South Korean law firm Yoon & Yang has hired Cholsoo Han, the former secretary general of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), as a senior advisor to its antitrust practice in Seoul.
An antitrust veteran, Han served at the KFTC from 1995 and was the secretary general from 2011 to 2014.
“Mr. Han will further strengthen our antitrust practice internationally and his arrival will bring a tremendous expertise to the firm,” said Seung Soon Lim, Y&Y’s senior managing partner, in a statement.
South Korean Big Six firm Yulchon has continued its recent expansion by poaching four seasoned M&A partners from Yoon & Yang. The quartet includes Sung-Jin Kim, the former head of the M&A practice at Yoon & Yang, along with Kayoung Kim, Hyerim Kang, and Junghwan Lee.
Korean Big Six law firm Yoon & Yang has landed construction, engineering and public procurement expert Jae Woo Jeon and labour specialist Sam Park as partners. Both recently held senior in-house roles: Jeon was at Daewoo Engineering & Construction, while Park was at Samsung Electronics.
Korean Big Six law firm Yoon & Yang has welcomed back construction and arbitration lawyer Joseph Lee as a partner from Pinsent Masons. It looks to expand its international construction advisory and international arbitration practices.