SOUTH KOREA Law and Practice Contributed by: Hongki Kim, Hwijin (HJ) Choi, Kee Won Shin and Jennifer Yein Kwon, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC was founded in 1980 and is a full-service law firm covering all major practice areas, including corporate law, mergers and acquisitions transactions, dispute resolution (arbitration and litiga - tion), white-collar criminal defence, competition law, tax law, capital markets law, finance, intellectual prop - erty, employment law, real estate, technology, media and telecom, maritime and insurance matters. With more than 650 professionals located across its of - fices in Seoul, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon and Dubai, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC offers clients a wide range of expertise through a vast network of offices. The firm is composed of a diverse mix of Korean and foreign attorneys, tax ad - visers, industry analysts, former government officials and other specialists. A number of its professionals are multilingual and have worked at well-known law firms in other countries, enabling them to successful - ly assist international clients as well as Korean clients abroad with cross-border transactions.
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Hongki Kim advises and represents his clients in fair trade law matters, including regulations governing large-scale enterprises, corporate mergers, unfair cartel practices and unfair trade practices. Mr Kim also
Kee Won Shin is a senior foreign attorney of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL) who has been focusing on corporate legal affairs, capital markets and fair trade for the last 20 years. Mr Shin graduated Yale University and earned
handles cases involving subcontracting, franchising, distribution and consumer protection. Based on his experience in dealing with fair trade matters while working as an administrative official at the Korea Fair Trade Commission and representing a wide range of clients at home and abroad for many years as an attorney in the field of fair trade, Mr Kim provides the best legal services and solutions to meet his clients’ compliance needs.
a JD from Columbia Law School. Since he was admitted to the New York Bar in 2002, he has worked in New York; in the Hong Kong offices of Davis, Polk & Wardwell and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; and for Lee & Ko LLC in Seoul.
Jennifer Yein Kwon is a foreign attorney specialising in competition and antitrust law. Her practice mainly focuses on multi-jurisdictional merger control, e-commerce compliance, and unfair trade practice disputes and
Hwijin (HJ) Choi represents clients in fair trade and corporate law matters. He earned a BA in Economics from Seoul National University and previously worked at Woori Bank, focusing on risk management and
investigations. Ms Kwon obtained her BA in Art History and Psychology from New York University in 2016, followed by a JD from Handong International Law School and an LLM from Regent University School of Law in 2018. Admitted to the Washington DC Bar in 2019, she initially practiced in the antitrust and competition group at Lee & Ko LLC before joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2021.
corporate credit. Mr Choi graduated summa cum laude from Korea University School of Law, was admitted to the Korean Bar and served as a law clerk at the Seoul High Court before joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. In 2019, he earned an LLM from Columbia Law School, where he participated in pro bono work as an extern at Legal Services NYC. After completing his studies at Columbia Law School, he worked at Hogan Lovells US LLP in Washington, DC.
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