Overview
Seungho Sohn is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Mr. Sohn's practice focuses mainly on various fair trade issues in a broad range of industries. Prior to joining BKL, he was an in-house counsel for STX Offshore & Shipbuilding and an investigator at the Korea Fair Trade Commission.
Mr. Sohn earned a J.D. degree from Kyungpook National University Law School and a B.A. degree from Seoul National University.
Related Practices
Representative Experience
2018-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2013-2018
Korea Fair Trade Commission
2012-2013
In-House Counsel, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Representative Matters
Advised Manufacturing Company A and Pharmaceutical Company AB on the response to KFTC investigation regarding the alleged unfair business practices (such as refusal to deal, abuse of dominant bargaining position, and practice of resale price maintenance)
Advised Finance Company B and Construction Company BA on their respective unfair trade practices (such as transactions based on restrictive conditions, tie-in sale, etc.)
Represented Company C and Company CA in the litigation seeking the revocation of disposition with regard to the collusion on commission fees, etc.
Represented Company D and Company DA in the litigation seeking the revocation of disposition with regard to the collusion on base paper price
Represented Company E and Company EA in the litigation seeking the revocation of disposition with regard to the collusion in the bid hosted by a public institution
Antitrust and Competition, Bid Rigging, Unfair Support, Business Combination
Advised Manufacturing Company A and Pharmaceutical Company AB on the response to KFTC investigation regarding the alleged unfair business practices (such as refusal to deal, abuse of dominant bargaining position, and practice of resale price maintenance)
Advised Finance Company B and Construction Company BA on their respective unfair trade practices (such as transactions based on restrictive conditions, tie-in sale, etc.)
Represented Company C and Company CA in the litigation seeking the revocation of disposition with regard to the collusion on commission fees, etc.
Represented Company D and Company DA in the litigation seeking the revocation of disposition with regard to the collusion on base paper price
Represented Company E and Company EA in the litigation seeking the revocation of disposition with regard to the collusion in the bid hosted by a public institution
Represented Company F in the KFTC's investigation with regard to the collusion of examination fees.
Advised Group G and Group GA, and assisted their affiliates in responding to KFTC investigation regarding the alleged unfair support practices
Advised Finance Company H and Manufacturing Company HA on their unfair support practices for affiliates
Advised Distribution Company I and Service Company IA on their reports on the staus as holding company
Represented Heavy Industries Company J in filing a business combination report in connection with its acquisition of Company JA
Represented Heavy Industries Company K in filing a business combination report in connection with its acquisition of Company KA
Subcontract
Reguarly advised major construction companies, manufacturers and SI companies, such as Company L and Company LA, on major issues regarding the Subcontracting Act (such as issuance of x-documents, unfair special agreement, payment of consideration, management information, etc.)
Advised major construction companies, manufacturers and SI companies including Company M and Company MA on the response to the KFTMA's mediations in a case reporting on the violation of the Subcontracting Act
Advised major construction companies, manufacturers and SI companies such as Company N and Company NA on their response to the KFTC's investigations resulting from case reporting on the violation of the Subcontracting Act
Advised major construction companies, manufacturers and SI companies such as Company O and Company OA on their response to the KFTC's ex officio investigation on the violation of Subcontracting Act
Advised major manufacturers such Company P and Company PA on the response to the KFTC's investigations on reported technology theft (refusal of transaction) and ex officio investigation
Advised major construction companies, manufacturers and SI companies, such as Company Q and Company QA on written surveys on actual situation/x-evaluation of their agreements from the perspective of the Subcontracting Act
Advised major companies such as Company R and Company RA on their response to an investigation conducted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups concerning the alleged violation of the Act on Mutually Beneficial Cooperation (such as unfair decision of prices) and the Act on Protection and Support of Technologies of SMEs (such as technology theft)
Advised clients on the legal issues arising in relation to the Subcontracting Act and represented in administrative litigations seeking the revocation of disposition (including the request for a provisional injunction on suspension of execution) and civil litigations seeking damages (including the litigation for affirmation of the non-existence of obligation)
Franchise Business, Large Franchise and Retail Business, Agency, Consumer (including the Laws on the Electronic Commerce Transactions, etc.)
Regularly advised Company S and Company SA on the obligations/prohibited matters involving their franchise headquarters (concerning such as a written statement of information disclosure, false and misleading information, business area, and termination of franchise agreement) under the Franchise Act
Advised major franchise heaquarters such as Company T and TA on their response to the KFTC investigation regarding the alleged violation of the Franchise Act (such as forced purchase, setting of unfair contract clauses or unfair changes of contract clauses, provision of disadvantages, business areas, etc.)
Reguarly advised major department stores and shopping centers such as Company U and Company UA on their obligations and prohibitions under the Act on Large Retail Business (such as purchase under special contract, return, sales incentive, sales promotion cost, use of employees, etc.)
Advised major companies such as Company V and VA on their responses to the KFTC investigation on the alleged violation of the Agency Act (such as forced purchase, requests for economic profits, etc.)
Advised major companies such as Company W and WA on their responses to the KFTC investigation concerning the alleged violation of the Act on Electronic Commerce (such as obligation to indicate information on initial screen page, and obligation to notice/ban on interfering with cancellation of an order)
Regularly advised major companies such as Company X and Company XA on the alleged violation of the Act on Regulation of Terms and Conditions
Advised Company Y on the applicability of the Installment Transactions Act applies to the sales of products combined with funeral services
Compliance
Advised Construction Company Z on Subcontracting Act and compliance issues involving internal trading
Advised Construction Company AA on its compliance issues involving the Subcontracting Act
Advised Manufacturing Company BB on its compliance issues involving the Subcontracting Act
Advised Distribution Company CC on its compliance issues under the Subcontracting Act in connection with its private brand goods
Advised Electronics Company DD on Subcontracting Act and compliance issues involving internal trading
Advised Construction Company EE on its compliance issues involving the system development udner the Subcontracting Act (such as a system for technical materials)
Advised Electronics Company FF on its compliance issues involving the system development under the Subcontracting Act (such as a system for technical materials)
Education
2012
Kyungpook National University Law School (J.D.)
2009
Seoul National University (B.A.)
Selected Activities
Publications
Recent Trends on Request for, and Utilization of, Technical Information and Request for Managerial Information under Subcontracting Act, Journal of Competition No. 202 (Co-author, Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2020)
Activity
Lecturer, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced Lectures on the Subcontracting Act (Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2018-present)
Lecturer, Subcontracting Act (A Electronics, B Group, C Group, Construction Company D, Public Corporation E, and Rating Agency F, etc., 2018-present)
Qualifications
2012
Korea
