JIPYONG LLC

Korean Attorney

Gee Hong KIM

TEL +82-2-6200-1720
FAX +82-2-6200-0823
E-MAIL ghkim@jipyong.com

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Mr. Gee Hong Kim heads the Antitrust & Competition Group at Jipyong. He is regarded as one of the nation’s top experts in competition law and one of the most accomplished professionals among his peers. In April 2020, he received a Presidential Commendation from the Korea Fair Trade Commission for his contributions to Korea’s market economy and fair trade practices. Mr. Kim was the first-ever attorney at a major law firm to be awarded the highest commendation.

Mr. Kim is frequently sought after by major corporations to take on the most complex and challenging cases. His most notable successes include representing the KFTC in the dismissal of Qualcomm’s objection to one of the KFTC’s largest fines in history and clearing Intel’s USD 16.7 billion acquisition of Altera before the KFTC.

Mr. Kim is currently a member of Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency’s Legal and Economic Analysis Group (LEG), one of the premier think tanks in Korea on competition and fair trade law. He also serves as a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network and Director of the Korean Competition Law Association. Mr. Kim has published numerous academic works relating to competition law and the ICT, some of which have been selected as teaching materials at Seoul National University School of Law (SNU Law). Mr. Kim regularly teaches at SNU Law and is also on the panel of international arbitrators of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board.

Mr. Kim began his legal education as the top student in his class at Korea’s highest ranking university and completed his legal training at the Judicial Research & Training Institute with a President’s Award. Mr. Kim has an LL.M. from Columbia Law School and is fluent in English.

Education Close

2007Seoul National University, Research Program for Legal Specialists, Corporate Governance Structure
2006Columbia Law School (LL.M.)
1996Seoul National University (LL.B., Ranked first in the nation in National College Entrance Exam)

Experience Close

2001-PresentHead of Antitrust & Competition Group, JIPYONG LLC
2024-PresentMember, Restructuring Advisory Committee, UAMCO
2023-PresentMember, Administrative Appeals Commission, National Assembly
2023-PresentDeliberation Member, Corporate Restructuring Plan Review Committee, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
2018-PresentMember, the Steering Committee of SNU Center for Competition Law
2015-PresentArbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
2013-PresentDirector, Korean Competition Law Association
2007-PresentMember, The Korean Association of Arbitration Studies
2015-2019Non-Governmental Advisor, International Competition Network (ICN)
2007Member, Korean Securities Law Association
2006-2007International Lawyer, Sidley Austin LLP, New York
1998-2001Judge Advocate Officer, Korean Air Force
1996-1998Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea (Judicial Research and Training Institute President Award for Academic)

Notable Achievements Close

Represented Korea Development Bank and Korea Asset Management Corporation in a lawsuit claiming refund of performance security deposit in the amount of KRW 315 billion with regard to M&A of Daewoo Shipping & Marine Engineering
Represented R&SA, an English reinsurance company, in a claim for insurance benefit in the amount of KRW 140 billion in connection with an automobile mortgage loan
Represented Korea Development Bank Asset Management in a dispute involving overseas fund of funds which invested in life insurance policies
Represented Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance in a dispute involving refund guarantee for a ship building agreement
Representation in a lawsuit for revocation of mistaken trading of stock index option and foreign currency forward spread
Represented LS Cable in an ICC arbitration proceedings regarding a bid for nuclear power equipment
Representation in an arbitration in Singapore between a local government in South Kore and a foreign investor in connection with a cultural content development project
Represented a Korean investor in a lawsuit in Indonesia related to development of a manganese mine in Indonesia
Consultation and representation in various cross-border disputes in Japan, Russia, Thailand and Indonesia
Represented Samsung in a constitutional lawsuit for abuse of market dominance filed by Apple
Represented the KFTC in a lawsuit for revocation of penalty surcharge of KRW 260 billion for Qualcomm’s abuse of market dominance
Represented Malaysia Airlines in a collusion case where Korean Air and other major airlines were accused of collusion on fuel surcharges
Represented Samsung Life Insurance in related insurance collusion cases involving group personal accident insurance and retirement insurance, etc.
Represented KFTC in various antitrust cases including collusion on LPG price, collusion among petrochemical companies and collusion among banks
Representation in retrials and damages retrials involving fabricated spy rings cases, including the Song family case, and Jindo spy ring case
Representation in a constitutional action related to the Political Funds Act which prohibits political funding by labor unions
Representation in a constitutional action related to designation of competing items among SMEs under the Act on Facilitation of Purchase of Small and Medium Enterprise-Manufactured Products and Support for Development of their Markets
Represented KAMCO on confiscation of Kim Woo-choong’s property