Partner
Jun Taek LEE
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Jun Taek Lee is a partner in the Antitrust and Competition and M&A Groups. Since joining Lee & Ko in 2000, he has represented many multinational corporations in relation to Korean competition laws including merger filing, cartels and unfair trade practices before the Korean Fair Trade Commission. He has also represented many multinational corporations in their acquisition of Korean companies, including eBay's tender offer of an Internet Auction Company. His clients include, among others, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, and Siemens.
Representative Cases
- Merger between Hanwha General Insurance and First Fire & Marine Insurance
- Tender bid by E Bay of Auction Co.
- Horizontal Spin-off of Humax Holdings
- Holding company conversion by LG Group
- Establishment of Woori Finance Holdings and Hana Financial Group
- Acquisition by Hyosung of Cyberpass Co.
- Defense of First Fire & Marine Insurance against hostile takeover attempt
- CJ Group acquisition of Korea Express Co.
- Spilt of display business from Samsung Electronics
- Merger of Samsung Display into Samsung
- Sale of fashion business by Cheil Industries
- Acquisition of Novaled AG by Samsung Electronics
- Merger between Samsung SDI and Cheil Industries
- Subcontractor transactions by a large electronics company
- Cartel among caustic soda suppliers
- International cartel among CRT makers
- Abuse of market dominance by an auto parts supplier
- Cartel among cable suppliers
- Cartel among airlines (fair trade and subcontractors)
- Acquisition of Samsung chemical companies by Hanwha group (overseas merger filing)
- Acquisition of Pantos Logistics by LG International (overseas merger filing)
- Merger between LG Chemical and LG Life Science
- Exclusion of Hyundai Merchant marine from Hyundai group
Education
| 2007 | Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M |
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| 2000 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 1991 | Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University , M.P.A |
| 1989 | Seoul National University - B.A. in International Relations |
Work Experience
| 2000-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 1989-1999 | Administrative Official, the Ministry of Government Administration |
Languages
| Korean and English, Japanese |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Practical issues regarding multi-jurisdictional merger filing', Journal of Competition Vol 186 (June 2016; co-authored with Jeong-Ho SUN)
- Practical Issues in Ex-ante Enforcement of Korean Antitrust Law and Commercial Law governing Related Party Transactions', Business Finance Law Journal, Center for Financial Law of Seoul National Unive
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Enforcement of Competition Law', (co-authored with Yong Seok Ahn, Global Legal Group, 2009)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Dominance,' (co- authored with Yong Seok Ahn, Global Legal Group, 2009)
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