Brian Tae-Hyun Chung > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
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SEOUL 03170
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Brian Tae-Hyun Chung

Work Department
Antitrust & Competition; Privacy & Data Security; Game, Resort & Entertainment; Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Career
Brian Tae-Hyun Chung is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in antitrust and competition, privacy and game, resort and entertainment. He has extensive experience in advising clients in the technology and game industries, as well as tobacco, chemical and retail distribution industries.
As a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, Mr. Chung has vast experience on all aspects of competition law issues, including, investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) into violations of the competition law and global merger filings for inbound and outbound M&A transactions. Mr. Chung also handles complex competition law litigations, especially those involving advanced technology and data issues.
In addition, as a member of the firm’s Privacy & Data Security Practice, Mr. Chung provides clients with expert assistance in privacy and data protection matters, specializing in compliance with Korean privacy laws and administrative, criminal and civil proceedings arising out of data breach cases, with particular focus on privacy and data security issues in artificial intelligence.
Mr. Chung is also a member of the firm’s Game, Resort & Entertainment Practice, specializing in game and entertainment industries. Mr. Chung assists clients in the game and interactive entertainment industries with their compliance with Korean game regulations, as well as issues arising out of their daily operation in the Korean game market. Mr. Chung also works with clients in the traditional entertainment industry, helping them with such matters as production of movies and TV shows in Korea.
Mr. Chung has co-authored various publications, including Practical Law Data Privacy Advisor – Information Security Considerations / Cyber Incident Response and Data Breach Notification (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2019, 2021), Information Security Considerations: South Korea (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2018).
For his accomplishments, Mr. Chung is consistently listed as a Leading Individual by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, and Asialaw.
Mr. Chung received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1996 and his B.A. in physics from Cornell University in 1993. He is admitted to the New York bar.
Languages
English and Korean
Memberships
Admitted to bar, New York, 1997
Education
Columbia Law School (J.D., 1996)
Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 1993)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Antitrust and competition: local firms
(Leading partners)Kim & Chang‘s antitrust and competition practice group offers deep expertise in handling complex domestic and cross-border cases. With a focus on key sectors such as ICT, medical, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, automotive, and aviation, the team delivers multidisciplinary services through in-house experts, litigation, and criminal defence teams. Co-led by Youngjin Jung, with vast experience in merger control, international cartel matters, and market dominance issues, and Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim, a seasoned M&A lawyer whose scope includes merger control and competition law. Notable individuals include Jung Won Hyun, handling major merger control cases and antitrust investigations; Min-Ho Lee, who is renowned for precedent-setting cases; Kyung Min Koh, and Hemi Lee, who focuses on government investigations. Brian Tae-Hyun Chung brings expertise in the technology, gaming, tobacco, and chemical industries.
Lawyer Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms South Korea
- Leading partners 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: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms