Partner
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+82-2-772-4283 |
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jeongyoon.choi@leeko.com |
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Jeong Yoon CHOI is a Partner in the Antitrust & Competition Group. Ms. Choi’s practice focuses on antitrust matters such as abuse of dominance, M&As, cartels, unfair trade practices, unfair inter-affiliate support and other antitrust issues including subcontracting, franchising, distribution and consumer protection. She also provides general consultations on antitrust issues, responses to KFTC investigations, antitrust mediation, and responses to antitrust criminal investigations and sanctions, and engages in antitrust litigation. Ms. Choi has extensive experience in international and domestic cartels, M&As, and compliance matters. Ms. Choi has also participated in other professional activities including being a guest lecturer on leniency applications at the “2019 International Training Workshop for Competition Authority Officials from Developing Countries” held by the KFTC’s International Cooperation Division. Ms. Choi has been recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ by Asialaw, ‘Best Lawyer (Antitrust & Competition)’ by Korea Economic Daily, 'Stand-out Lawyer' by Thomson Reuters, and was awarded South Korea’s ‘Lawyer of the Year’ at the 2024 Asialaw Awards.
Education
2021 |
Georgetown University School of Law (LL.M.) |
2012 |
Seoul National University, School of Law (J.D.) |
2009 |
Seoul National University, Graduate School (LL.M.) |
2007 |
Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.) |
Work Experience
2012-Present |
Lee & Ko |
2022 |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Foreign Attorney |
2007-2009 |
Seoul National University Public Interest & Legal Clinic Center, Researcher |
Expertise
Antitrust & Competition |
Corporate |
Antitrust Litigation |
Mergers & Acquisitions |
Admissions
Admitted to bar, Korea(2012) |
Languages
Representative Cases
- Prepared merger filing for GE’s acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses
- Prepared merger filing for Lenovo’s acquisition of IBM’s server business
- Prepared merger filing for AMEC’s share purchase in Foster Wheeler
- Prepared merger filing for Qatar Sovereign Investment Fund’s acquisition of American Express Co.’s business-travel division
- Prepared merger filing for Aurelius Group’s share acquisition of LSG Sky Chefs Korea Co., Ltd.
- Prepared merger filing for LG Group’s acquisition of ZKW Group
- Advised interested third party in Applied Materials proposed acquisition of Tokyo Electric
- Represented international auto parts companies in the KFTC investigations into alternators, ignition coils, and starters
- Represented international auto parts companies in administrative appeals to cancel administrative fines and penalties for auto parts cartels involving alternators and ignition coils
- Successfully represented Hanhwa Systems in an administrative lawsuit against the rejection of the company’s leniency application
- Represented domestic and foreign shipping liners for collusion on freight rates
- Represented international capacitor company in the international capacitor cartel case
- Represented international shipping liner in the roll-on roll-off cartel
- Represented international company in the export motorcycle international cartel
- Represented defense company in the submarine research and development bid-rigging case
- Represented companies in bid rigging for construction projects and response sanctions
- Represented SI in an unfair inter-affiliate support case
- Responded to written fact-finding inquiry of the subcontracting practices of companies
- Reviewed and advised corporate antitrust compliance programs for large conglomerates
- Conducted mock dawn raids on multinational corporations
- Advised multinational corporations on franchise law cases
- Handled antitrust cases involving unfair trade practices, franchise laws, subcontracting laws, distribution laws, and fair advertising laws
Awards and Recognitions
2024 |
South Korea’s Lawyer of the Year, Asialaw Awards |
2024 |
Rising Star, Asialaw |
2024 |
Stand-out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters |
2023 |
Best Lawyer (Antitrust & Competition), Korea Economic Daily |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Antitrust and Labor Issues Around the World: A Comparative Analysis (Antitrust, Vol. 36, No 3, Summer 2022. 2022 by the American Bar Association)