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Brian Tae-Hyun Chung is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in cybersecurity and data privacy, antitrust and competition, 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 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 issues in artificial intelligence.
In addition, 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.
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 entertainment industry, helping them with such matters as production of movies and TV shows in Korea.
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Columbia Law School (J.D., 1996)
Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 1993)
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