Brian C. Oh > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Brian C. Oh
Work Department
International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation; Antitrust & Competition; Product Liability & Consumer Claims; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Game, Resort & Entertainment; Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets
Career
Brian C. Oh is a senior foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in the areas of international litigation & arbitration, antitrust & competition, and product liability & consumer law. He is also a member of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Practice.
Mr. Oh has advised corporate clients in a broad range of litigation, arbitration, government investigation, and crisis management matters in Korea. He has extensive experience in defending and advising multinational companies on Korean civil and criminal proceedings, including mass tort collective lawsuits, appellate and administrative court proceedings, and criminal investigation defense. He has also advised multinational companies in defending investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission for collusive activities, abuse of dominance, and unfair trade practices. As a member of the firm’s TMT Practice, Mr. Oh counsels world’s leading technology companies for Korean regulatory compliance in the areas of fair trade, privacy, product safety, anticorruption, and customs regulation, and legislative advocacy.
Mr. Oh has extensive experience in all facets of complex business litigation in the US at both federal and state levels, having represented Fortune 500 corporations and high-profile individuals in numerous industries, including entertainment, automotive manufacturing, consumer banking and finance, real estate, and investment banking. He regularly advises Korean companies with multinational operations in US court proceedings.
Mr. Oh is also an active contributor to the Product Liability and International Committees of Defense Research Institute (DRI), a US-based organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel, having presented on issues under the Korean product liability law and Korean dispute resolution procedures.
Languages
English and Korean
Memberships
Admitted to bar, California, 2002
Education
Boston College Law School (J.D., 2001)
University of Chicago (B.A., Philosophy, 1996)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > TMT: local firms
Kim & Chang continues to advise a broad range of IT, broadcasting and telecoms companies in Korea, and is a firm ‘composed of experts who understand the industry well.’ The team handles cross-border transactions and engages various regulatory agencies on complex legal issues, and recently acted for MBK Partners in the acquisition of shares in Koreacenter Co., Ltd. Dong Shik Choi heads the TMT practice, and is a prominent figure in the Korean TMT market, focusing on a wide range of IT, telecoms and broadcasting transactions and regulatory matters. Brian C. OH is a senior foreign attorney and a leader of the TMT practice group, who advises on complex and high-profile disputes. The team continues to expand with three new additions of foreign attorneys.
Lawyer Rankings
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