Kyung Taek Jung > 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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Kyung Taek Jung
Work Department
Antitrust & Competition; Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporation Law; Singapore
Career
K.T. Jung is a senior partner at Kim & Chang. Mr. Jung also serves as the Chair of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and Antitrust & Competition Practice.
Mr. Jung practices in a wide range of areas of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and antitrust/competition law. He has extensive experience in the corporate aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including corporate restructurings, private equity transactions and joint venture transactions. His expertise in antitrust/competition law spans over 40 years and involves many of the most prominent antitrust/competition law cases in Korea over those years. Because of his knowledge and experience in such cases, Mr. Jung is highly regarded by clients and peers and is regularly sought out by the Korean Fair Trade Commission to advise on policy matters. He also advises clients in IT, pharmaceutical, energy and automobile industries.
He is the recipient of numerous notable awards and citations for distinguished service to clients. He has consistently been named as a leading lawyer in antitrust/competition, M&A and corporate law by many highly respected professional publications including Chambers and Partners, Euromoney and The Legal 500.
Mr. Jung received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and his LL.B. from College of Law, Seoul National University in 1974. He attended Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1977. He is admitted to the Korean bar.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1977
Education
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1986)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1977)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1974)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Corporate and M&A: local firms
Recommended as ‘the best law firm’ in South Korea by some, Kim & Chang‘s team handles the full depth and breath of corporate and M&A work, from multi-jurisdictional merger fillings, outbound sales of Korean companies, and working on Korea’s first continuation fund transaction. The team is led by experienced senior partner Kyung Taek Jung, while Jong Koo Park also handles heavyweight deals. Jong Hyun Park works on outbound co-investments, while colleague Shin Kwon Lim advises on large-scale infrastructure related transactions. Another noted key member is Joon B. Kim.
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