As a highly respected expert in the field of economic analysis relating to legal damages claims and other law-related economics issues, Mr. Hong provides detailed economic analysis and advice for antitrust cases as well as IP, ICT and finance cases. He also analyzes damage calculations and economic impact of regulations in many industries. His economic analysis contributes to the Lee&Ko’s high-quality legal service.

Some of the many high-profile cases that Dr. Hong has been involved in include:

Mergers cases such as TNT-FedEx, Life-Thermo, Applied Materials-Tokyo Electron, Microsoft-Nokia, Essilor-Daemyung, KT-KTF, Emart-Walmart and SKT-CJ Hellovision
Abuse-of-market-dominance cases such as Microsoft, Qualcomm Google, IBM, AutoDesk, SKT, NHN and CGV
Joint-venture cases such as airline alliance arrangements, Mitsubishi-Hitachi Fossil Power Joint Venture and P3 alliance
Cartel cases such as CD rates, marine hose, air cargo surcharge, LPG, detergent and import car dealerships
Unfair trade practices cases such as Glovis and Woong-jin
Economic analysis of regulation such as telecom service tariff regulation and operation time regulation of large retail stores
Economic analysis of ordinary wages system changes
Antitrust cases involving intellectual property rights such as reverse payment settlement and standard essential patents

In addition to his expert advisory work at Lee & Ko, Dr. Hong has served on the Advisory Council for the Korea Fair Trade Commission. He is also well-known in academic circles and serves as a director of the Korea Academic Society of Industrial Organization and Korean Law and Economics Association. He is a frequent speaker and has also written extensively on topics related to antitrust economics.