Mr Doil Son > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
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GANGNAM-GU
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Mr Doil Son
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Data Privacy, Cyber Security and Crisis Management
Position
Partner, Head of IP & Technology Practice
Career
Doil Son is the Head of the IP & Technology Practice of Yulchon LLC. His experience is focused on Mergers & Acquisitions, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Telecom and Media, Data Privacy and Cyber Security including Trade Secret Protection as well as crisis management.
He represented leading multinational and local e-commerce companies and financial institutions for their ICT businesses involving artificial intelligence, big data, data privacy, cyber security, cryptocurrency, metaverse, fintech, and healthtech. He often goes to regulatory agencies and courts to defend his clients in ICT and data privacy compliance cases. He also represented his clients in major data breach cases, including the biggest data breach case in Korean history which occurred in 2014 where over 100 million users of three credit card companies were affected.
In addition, he also represented his clients in various trade secret violation cases and internal investigation cases. He frequently lectures on ICT issues concerning data privacy, artificial intelligence, fintech, and healthtech in various conferences held by the International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and Korean government agencies.
Mr. Son has a B.A. in political science from the Seoul National University and an L.L.M. from UCLA School of Law (2002). He joined Yulchon as a partner in 2012, after serving as a judge at Kwangju District Court for two years from 1996 to 1998, and working at other major Korean law firms.
Languages
Korean, English
Memberships
- International Bar Association (IBA), Technology Law Committee
- Senior Vice-Chair: 2021 – present
- Vice Chair: 2019 – 2020
- Publication Officer: 2017 – 2018
- Chair of Disruption Sub-committee: 2015 – 2016
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association, TMT Committee
- Co- Chair: 2022 – present
- Vice-Chair: 2017-2021
- TechLaw (https://techlaw.org/)
- Board Member
- TechLaw Group is comprised on 26 full-service member firms sharing expertise in technology issues, intellectual property and the acquisition, sales and financing of technology companies. Formed in 1986 by five large U.S. law firms, the organization has grown to include 26 law firms with more than 8,400 lawyers and offices in more than 35 countries.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Law School, LL.M. (2002); Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea (1996); Seoul National University, Political Science, B.A. (1994)
Personal
National Leader, Data, Who’s Who Legal: Korea (2022-2023)
Leading Lawyer, Fintech & Blockchain, Who’s Who Legal
Super 50 TMT Lawyers in Asia, Asian Legal Business (2021)
Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business (2021)
Leading Lawyer, TMT, Chambers AP (2016-Present)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > TMT: local firms
(Leading individuals)–
Yulchon manages to ‘think creatively and look for alternative lines of argument.’ The team advises on a wide range of TMT matters, including corporate transaction and finance regulations, as well as in new and emerging technology fields such as AI, Big Data, and BlockChain. Practice head Doil Son has handles a comprehensive range of TMT issues and M&A transactions, and contributes to government projects dealing with artificial intelligence. Seung Hyuck Han is an expert in both TMT and antitrust matters, and Sun Hee Kim specialises in data, e-commerce, technology, and fintech.
South Korea > Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
Praised for being ‘up-to-date on the latest developments in fintech and financial regulations’ and for its ‘deep knowledge’ of blockchain and NFTs, Yulchon advises on fintech issues such as electronic finance, payments and data protection. Traditional financial regulatory work, including general banking and capital markets advisory work is further area of strength. Doil Son and Young Su Shin jointly lead the team, with the former well versed in fintech regulation in Korea and the latter possessing in-depth knowledge of finance ranging from structured finance to insurance-linked securities. Sun Hee Kim is embedded in data and technology.
Lawyer Rankings
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms South Korea
- Leading individuals South Korea > TMT: local firms
- TMT: local firms South Korea
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Shipping: local firms