YOON&YANG

• 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

• 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

[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

• Leading Individual, Competition/Antitrust, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2021-2025)
• 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)

[Books]

• Digital Economy and Platforms: Dominance, Data, Fair Trade and Consumer Protection, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2023)
• The Story of the Constitution in the World by Law Firm Lawyers, Pakyoungsa (Co-author, 2019)

[Academic Papers]

• Korea Chapter, Competition in Digital Markets, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2023)
• Korea Chapter, Competition in Digital Markets, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research (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)
• Korea Chapter, Merger Control, The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, The Legal 500 (Co-author, 2019)
• 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)