YOON&YANG

Cholsoo Han Senior Advisor

TEL 82 2 6003 7585
FAX 82 2 6003 7026
E-MAIL cshan@yoonyang.com

Cholsoo Han is an antitrust & competition expert who served as the Secretary General and five major Director General roles at the Fair Trade Commission.
After passing the 25th High Public Service Examination in 1981, Mr. Han commenced his public service career at the Economic Planning Board and handled finance, macroeconomics, and international trade matters. After working at the Fair Trade Commission for 19 years since 1995, he retired from public service in 2014 after his role as the Secretary General. His experience as a Director General encompasses the five major bureaus of the Fair Trade Commission, which include Cartel Investigation Bureau, Competition Policy Bureau, Anti-Monopoly Bureau, Market Analysis Bureau, and Consumer Policy Bureau. Having spent three years as the Secretary General, thus the longest-serving Secretary General, he demonstrates an unrivaled expertise across the entire purview of the Fair Trade Commission.

Experience

2016-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2023-present Outside Director, Youngone Corporation
2018-present Chair, Certified Compliance Professional Certification Committee
2018-present Outside Director, Kia Motors Corporation
2016-present Vice President, Korea Competition Law Association
2017-23 Outside Director, Korea Zinc
2016-17 Outside Director, Dongwon F&B
2014-15 Guest Professor, Yonsei University Law School (Antitrust & Competition)
2014-15 Visiting Professor, Korea University Law School (Antitrust & Competition)
2011-14 Secretary General, Fair Trade Commission
2006-10 Director General, Cartel Investigation Bureau/Competition Policy Bureau/Market Analysis Bureau/Anti-Monopoly Bureau/Consumer Policy Bureau, Fair Trade Commission
2005 Office of Presidential Secretary for Economic Affairs
2004 Kim & Chang
1999-03 Director, Distribution Division/Policy Coordination Division/International Cooperation Division, Fair Trade Commission
1982-95 Deputy Director, Economic Planning Board

Education

1998 Syracuse University College of Law, J.D.
1982 Jeonbuk National University, B.A. in Business Administration

Awards

Notable Practitioner, Competition/antitrust, asialaw (2021-2023/24)
National Leader, Competition; Trade & Customs (2023), Who’s Who Legal Korea (2020-2023)

Publications

[Books]

Digital Economy and Platforms: Dominance, Data, Fair Trade and Consumer Protection, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2023)
Subcontracting Law (Co-Author), Korea Fair Competition Federation (2020)
Competition Law, Korea Fair Competition Federation (2016)
Opening of Service Industries and the WTO, Dasan Books (1994)

[Journals]

Measures for Reasonable Harmonization to Enforce the Fair Trade Law, Competition Journal (Jun. 2023)
Measures for Role Division and Cooperation among Enforcers of the Fair Trade Law, Korea Competition Law Association (Nov. 2022)
Proposition on How to Enforce Fair Trade Policies in Topdog and Underdog Relationships, Competition Journal (May 2022)
Issues on Penalty System and Subsequent Sanctions under the Subcontracting Law and Improvement Measures, Competition Journal (Aug. 2020)
Fair Trade Policy Trends and Corporate Countermeasures, CFO Strategy Program, College of Business Administration, Seoul National University (Oct. 2019)
Proposition on Overall Reshaping of the Fair Trade Law – Focusing on Procedural Legislation, Competition Journal (May 2018)