Chul Ho Kim

Practice Areas

Cartel

Abuse of Market Dominance

Unfair Trade Practices

Merger Filings

Unfair Affiliate Transactions

Corporte Governance ∙ Conglomerates ∙ Holding Companies

Antitrust & Competition

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (1999)

Publications

[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)

Career

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.

Languages Spoken

Korean and English

Experience

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

Education

Awards