LAWYER PROFILE

Duck Soon Chang

Asia-Pacific 2026

Kim & Chang

Ranked in 1 practice area

Intellectual Property

South Korea

19 years ranked

Contributions and articles

3 Articles, Press releases, highlights

About

Provided by Kim & Chang

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Dispute, IP Due Diligence, Licensing & IP Transactions, Antitrust & Competition, and International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation.

Career

Kim & Chang (2010-Present);

Director, Korea Institute of Intellectual Property (2025-Present);

External Director, Sungjoo D&D Inc. (MCM) (2014-Present);

President, IP Training Institute of Seoul Bar Association (2009-2025);

Arbitrator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board (1992-Present);

Lecturer, “IP and Antitrust” Antitrust Law Training Institute of Seoul Bar Association (2017-2022);

Neutral, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (2015-Present);

Advisor on IP-related policies, Korea Fair Trade Commission (2011-2014) and Korea Trade Commission (2008-2011);

Latham & Watkins (1999-2000).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar, New York Bar and California Bar.

Publications

Chambers Global Practice Guide, Patent Litigation 2017: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2017).

Personal

Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1990);

Seoul National University (LL.B., 1983).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Intellectual Property - South Korea

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Chang Duck Soon is a highly experienced lawyer and continues to act in impressive contentious cases. He offers particular expertise in copyright disputes and patent infringement matters and brings to bear valuable experience gained during his time as a former adviser to the Korea Trade Commission on IP-related policies.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

In the final decision-making stage, he spared no effort to support us in both material and emotional ways so that the case could be resolved with the best quality within the budget.
Intellectual PropertyChambers Asia & Pacific