Overview
Junyeun Cho is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Mr. Cho's practice focuses on domestic and international antitrust issues and matters, including merger control, cartel, leniency, abuse of market dominance, unfair support and franchise.
Mr. Cho has been representing clients in administrative adjudicatory proceedings before the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) as well as in court proceedings (administrative and civil). He also has extensive experience in general lawsuits related to financial institutions and companies, corporate law, protection of personal information, Technology · Media & Telecom, and management rights disputes.
Mr. Cho is a recipient of the award of excellence from the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 2011. He earned an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center and was admitted to the California Bar in 2018. He also has experience working as an international visiting attorney at the Washington D.C. office of Hogan Lovells US LLP.
Related Practices
- Antitrust & Competition
- Antitrust Government Investigation
- Antitrust Litigation
- Merger Filings
- Antitrust Regulatory and Compliance Service
- Corporate & M&A Litigation
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Corporate
- E-Commerce
- Technology, Media & Telecommunication
- Digital Forensic, E-Discovery & Investigations
- Aviation
Representative Experience
2018
Foreign Attorney, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington D.C. (Secondment)
2011-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Representative Matters
Represented KDB in merger filing with 6 competition authorities (Korea, EU, China, Japan, Singapore and Kazakhstan) involving its sale of DSME to Hyundai Heavy Industries
Represented Enterprise Group JoongAng in the case involving false submission of designated data by the same person (warning issued by the KFTC)
Represented LG Electronics in the case seeking the damages from 4 Taiwanese LCD panel manufacturers for their involvement in a price-fixing cartel
Represented LG Electronics in a case involving KFTC's investigation into the abuses of market dominance including the abuse of standard essential patent rights by global telecommunications chipset and patent licensee
Advised KT&G on its execution of overseas sales partnership with Philip Morris International
Merger Control
Represented KDB in merger filing with 6 competition authorities (Korea, EU, China, Japan, Singapore and Kazakhstan) involving its sale of DSME to Hyundai Heavy Industries
Represented Hyundai Genuine in merger filing with 5 competition authorities (Korea, China, Vietnam, Turkey and Russia) involving its acquisition of Doosan Infra (representation of buyer, unconditional approval, coordination in respect of the filing of business combination report with Korean and foreign competition authorities
Represented HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering in merger filing with the competition authorities involving its acquisition of STX Heavy Industries (behavioral corrective measure)
Enterprise Group
Represented Enterprise Group JoongAng in the case involving false submission of designated data by the same person (warning issued by the KFTC)
Cartel
Represented a foreign bank in a KFTC investigation into the cartel involving multinational financial institution's Euro-Dollar spot exchange, CME/EMTA Ruble basic foreign exchange rate and LIBOR
Represented PHC pile manufacturers in a KFTC investigation into the biding-rigging in the private and public supplies
Civil Litigation (Compensation for Damage)
Represented LG Electronics in the case seeking the damages from 4 Taiwanese LCD panel manufacturers for their involvement in a price-fixing cartel
Represented LG Electronics and LG Chem in the case seeking the damages from the participants in air cargo fuel surcharge collusion
Abuse of Dominance
Represented LG Electronics in a case involving KFTC's investigation into the abuses of market dominance including the abuse of standard essential patent rights by global telecommunications chipset and patent licensee
Business Cooperation between Competitors
Advised KT&G on its execution of overseas sales partnership with Philip Morris International
Unfair Support
Represented steel maker in a KFTC investigation on the unfair support involving profit-taking through resale of the by-products of steelmaking successfully defended and achieved (close of examination procedures)
Management Rights Disputes/Franchise
Represented a Korean company during the dispute and negotiation with an International Hotel Brand Operator concerning the Hotel Management Agreement
Subcontract
Advised domestic construction company and boiler manufacturer on the response to the KFTC investigation into their alleged violation of the Subcontract Act
Education
2018
Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M.)
2011
Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2009
Korea University (LL.B.)
Selected Activities
Publications
Study on The Procedure for Examination of Major Competition Authorities, Law and Economics Analysis Group Report (Co-author, Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency, 2014)
Legal Definitions in The Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act and Relevant Issues, Journal of Competition Law and Policy Vol.3 (Co-author, Seoul National University Center for Competition Law, 2014)
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides, South Korea: Merger Control (Co-author, Legal 500, 2020)
Awards
GCR Awards - Merger Control Matter of the Year - Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (2022)
Citation (President of Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea, 2011)
Qualifications
2023
California
2011
Korea
Awards and Recognition
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GCR Awards 2022 - Merger Control Matter of the Year – APAC and MENA
Related Content
View morePractice Areas
- Antitrust & Competition
- Antitrust Government Investigation
- Antitrust Litigation
- Merger Filings
- Antitrust Regulatory and Compliance Service
- Corporate & M&A Litigation
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Corporate
- E-Commerce
- Technology, Media & Telecommunication
- Digital Forensic, E-Discovery & Investigations
- Aviation
Awards and Recognition
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GCR Awards 2022 - Merger Control Matter of the Year – APAC and MENA
