Partner
Ju Eun SHIM
Corporate
Ju Eun Shim is a partner at our Anti-Trust & Competition Practice Group. Ms. Shim joined Lee & Ko after working for over twenty years at the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC). At KFTC, she worked at numerous posts, including Competition Bureau, Consumer Protection Bureau, Litigation Team, Deliberation Management Division and Subcontract Investigation Division and was in charge of investigating various unfair practices, revising regulations, managing deliberation of commissioners and overseeing legal proceedings against KFTC.
She is a highly regarded fair competition expert with a wealth of hands-on experience. Ms. Shim has experience in all stages Competition Law cases and provides expert precautionary advice to avoid violations of Competition Law and effective and practical countermeasures during the KFTC’s investigation, deliberation and litigation proceedings.
She is a highly regarded fair competition expert with a wealth of hands-on experience. Ms. Shim has experience in all stages Competition Law cases and provides expert precautionary advice to avoid violations of Competition Law and effective and practical countermeasures during the KFTC’s investigation, deliberation and litigation proceedings.
Education
| 2015 | University of California, Berkeley, School of Law - Visiting Scholar |
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| 2002 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 1998 | Yonsei University, College of Law – LL.B. |
Work Experience
| 2023-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2022-2023 | Director, Consumer Policy Division, Consumer Policy Bureau, KFTC |
| 2021-2022 | Director, Litigation, General Counsel, KFTC |
| 2019-2021 | Director, Manufacturing Subcontracting Division, Seoul Office, KFTC |
| 2017-2018 | Director, Fair Trade Commission's Consumer Trade Judge |
| 2016-2017 | Director, Competition Programme, OECD Korea Policy Center |
| 2014 | Director, Electronic Commerce Division, KFTC |
| 2012-2013 | National Court Administration, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2011-2012 | Assistant Director, Consumer Protection Bureau, KFTC |
| 2008-2009 | Deliberation Management (Competition), General Counsel, KFTC |
| 2006-2007 | Labeling and Advertising Division, Consumer Protection Bureau, KFTC |
| 2003-2005 | Litigation Team, General Counsel, KFTC |
| 2002-2003 | Promoting Competition Division, Competition Bureau, KFTC |
Languages
| Korean and English |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Presentation at Korea Consumer Law Society Conference (2022 Review and Trends of Consumer Policy) (2023)
- Participating in writing “Competition Law in Asia-Pacific: A Guide to Selected Jurisdictions (2018, OECD Korea Policy Center)”
- Organizing of Competition Law Workshop for Asian Competition Authorities (2017, OECD Korea Policy Center)
- “Summary of Legal Precedents Related to Competition Law” (2005, KFTC)
