YOON&YANG

Jae Young Kim Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7509
FAX 82 2 6003 7030
E-MAIL jkim@yoonyang.com

Jae Young Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice areas include fair trade, M&A, cross-border transaction, and corporate law.
Mr. Kim has extensive experience in representing a number of multinational companies in major international cartel cases, and handled collective lawsuits filed in the US relating to ramyun price cartel. He has also represented major domestic and foreign companies (i.e., Qualcomm, Samsung, GS, LG, CJ, and POSCO) on fair trade issues, such as abuse of market dominant position, unfair trade practice, and business combination. In addition, Mr. Kim has handled cross-border business transactions, such as international M&A deals, joint ventures, and technology license agreements, between Korean and foreign companies. In particular, he successfully handled corporate restructuring cases, such as organizational restructuring and split sale, of Kohap which is the first-ever domestic company to undergo a workout. He is licensed to practice law in Korea and the State of New York (US).

Experience

2003-present Yoon & Yang LLC
1998-present Lecturer (Antitrust Law), Korea Productivity Center
2013-17 Commissioner, Editing Commission of Asian Business Lawyer Journal, Korea University
2012-18 Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
2007 Member of Consumer Complaint Management Committee, Fair Trade Commission
2004 Member of Consumer Protection Committee, Fair Trade Commission
2001-06 Lecturer (International M&A Contracts), Judicial Research & Training Institute
1989-99 Member of Policy Evaluation Committee, Fair Trade Commission
1997-99 Member of Subcontract Consultant Committee, Fair Trade Commission
1996-99 Member of Cartel Research Committee, Fair Trade Commission
1995-03 Yoon & Partners
1996 SNU Law Research Institute, Antitrust Law Research Program (coursework completed)
1992-95 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army

Education

2000 University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.M.
1992 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1992 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M. Certificate of Completion))
1988 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

Awards

Leading Lawyer, General Corporate Practice, asialaw (2012-2013)

Publications

[Dissertations]

Criteria for Unreasonableness of Unfair Trade Practices under International Contracts - SNU Law Research Institute (1996. 6.)
Economic Analysis on Antitrust Cases - Journal of Competition (2002. 8.)
Korea Amends Securities and Exchange Act - Asialaw (2004. 2.)
Improvement on Consumer Damage Relief System - commissioned by the Fair Trade Commission (2004)
South Korea Streamlines the REITs Act - Asialaw (2004. 12. / 2005. 1.)
Consumer Complaints Management System - commissioned by the Fair Trade Commission (Co-author, 2005)
Leniency, South Korea Q&A Chapter - PLC Cross-border Competition Handbook 2007/08 and 2009 (Co-author, 2008, 2009)
Competition, South Korea Q&A Chapter - PLC Cross-border Competition Handbook (Co-author, 2010, 2011)
The Korea Fair Trade Commission Amends the Notification on Implementation of Leniency Program - International Law Office (2009)
Seoul High Court Rejects Multiple Regression Method in a Follow-on Cartel Damages Litigation - International Law Office (Co-author, 2010)
Issues of Cooperation Obligations of Leniency Applicants – Korea Competition Forum (2010. 10.)
Commentary on the Case concerning Cartels by Four Toilet Tissue Manufacturers, (Decision No.98-63) – Fair Trade Commission (2011. 4.)
Commentary on the Case concerning Predatory Pricing by Hyundai Information Technology (Decision No. 98-39) –Fair Trade Commission (2011. 4.)