Trinity Legal, Partner (2023 - Present)
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2014 -2023)
Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (2011 -2014)
Education
University of Minnesota Law School (LL.M. 2012)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (40th Class, 2011)
Admitted to the Korean Bar (49th Korean Bar Exam, 2007)
College of Law, Yonsei University (LL.B.) (2009)
Qualifications
Registered as a lawyer specializing in fair trade with the Korean Bar Association (2023)
Admitted to practice law in Korea (2011)
Experiences
Represented A, a no.1 operator of progressive multifocal lens business in the case of A's acquiring AB, a second largest operator of short focal length lens business, and the acquisition was approved.
Represented F in the case of D'LIVE's physical division of Seocho Digital Broadcasting and acquisition of shares from it and premerger notification was approved.
Represented G (filing company) in the case of taking over solid fueled boiler facility from GA and the takeover was approved in a short period of time.
Filed a business combination report relating to the establishment of a joint venture of a domestic and overseas platform business operator (received a notice for approval).
Represented a construction company B in the KFTC's investigation on whether B's lending funds and providing guarantee to developers, run by former employees including BA, falls under unfair subsidizing and the investigation was closed as acquitted.
Represented company S in the case of an investigation by the Fair Trade Commission regarding unfair support for ERP implementation service transactions between company S and its affiliates(acquitted).
Represented an asset management company C in the case of violating resolution and regulation on large-scale affiliated transaction of retirement annuity between C and affiliated insurer CA and led to reduction of fines (warning).
Represented an asset management company H in the response to KFTC's investigation on unfair profit provision to the affiliated persons by affiliated companies of Group HA (exempted from criminal charges, penalty reduced)
Represented I in the case of request for excluding IA from Group IB, a business group subject to public announcement (approved)
Represented D, a multi-level marketing company in the case of KFTC's imposing penalty surcharges on bundle sale of mobile phone and mobile communication service and led to partial winning judgement in revocation litigation against KFTC's action.
Advised J on promotion of door-to-door sales of rental water purifier.
Represented E, a constructor in first, second and third trial of revocation litigation over business suspension on Chungcheongnam-do branch regarding fault construction of dancheong on Sungnyemun and won all the cases. [and relevant cases based on this finding (represented Public Procurement Services in revocation litigation and claim for damages over limitation on contractor prequalification and won all first, second and third trials)]
Responded to the case of unfair collaborative acts of manufacturer of exhaust gas reduction device (acquitted).
A case on K's prohibited acts of business entities' organization (committee deliberation closed)
Responded to KFTC's investigation on bid-rigging case regarding L's installation of Goyang Biomass energy facility (penalty reduced)
Represented M in the case of unfair collaborative acts of manufacturer ∙ vendor of crawler (exempted from criminal charges)
Represented a logistics company N in a cartel case involving bidding for ship blocks, coils and other transportation services.
Responded to the unfair joint action regarding the consignment fee of fruit and vegetable dealers of Ga-rak agricultural wholesale market.
Responded to the unfair joint action regarding the purchase of notice of a paper manufacturing Company O.
Represented Company T in the case of unfair collusion related to the sale of PHC files by company T, a construction materials company, in an investigation by the KFTC and administrative litigation.
Represented major conglomerates in numerous lawsuits for damages for unreasonable collusion.
A case on Q's unilateral refusal to deal (acquitted · case review closed)
Representing P in the case where PA applied for provisional injunction on maintaining the validity of the contract after P's notice of refusing renewal, won the case (the application was dismissed)
Represented RA company in a case in which company R, which was eliminated from the service bidding, claimed damages against RA company, the client, for damages due to violations of the Fair Trade Act, such as refusal of other transactions, and won (claim dismissed)
Violation of subcontracting laws
Represented Company U in the case of a report on violation of the Subcontracting Act filed by UA, a designer, against Company U, a construction company, and completed the review process
Represented company V in the investigation of the Fair-Trade Commission’s violation of the subcontracting law against company V and cleared the case.
Violation of the Display and Advertising Act.
Reported to the Fair-Trade Commission on behalf of company W regarding display advertisements using company WA's internet blog, handling warnings for some allegations
Compliance due diligence
Performed number of due diligence tasks related to fair trade for major conglomerates and their affiliates.
Relating to the「Act On The Promotion Of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Between Large Enterprises And Small And Medium Enterprises」 and the 「Special Act On The Designation Of Types Of Business Suitable For Livelihood Of Micro Enterprises.
Responding to the investigation by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups for violation of the 「Act On The Promotion Of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Between Large Enterprises And Small And Medium Enterprises」against insurance companies such as Company X.
Responding to Company Y in the procedure for designating a business suitable for livelihood Of Micro Enterprises by the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership and the Ministry of SMEs and Start-ups.
Lecture Experience
Pulmuone, education regarding subcontracting, “Act on the Promotion of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation Between Large Enterprises and Small And Medium Enterprises,” and technical data issues (2022)