‘Offering a very good combination of local expertise and global perspective’, Kim & Chang’s antitrust and competition team is a capable advisor on complex domestic and cross-border matters, with its expertise attracting an impressive roster of clients spanning from ICT to automotive companies. The group is co-led by experienced partners Youngjin Jung, who specialises in merger control and abuse of market dominance cases in the technology sector, and Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim, who concentrates on abuse of market dominance, cartels and merger filings. With strong credentials in the defence of antitrust investigations and merger notifications, Jung-Won Hyun is another name to note. Kyung Min Koh is a seasoned advisor on antitrust and M&A transactions, and Brian Tae-Hyun Chung is active in investigations by the KFTC. Hemi Lee is recognised for her work on market dominance, cartels and unfair trade practices. Min-Ho Lee left the team.
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- 'Their availability and team setup are outstanding compared to other law firms - from our perspective, this allows the team to combine different angles.’
- ‘The antitrust practice group at this law firm has been exceptional. Their deep expertise across a wide range of antitrust issues is evident in every interaction. What I particularly value is their ability to offer strategic insights that go beyond legal analysis—often incorporating political and economic perspectives.’
- ‘Seung Hwan (Miles Chung) offers great strategic thinking and guidance that goes beyond pure legal advice.'
- ‘Kim & Chang's Antitrust and Competition practice is a leader in the field, offering a very good combination of local expertise and global perspective.’
- ‘Luke Shin is our key contact person with outstanding knowledge about the needs and expectations for us as a corporate legal in-house team. He is thereby always well aware of the circumstances, the big picture and can bring these in line with the expertise of the different teams and views working as a team.’
- ‘Kyoung Yeon (Kay) Kim is within this team an outstanding expert and knows the facts best. She is always very much into the facts, circumstances and with a good feeling and approach on how to streamline the discussed views and arguments into one strategy and advice.’
Key clients
- Apple
- Samsung Electronics
- Korean Air
- Broadcom
- Siemens
- Volkswagen Group
- Booking.com
- SK Inc.
- AstraZeneca
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Work highlights
Represented Siemens, Siemens Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers in their successful appeal of the KFTC’s sanctions for alleged abuse of market dominance, obtaining reversal of the KFTC’s sanctions.
Represented Korean Air in the global merger filing for the KRW 1.5 trillion acquisition of 63.9 percent of shares in Asiana Airlines.
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Youngjin Jung; Gene-Oh (Gene) Kim
Other key lawyers
Jung-Won Hyun; Kyung Min Koh; Brian Tae-Hyun Chung; Hemi Lee; Kyoung Yeon (Kay) Kim; Luke Shin; Seung-Hwan (Miles) Chung