Doil Son

Career

Doil Son is a partner at Yulchon practicing primarily in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Data Privacy and Cyber Security including Trade Secret Protection as well as crisis management. Throughout his career, Doil represented both multinational and domestic clients across numerous industries in matters including artificial intelligence, big data, block chain, cyber security, data privacy and fintech. Doil also actively provides legal advice to the Korean government with regards to AI, big data and fintech.

Doil currently serves as Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Technology Law Committee, while also serving as Vice-Chair of Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s TMT committee. Doil is also a Board Member of TechLaw. Doil has presented his view on various issues related to technology in international and domestic conferences including the IBA and the IPBA.

Personal

Education

2002 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Law School, LL.M

1996 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea

1994 Seoul National University, Political Science, B.A.

Experience

2012-present Partner (Head of IP & Technology Practice), Yulchon LLC

2023-present Co-Chair of Technology Law Committee, International Bar Association

2022-present Council Member, Korea National Data Policy Committee

2022-present Co-Chair of TMT Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

2018-present Auditor, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences

2017-present Expert on de-identification of personal information in the financial sector, Korea Credit Information Services

2015-present Board Member, TechLaw Group

2018-2022 Legal Advisor, Personal Information Protection Commission

2018-2021 Financial IT Advisor, Financial Supervisory Service Advisory Committee

2017-2022 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Science and ICT

2012-2018 Vice Chair of Environmental Law Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association

2015-2017 Member of ISMS Committee, Financial Security Institute

2011-2013 Vice President (international), Korean Bar Association

2007-2012 Partner, Hwang Mok Park P.C.

2004-2006 Founder, Seoul Law Group

2002-2003 Foreign Legal Consultant, Arter & Hadden (CA, USA)

1997-2003 Attorney, Shin & Kim

1996-1997 Judge, Kwangju District Court