Jipyong LLC

Financial Disputes; Antitrust Disputes; Investor Disputes; International Arbitration; Cross-Border Litigation; Construction & Real Estate – General; Antitrust & Competition; Disputes over Abuse of IP Rights · Technology Theft; Global Practice

Managing Partner

Mr. Gee Hong Kim is a Managing Partner at Jipyong. He is regarded as one of the nation’s top experts in competition law and one of the most accomplished professionals among his peers. In April 2020, he received a Presidential Commendation from the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) for his contributions to Korea’s market economy and fair trade practices. Mr. Kim was the first-ever attorney at a major law firm to be awarded the highest commendation.

Mr. Kim is frequently sought after by major corporations to take on the most complex and challenging cases. His most notable successes include representing the KFTC in the dismissal of Qualcomm’s objection to one of the KFTC’s largest fines in history and clearing Intel’s USD 16.7 billion acquisition of Altera before the KFTC.

Mr. Kim is currently a member of Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency’s Legal and Economic Analysis Group (LEG), one of the premier think tanks in Korea on competition and fair trade law. He also serves as a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network and Director of the Korean Competition Law Association. Mr. Kim has published numerous academic works relating to competition law and the ICT, some of which have been selected as teaching materials at Seoul National University School of Law (SNU Law). Mr. Kim regularly teaches at SNU Law and is also on the panel of international arbitrators of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board.

Mr. Kim began his legal education as the top student in his class at Korea’s highest ranking university and completed his legal training at the Judicial Research & Training Institute with a President’s Award. Mr. Kim has an LL.M. from Columbia Law School and is fluent in English.

2001-Present / JIPYONG LLC

2024-Present / Member, Restructuring Advisory Committee, UAMCO

2023-Present / Member, Administrative Appeals Commission, National Assembly

2018-Present / Member, the Steering Committee of SNU Center for Competition Law

2015-Present / Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

2013-Present / Director, Korean Competition Law Association

2007-Present / Member, The Korean Association of Arbitration Studies

2023-2024 / Deliberation Member, Corporate Restructuring Plan Review Committee, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

2015-2019 / Non-Governmental Advisor, International Competition Network (ICN)

2007 / Member, Korean Securities Law Association

2006-2007 / International Lawyer, Sidley Austin LLP, New York

1998-2001 / Judge Advocate Officer, Korean Air Force

Korean / English / Japanese

1998 / Admitted to bar, Korea

2006 / Admitted to bar, New York

2007 / Seoul National University, Research Program for Legal Specialists, Corporate Governance Structure (Coursework completed)

2006 / Columbia Law School (LL.M.)

1996 / Seoul National University (LL.B., Ranked first in the nation in National College Entrance Exam)