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Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Min-Ho Lee
Work Department
Antitrust & Competition; Antitrust & Competition Litigation
Career
Min-Ho Lee is an attorney in the Antitrust & Competition Practice at Kim & Chang. Highly regarded for his antitrust expertise, he has advised and represented leading global companies from a diverse range of industries in many precedent-setting antitrust cases.
Dr. Lee, who holds a Ph.D. in law from Seoul National University, specializes in antitrust and consumer protection laws. He handles complicated abuse of dominance cases, including those involving intellectual property rights, and advises multinational clients on high-profile merger cases with substantive concerns. Dr. Lee is also sought out for difficult appeals of Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”) decisions; he has assisted multiple clients in obtaining significant court victories, including cases where the KFTC’s decisions were bolstered by evidence from leniency applicants.
Dr. Lee served as the head of the Litigation Office of the KFTC for two years, where he played a pivotal role in developing key legal strategies in numerous high-profile cases. Dr. Lee also practiced law at major law firms for two decades.
A prolific writer, Dr. Lee has authored numerous articles on antitrust and competition issues and a book entitled “Substantive Test for Merger Control in Korea – Focusing on Horizontal Mergers.” He is also a well-known lecturer of antitrust law at law schools, universities and government institutions.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1998; New York, 2004
Education
Graduate School, Seoul National University (Ph.D., 2012)
University of California Hastings College of the Law (LL.M., 2003)
Graduate School, Seoul National University (LL.M., 2002)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1998)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1996)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Antitrust and competition: local firms
(Leading individuals)Domestic and international clients from industries such as ICT, medical and pharmaceutical, automotive and aviation trust the sizeable team at Kim & Chang for assistance with issues such as merger control, international cartel and abuse of market dominance. International cartel cases and foreign-to-foreign mergers is another area of longstanding strength. Youngjin Jung co-heads the practice; his expertise and the firm’s reach has recently been demonstrated by the key role Jung has played coordinating the global merger filing in several jurisdictions for Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines. Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim completes the leadership team and counts illegal collusion, abuse of market dominance and unfair trade practices as core areas of expertise. Foreign attorneys Brian Tae-Hyun Chung and Jung-Won Hyun are key contacts for merger filings for inbound and outbound M&A transactions and merger control cases involving remedies issued by the KFTC, respectively. Representing domestic and online platforms in KFTC investigations stands out as an area of recent activity for Kyung Min Koh. Min-Ho Lee is praised for his ‘good knowledge of fair trade’. Hemi Lee is a further name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms South Korea
- Leading individuals South Korea > Antitrust and competition: local firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms