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Provided by Chul Ho Kim
Cartel
Abuse of Market Dominance
Unfair Trade Practices
Merger Filings
Unfair Affiliate Transactions
Corporte Governance ∙ Conglomerates ∙ Holding Companies
Antitrust & Competition
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.
Admitted to bar, Korea (1999)
[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)
[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
Korean and English
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
University of Washington School of Law
Visiting Scholar
2004 - 2005
Seoul National University Law Research Institute
Fair Trade Law Research Course
2002
Judicial Research and Training Institute
1999
Seoul National University
B.A. in International Relations
1995
Leading Individual, Competition/Antitrust
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2024
Leading Individual, Antitrust and Competition
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
2024
Notable Practitioner, Competition/antitrust
asialaw
2024
Stand-out Lawyer
Thomson Reuters
2024
Litigation Star, Competition/antitrust
Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific
2024
National Leader, Competition
Who's Who Legal Korea
2023
Provided by Chambers
Kim Chul Ho routinely represents high-profile multinationals and domestic corporations operating in the steel, electronics and life sciences industries in cartel investigations as well as cases concerning false advertising and unfair trade practices.
Provided by Chambers
Kim Chul Ho has a high level of understanding of customers' requests.
We are very satisfied with the quick and professional advice based on a high level of understanding of technical issues that are difficult to understand unless you are in the industry.
Kim Chul Ho has a high level of understanding of customers' requests.
We are very satisfied with the quick and professional advice based on a high level of understanding of technical issues that are difficult to understand unless you are in the industry.
2 items provided by Yoon & Yang LLC
KFTC's Amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”) has started enforcement of the amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines (Guidelines”) on June 10, 2021.
Korean Competition Law to Undergo Complete Overhaul
The amendment bill to comprehensively overhaul the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (“MRFTA”) was passed by the National Assembly on December 9, 2020 and will become effective in December of 2021.
KFTC's Amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”) has started enforcement of the amended Cartel Leniency Guidelines (Guidelines”) on June 10, 2021.
Korean Competition Law to Undergo Complete Overhaul
The amendment bill to comprehensively overhaul the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (“MRFTA”) was passed by the National Assembly on December 9, 2020 and will become effective in December of 2021.