Kim & Chang

Life Sciences and Healthcare; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance; Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense; Antitrust & Competition; Labor & Employment; Mergers & Acquisitions; International Trade & Customs

Jong-Won Jeon is a senior attorney specializing in corporate compliance, corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense. His practice also focuses on providing specialized legal advice for the life sciences and healthcare industry, as well as the IT and semiconductor industry, based on his vast experience in responding to complex legal issues and defending clients during internal audits, as well as government investigations.

Mr. Jeon has extensive experience advising both multinational and Korean companies on a broad range of issues relating to corporate governance, regulatory, mergers and acquisitions, competition law, labor law, tax and customs. By combining his in-depth understanding of the legal issues with the on-the-ground and practical guidance offered by our industry experts, Mr. Jeon successfully assists clients in developing internal compliance policies, implementing compliance systems and managing legal crises. Mr. Jeon has represented some of the largest market-leading companies in the life sciences and healthcare, IT and aerospace sectors facing internal and high-profile government investigations. Mr. Jeon is also a well-versed attorney in digital forensic and e-discovery techniques.

Mr. Jeon received LL.M. degrees from Cornell Law School in 2018 and Seoul National University in 2012. He received his LL.B., summa cum laude, from Seoul National University College of Law in 2007. He also attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea from 2007 to 2009. Prior to joining Kim & Chang in 2012, Mr. Jeon was a Judge Advocate in the Republic of Korea Army. He was admitted to the Korean bar in 2009 and the New York bar in 2020.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2009; New York, 2020

Cornell Law School (LL.M., 2018) Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (LL.M., 2012) Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2009) Seoul National University (LL.B., 2007)