 2011 – Present Shin & Kim: 1995 – 2011 Ad-Hoc Instructor, Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea: 2002 – 2006, 2009 – Present Member, Committee for Subcontract, National IT Industry Promotion Agency: 2009 – 2011 Advisory Counsel, Competition Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission: 2005 – 2009 Ad-Hoc Instructor, Seoul National University Law School: 2002 Trustee in Bankruptcy, Chungju District Court: 1998 Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea: 1993 – 1995.

Languages

Korean and English.

Memberships

Education

University of Minnesota Law School (LL.M.): 2001 Seoul National University College of Business Administration (B.BA .- Minor in Law): 1993.

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Antitrust and competition: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Hwan JeongLee & Ko

Lee & Ko has a proven track record of handling major cases concerning unfair trade practices, cartels, and merger control; antitrust compliance and antitrust litigation are further strengths, with the practice well placed to call upon the services of the firm’s in-house economists when preparing evidence to be heard before the KFTC and Korean courts. Hwan Jeong heads up the antitrust and competition group; he has longstanding experience of leading a wide array of competition law mandates extending to abuse of dominance matters. Jang Woo Park steers the antitrust criminal defense team, while In Seok Lee steers the administrative and civil antitrust litigation team. Yong Seok Ahn frequently assists multinational companies with cases related to Korean competition laws. Suruyn Kim has a notable focus on merger review cases; Jeong-Ho Sun is equipped to assist with M&A due diligence, while Jong Youn Han has specific know-how relating to the IT and semiconductor market. Byong Ki Chung is a first-choice expert for antitrust damages litigations cases. Jung Won Kwon is further recommended.