YOON&YANG
パク・ヤンジン パートナー弁護士
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Yang Jin Park is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include antitrust and competition law.
Yang Jin Park has been practicing law since 2011 and has accumulated extensive experience across all stages of competition matters, from investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) to court proceedings. He has advised on and represented clients in a wide range of matters, including major domestic and cross-border cartel cases, unfair support practices, unfair trade practices, and violations of the Subcontracting Act, as well as large-scale business combination reviews and intra-group transactions. He also provides compliance advice to companies on internal transactions and compliance with the Subcontracting Act. In addition, Yang Jin Park has represented numerous clients in administrative litigation challenging KFTC decisions, as well as in damages claims arising from violations of competition laws.

经历

  • 2026-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2017-present Lecturer, Korea Productivity Center and Fair Competition Federation
  • 2023-26 Yulchon LLC
  • 2019-25 Outside Director, C&C International Co., Ltd.
  • 2011-23 Yoon & Yang LLC

経歴

  • 2017 Vanderbilt Law School (LL.M.)
  • 2015 Seoul National University, Professional Legal Research Course for Fair Trade and Growth of Korean Economy (coursework completed)
  • 2013 Fair Competition Federation, Fair Trade Law Course (coursework completed)
  • 2011 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 2009 Seoul National University (B.A. in Business Administration)

資格

Admitted to bar, Korea (2011)

主要業務事例

[Report and Review of Business Combination]

  • Represented a stakeholder in business combination review upon acquisition of a ship engine manufacturer by H Shipbuilding Company
  • Handled review of business combination upon establishment of JV by SK Geo Centric and Weixing Chemical
  • Handled review of business combination upon UAMCO’s acquisition of STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
  • Handled review of business combination upon acquisition of Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction by Dongbu Corporation Consortium
  • Handled review of business combination upon acquisition of NC Chem and CT Chemical by Samyang Holdings
  • Advised on post-merger integration (PMI) in connection with Korean Air’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines
  • Handled review of business combination upon acquisition of Munpia by Naver Webtoon-Premier Partners Consortium
  • Handled review of business combination upon establishment of JV by SK E&S and Plug Power for production of hydrogen facilities
  • Represented a stakeholder in business combination upon acquisition of Woowa Brothers (Baemin) by Delivery Hero (Yogiyo)
  • Handled review of business combination upon United Technologies Corporation’s merger with Raytheon Company and acquisition of Rockwell Collins
  • Handled review of business combination upon acquisition of ORMON by Nidec Corporation
  • Handled review of business combination upon NHN Entertainment’s acquisition of Tmon Plus, Korea Cyber Payment, and PNP Secure, etc. 
  • Handled review of business combination upon establishment of an entity for production and sales of group energy
  • Handled review of business combination upon acquisition of the patent on RealNetworks video codec by the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer
  • Handled review of business combination upon acquisition of the patent on InterDigital wireless communications by the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer

 

[Cartels and Damages Claims]

  • Represented Hankook Steel & Mill in the case involving sales price cartel of seven steel makers (acquitted) 
  • Represented Hanwha General Insurance in general aviation insurance cartel of insurance companies (acquitted) 
  • Represented the Incheon International Airport Corporation in the cartel case involving the Incheon International Airport Corporation and duty free shops (acquitted)
  • Represented a domestic company in the case of bid-rigging by autopart manufacturers
  • Represented MAN Truck & Bus Korea in the case of cartel of large cargo trucks (KFTC’s dispositions cancelled)
  • Represented construction companies in a number of bid-rigging cases in relation to Daegu Urban Railroad, Honam Highspeed Railroad, LNG storage tanks and subway construction, etc.
  • Represented clients in a number of cartel cases, e.g. for power line, cable for nuclear power and submarines, etc.

 

[Unfair Support / Provision of Improper Benefits]

  • Handled the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) investigation of false submission of materials regarding designation of the same person by HL Group
  • Handled the KFTC investigation of Hanjin Group’s internal trading 
  • Handled the KFTC investigation of LS Group’s internal trading
  • Handled the KFTC investigation of SPC Group’s internal trading
  • Handled the KFTC investigation of Hanwha Group’s internal trading
  • Advised domestic department store groups and battery manufacturer groups, etc. on internal trading compliance 

 

[Subcontracting and Unfair Trade Practices, etc.]

  • Handled the KFTC investigation of false and misleading advertisements by K Entertainment Company
  • Handled the case involving unfair trade practices (abuse of transactional dominance) by the largest bank in Korea 
  • Handled the cases involving breach of the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act (e.g. failure to issue documents, failure to make advance payment, improper cancellation of consignment, improper determination of prices, unfair price reduction, theft of technologies, etc.) by manufacturers or constructors 
  • Advised Hanwha Group and Doosan Group, etc. on compliance with the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act

寄稿

  • Merger Control in South Korea: overview, Thomson Reuter’s Practical Law Global Guide: Competition (Co-author, 2018-2022)
  • South Korea Chapter, Getting The Deal Through: Cartel Regulation (Co-author, 2021-2022)
  • Korea’s Recent Enforcement Trends of Cartel Law, Competition Policy International (Co-author, 2016)

语言

Korean and English