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Minchae Kang is a partner of the TMT Group at Lee & Ko. Minchae Kang joined Lee & Ko as an associate in 2008. She has been successfully providing legal advice and representing various clients in government relations on TMT, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, e-commerce & online advertising, fin-tech, block chain, IoT, entertainment, compliance matters. Particularly, her Data Privacy & Cybersecurity practice is focused on advisory services on data breach and protection issues and privacy compliance projects for many foreign and domestic clients. Further, she has been representing various clients in litigation, providing legal advice, and drafting contracts in relation to the areas above.

Ms. Kang is a member of the Korean Bar Association, having completed the courses at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 2008. Also she has been admitted to the New York State bar in 2017.

She graduated from the Seoul National University in 2004 with a B.A. in law and from LL.M. program of the University of Southern California School of Law in 2016.
Representative Cases
[TechnologyㆍMediaㆍTelecommunications]
Provided all-round consultation to major broadcasting and telecommunications operators on their businesses and mergers and acquisitions, and provided countermeasures, agents and consulting services for investigations by regulatory authorities
Provided legal advice on contracts and acted as agents for interconnection contracts, equipment supply contracts and other contracts between telecommunications operators (cable and wireless operators)
Provided all-round consultation on re-approval of broadcasting operators and operation of broadcasting
Provided consultation on the dispute over retransmission among Broadcasting Operators
Advised on the entry of foreign operators into broadcasting, telecommunications, and online business in Korea
Provided consultation on website operation, online advertising and cultural product transactions of major domestic and foreign portal sites and open market companies
Advised on location information, map information, and wearable device-related services for major domestic and foreign operators
Provided comprehensive consulting on the international outsourcing of IT computer business
Reviewed the terms of service, distribution contracts, cooperation contracts and other contract-related consultations of online game companies
Advised on launching an International social networking game company in Korea
Provided legal adice to domestic and foreign companies on telecommunications business laws, radio wave laws, basic laws on telecommunications and terminal equipment distribution structure improvement laws, etc.
[Data Protection & Cyber Securityㆍ IT Compliance]
Conducted compliance projects and general consultations regarding personal information, credit information, privacy for major overseas and domestic operators
Provided personal information and privacy-related advices for various overseas businesses (hotels, fashion, finance, distribution, electronics, and online business sectors)
Provided legal advice on the transfer of personal information accompanying corporate mergers and acquisitions, division, and business transfer
Conducted the legal advisory project on EU Adequacy assessment and APEC CBPR(cross-border privacy rules) system
Advised on personal Information issues for Smart TV business launching and upgrade
Provided legal counsel to financial groups on issues regarding credit information
Advised global business operators for response to regulatory agencies on location and medical information and provided according legal counsel
[Digital Finance]
Provided legal advice on Fintech issues to major IT and telecommunications companies
Advised on electronic documentation of major financial institutions
Advised on new services of major credit inquiry companies
Provided legal counsel to Global IT companies on issues regarding the launching of electronic payments and other services in Korea
[Corporate Management]
Provided various legal advice related to corporate law and M&A
Conducted negotiation, contract review and preparation tasks
Consulted on foreign exchange transactions and foreign investment
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Education
2016 University of Southern California – LL.M.
2008 Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2004 Seoul National University – LL.B.
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Work Experience
2008-Present Lee & Ko
2014-2015 Member of the Korea Communications Commission's Research Group on Location Information Law
2014-2015 Researcher of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning's Paid Broadcasting Regulatory System Research Group
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Admissions
2008 Admitted to bar, Korea
2017 Admitted to bar, State of New York
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Languages
English and Korean
Awards and Recognitions
2023 Rising Star of Korean Law Firms (TMT, Legal Times)
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
Data protection & Cyber Security – Chapter SOUTH KOREA, co-author Kwang Bae PARK, Ju Bong JANG(2019, Chambers GLOBAL PRACTICE GUIDE)
Status of discussion on data protection issues in APEC; legal issues arising from introduction of the Cross-Border Privacy Rules System into Korea, co-author Kwang Bae PARK, workshop on law and policy on protection of personal data (Privacy research project, 2014.3)
Study of right of simultaneous broadcasting and activities to assist reception of broadcast signals of terrestrial broadcasting programs; focused on the disputes on retransmission between terrestrial broadcasting stations and cable TV companies, co-author Kwang Bae PARK, Journal of Law & Economic Regulation volume 6, no. 12 (Seoul National University Center for Law & Public Utilities 2013.11),
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