ANTITRUST PRACTICE - Yulchon

ProfessionalsMr. Sai Ree YunPartner• TEL_+82.2.528.5202• Email_sryun@yulchon.comYulchon’s Antitrust TeamMr. Sai Ree Yun is a founding partner of Yulchon and co-heads the firm’s Corporate & Finance Group. He servesas the vice president of the Korea Competition Law Society, director of the Korea Competition Forum and hasacted as a non-governmental advisor to International Competition Network since its establishment. Mr. Yunlectures and speaks on antitrust issues at many conferences and institutions such as the International BarAssociation, American Bar Association, Fordham Conference and International Competition Network.Mr. Yun was on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Korean Broadcasting Commission. He was selected as oneof the International Who’s Who of Professionals, and a Competition Law specialist by Global CompetitionReview, International Financial Law Review and AsiaLaw. He also served as a legal advisor and was a member ofthe Competition Policy Advisory Board for the KFTC. In addition to antitrust, Mr. Yun is a leading practitioner ofM&A and tax law.Mr. Yun is recognized as a pioneer in the field of antitrust law in Korea and has handled antitrust matters inalmost all areas including abuse of market dominance, cartel, merger review, and at almost all levels andagencies such as the KFTC, courts, and private transactions. For example, he represented AMD against Intel,RealNetworks against Microsoft, various IT companies against Qualcomm, and many companies in internationalcartel cases involving products such as DRAM, LCD, CRT, air cargo, marine hose, and pulp. He alsosuccessfully represented Hyundai Motors’ acquisition of Kia Motors, the largest automotive industry acquisitionin Korean history, and KT’s merger with KTF, the largest telecommunications industry merger in Korean history.Mr. Yun has published various articles on antitrust law including “The Regulation of Conglomerate Mergers inKorea (Harvard Law School LL.M. Thesis, 1982), “Regulation of Business Combination under the MRFTA withEmphasis on the Case Law” (Journal of Korean Law Vol. 2, 2002), “Antitrust Law in Korea, International AntitrustLaw & Policy”( Fordham Corp. L. Inst., 2002), and “Antitrust Law in Korea” (The International Lawyer Volume 43Number 2 Year-In-Review, American Bar Association (Co-Author) (2009).In 1980, prior to the enactment of the MRFTA, Mr. Yun received his master degree from the Seoul NationalUniversity with his thesis on “A Study on Unfair Trade Practices” and served as a public prosecutor with theBusan District Prosecutors’ Office. In 1982, he received his LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School andreturned to Korea to work for the law firm of Lee & Ko (1983-1984). After receiving his J.D. from University ofCalifornia, Hastings College of Law in 1986, he worked at Baker & McKenzie’s Chicago and New York Offices forthree years, and then as a partner at the Korean law firm of Yoon & Partners (1989 to 1997).Mr. Yun is licensed as a lawyer in Korea (1980), Illinois (1986), New York (1988) and Washington, D.C. (1990).