Partner
Ji Yeon KIM
Antitrust & Competition
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Ji Yeon Kim is a partner at Lee & Ko. Since joining the firm in 2009, she has focused her practice primarily in the areas of Antitrust & Competition, Mergers & Acquisitions and general corporate transactions. Ms. Kim has been involved in many significant international cartel cases, unfair practice cases, merger filing cases and litigations relating to Korean business in the electric appliance, aviation, retail, franchise and other general corporate sectors.
Ms. Kim was admitted to the Korean Bar in 2009 and successfully completed her two-year legal training course at the Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. She received an LL.B. from the Seoul National University College of Human Ecology in 2007. She received an LL.M from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 2017.
Ms. Kim was admitted to the Korean Bar in 2009 and successfully completed her two-year legal training course at the Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea. She received an LL.B. from the Seoul National University College of Human Ecology in 2007. She received an LL.M from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 2017.
Education
| 2017 | University of Southern California School of Law(LL.M.) |
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| 2009 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2007 | Seoul National University, College of Human Ecology |
Work Experience
| 2009-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2023-Present | Advisor, Compliance & Trust Committee, Kakao Corp. |
Languages
| English and Korean |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Digital Annotation on the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Franchise and Retail Business (2019; Co-authored)
- 'Legal Issues of Compensation for Costs of Equipment for the Sales Floor under the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Franchise and Retail Business', Journal of Competition Law and Policy (Center for Competition Law of Seoul National University), (April 2015; Co-authored with Min-Ho Lee)
- 'Legal Issues of the Regulations related to Improvements of the Store Environment under the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act - With Focus on the Interpretation and Legislative Approach to the Regulations', Journal of Competition Law and Policy (Center for Competition Law of Seoul National University), (October 2014; Co-authored with Min-Ho Lee)
