LAWYER PROFILE

Sunghee Chae

Asia-Pacific 2026

Lee & Ko

Ranked in 1 practice area

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)

South Korea

4 years ranked

Contributions and articles

2 Global Practice Guides

About

Provided by Lee & Ko

Asia-Pacific

Practice Areas

Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, TMT, Digital Health, Digital Finance, TMT Litigation, Data Protection Litigation, IP Transactions & Licensing, Trade Secret - Company Information Protection, AeroSpace, Tech & AI

Career

• 2016-Present Partner, Lee & Ko

• 2010-2016 Senior Legal Counsel, Samsung Electronics

• 2006-2009 Associate, BAE, KIM &LEE LLC

Professional Memberships

• Admitted to bar, Korea : 2006

• Member, Working Group for Research of Policies for Data Protection, 2022 – Present

• Member, Open Data Mediation Committee: 2021 – Present

• Member, The Advisory Committee for Financial Supervision Service, IT Branch : 2021 – Present

• Member, The Evaluation of Laws and Regulations Committee of the PIPC: 2018.6.- 2020

• Member, Korea Association for Informedia Law

• CIPP(EU) : 2015 – 2016

Publications

• Right to be forgotten in Google ECJ ruling(case No. C-131/12): from a Korean perspective (Law & Technology, Vol.10, No.4, 2014)

• A comparative study between European laws and Korean laws on purpose limitation and restriction to profiling and automated individual decision making (Law&Technology, Vol.12, No.1, 2016)

• On the concept of the right on informational self-determination in Korea and Germany (Journal of Korea Information Law, Vol.20, No.3, 2016)

• On the concept of personal information: comparative study of the data protection laws of EU, Germany, UK, Japan and Korea (master’s thesis, Seoul National University, 2017)

• Main Issues in Korea regarding consent for the Processing of Personal Information, with Emphasis on Recent Supreme Court Cases (Journal of Korean Law, Vol.17, No.1, 2017)

• Study on the regulation of online platform and targeted advertising in terms of antitrust and data protection laws – based on the review of the Facebook case in Germany (Journal of Law & Economic Regulation, Vol.15, No.1, 2022)

Personal

As a partner at Lee & Ko whose practice covers a broad range of technology-related matter, Ms. Sunghee Chae is actively involved in the following practice groups: Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Data Protection & Privacy, IP, Fintech, Regulatory Compliance.

Since being admitted to the Korean Bar in 2006, Ms. Chae has developed special expertise concerning regulatory compliance especially in connection with data protection and privacy matters. She has advised numerous businesses on a wide range of data protection issues, including cross-border data transfers, online behavioral advertising, big data systems and employee monitoring. Recently, she has also advised a leading Korean financial institution on issues related to Fintech and blockchain technology.

Ms. Chae also has extensive experience in IP matters, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and employee inventions, and has handled many high-profile court litigation cases and international arbitration cases. As of late, she has been actively advising clients on copyright issues related to open-source software.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Asia & Pacific

Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT) - South Korea

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Chae Sunghee is noted for her expertise in transactional and regulatory mandates, especially in relation to data protection and privacy. She serves a host of Korean and Chinese corporations in the TMT and technology space. Additionally, she serves as advisory counsel to various government agencies.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Sunghee provides clear and practical opinions so that companies can set their own direction.
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)Chambers Asia & Pacific
Sunghee has a good commercial mind based on her quick work and experience as an in-house lawyer.
Technology, Media, Telecoms (TMT)Chambers Asia & Pacific