Jay Ahn
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 1 : Insurance
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About
Provided by Jay Ahn
Practice Areas
Insurance, and Antitrust & Competition.
Career
Kim & Chang (1989-Present);
Task Force for International Competition Law Compliance Program, Korean Chamber of Commerce (2009);
Visiting Attorney, Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York (1994-1995).
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar and New York Bar;
Member, Anti-Cartel Advisory Committee of Fair Trade Commission (2004-2013);
Member, International Cooperation Advisory Committee of Fair Trade Commission (2003-2013);
Member, Insolvent Insurance Company Restructuring Review Committee (2002).
Publications
Practical Law – Insurance and Reinsurance in South Korea: Overview (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2021, 2023);
Chambers Global Practice Guides – Insurance & Reinsurance: Korea Chapter – Law & Practice (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2019); Chambers Global Practice Guides – Insurance: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2018);
Regulatory Intelligence – South Korea: Insurance (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2016-2017, 2019, 2021-2024).
Personal
University of Michigan Law School (LL.M., 1994);
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1984).
He was also a frequent speaker on competition law issues, including a speaker at: “Regulation of Dominant Firm’s Exclusionary Conduct,” International Bar Association and Korean Bar Association Competition Law Conference, Seoul (2011).
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Jay Ahn heads Kim & Chang's insurance group in South Korea. His work remit spans advisory, regulatory and contentious insurance law matters. He remains a counsel of choice among domestic insurance and reinsurance companies.