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キム・チョルホ
パートナー弁護士
- TEL 82 2 6003 7522
- FAX 82 2 6003 7826
- E-MAIL chkim@yoonyang.com
Biography
Chul Ho Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice area is antitrust and competition.
Mr. Kim has provided legal advice to prominent multinational companies, such as Qualcomm, Nike, and Bosch and Korea’s most well-known companies, including Samsung, SK, Hanwha, LS and POSCO, in cases involving cartels, abuse of market dominance, unfair trade practices, business combination, internal trading, etc. He also has specialized knowledge and experience in healthcare, and upon such knowledge and experience, he provides optimal legal services for leading healthcare companies, e.g. MSD, Sanofi-Aventis and Yuhan, etc.
Mr. Kim has provided legal advice to prominent multinational companies, such as Qualcomm, Nike, and Bosch and Korea’s most well-known companies, including Samsung, SK, Hanwha, LS and POSCO, in cases involving cartels, abuse of market dominance, unfair trade practices, business combination, internal trading, etc. He also has specialized knowledge and experience in healthcare, and upon such knowledge and experience, he provides optimal legal services for leading healthcare companies, e.g. MSD, Sanofi-Aventis and Yuhan, etc.
経歴
- 2003-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2024-present Auditor, Korea Competition Law Association
- 2020-present Vice President, Asia-Pacific Competition Community
- 2013-present Member, Subcontract Price Adjustment Advisory Board, Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency
- 2010-present Auditor, Korea Blood Disease & Cancer Association
- 2020-23 Director, Korea Competition Law Association
- 2015 Examiner, the 4th Bar Examination (Economic Law)
- 1999-03 Yoon & Partners
学歷
- 2004-05 University of Washington School of Law, Visiting Scholar
- 2002 Seoul National University Law Research Institute, Fair Trade Law Research Course
- 1999 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 1995 Seoul National University, B.A. in International Relations
主要業務事例
[Cartels]
- Handled matters regarding the investigation by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) and the administrative litigation as to vaccine bidding cartel of a pharmaceutical company
- Handled the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigation and administrative litigations on cartels of steel companies with respect to purchase of steel scrap
- Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding cartels of transportation companies with respect to transportation services
- Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding cartels of auto-part manufacturers
- Handled the KFTC investigation of bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the Korea Gas Corporation’s bid for LNG storage tanks
- Handled the KFTC investigation of cartels of seven manufacturers of double insulation pipes
- Handled the KFTC investigation of bid rigging acts by 14 enterprisers in KEPCO’s bid of watt-hour meters
- Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the bid for turn-key construction for the four-river project
- Handled the KFTC investigation of bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the bid for construction of Daegu Urban Railway
- Handled the KFTC investigation of bid-rigging acts by construction companies in the bid for construction of Honam High Speed Railway
- Handled the KFTC investigation of cartels of 20 securities companies with respect to small claims
[Merger Filings]
- Handled review of business combination between the world’s first and third largest manufacturers of semiconductor equipment
- Handled review of business combination in acquisition of St. Jude Medical by Abbott
- Handled review of business combination in acquisition of Gyeonggi East Broadcasting by CNM
- Handled review of business combination in acquisition of Carrefour by E-land
- Handled review of business combination in acquisition of RealNetworks’ video codec patent by the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer
- Handled review of business combination in acquisition of InterDigital’s wireless communications patent by the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer
[Abuse of Market Dominance]
- Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigations regarding Qualcomm’s abuse of market dominance
- Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigation on the abuse of market dominance by the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors for personal computers
- Handled matters regarding the investigation by the KFTC as to the abuse of market dominant position by the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA)
[Unfair Trade Practices]
- Handled the KFTC investigation of unfair trade practices by Nike
- Handled the KFTC investigation and administrative litigation regarding unfair practices of attracting customers by pharmaceutical companies
- Handled the KFTC investigation of unfair trade practices by Merial Korea
[Regulation of Conglomerates & Internal Trading]
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Samsung Group
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Hite Jinro Group
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of LS Group
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Hanwha Group
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Hanjin Group
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of SK Group
- Handled the KFTC investigation of internal trading of Dongwon Group
受賞
- Leading Individual, Competition/Antitrust, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2021-2024)
- Leading Individual, Antitrust and Competition, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (2024)
- Notable Practitioner, Competition/antitrust, asialaw (2021-2023/24)
- Stand-out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters (2024)
- Litigation Star, Competition/antitrust, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2022-2024)
- National Leader, Competition, Who's Who Legal Korea (2022-2023)
寄稿
[Books]
- The Story of the Constitution in the World by Law Firm Lawyers, Pakyoungsa (Co-author, 2019)
[Dissertations]
- Getting The Deal Through : Competition in Digital Markets, Korea Chapter (Co-author, 2022)
- Regulation of Information Exchange under Amended Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, Journal of Competition vol. 209, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2021)
- Applicable Laws and Calculation of Relevant Sales in Bid Rigging Cases, Economic Law Case Study vol. 9, Academy of Economic Law Case Study (Co-author, 2015)
- Recent Decisions in the United States, Europe and Korea regarding Reverse Payment Agreement, Law & Technology, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Co-author, 2013)
- Enforcement of competition law in the South Korean pharmaceutical industry, Practical Law Company (Co-author, 2013)
- Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (Article 12: Merger Control Filing), LAWnB online annotation book (2013)
- Impact of the South Korea-US Free Trade Agreement on the Korean pharmaceutical industry, Practical Law Company (Co-author, 2012)
- Unity and Number of Breaches of Fair Trade Law, Economic Law Case Study vol.7, Academy of Economic Law Case Study (2011)
- Merger Regulation under the Korea Fair Trade Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Review (Co-author, 2009)
- Judgment Criteria on Determining Illegality of Unreasonable Customer Inducement and Administrative Fines as Sanction Thereof – Focused on Recent Precedents Regarding Pharmaceutical Companies, Competition Journal (2009)
