Kim & Chang

Antitrust & Competition; Antitrust & Competition Litigation

Min-Ho Lee is an attorney in the Antitrust & Competition Practice at Kim & Chang. Highly regarded for his antitrust expertise, he has advised and represented leading global companies from a diverse range of industries in many precedent-setting antitrust cases.

Dr. Lee, who holds a Ph.D. in law from Seoul National University, specializes in antitrust and consumer protection laws. He handles complicated abuse of dominance cases, including those involving intellectual property rights, and advises multinational clients on high-profile merger cases with substantive concerns. Dr. Lee is also sought out for difficult appeals of Korea Fair Trade Commission (“KFTC”) decisions; he has assisted multiple clients in obtaining significant court victories, including cases where the KFTC’s decisions were bolstered by evidence from leniency applicants.

Dr. Lee served as the head of the Litigation Office of the KFTC for two years, where he played a pivotal role in developing key legal strategies in numerous high-profile cases. Dr. Lee also practiced law at major law firms for two decades.

A prolific writer, Dr. Lee has authored numerous articles on antitrust and competition issues and a book entitled “Substantive Test for Merger Control in Korea – Focusing on Horizontal Mergers.” He is also a well-known lecturer of antitrust law at law schools, universities and government institutions.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1998; New York, 2004

Graduate School, Seoul National University (Ph.D., 2012) University of California Hastings College of the Law (LL.M., 2003) Graduate School, Seoul National University (LL.M., 2002) Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1998) Seoul National University (LL.B., 1996)