Kim & Chang

Antitrust & Competition; Mergers & Acquisitions; Corporation Law; Singapore

Kyung Taek Jung is a Managing Partner and the Chair of the corporate practices at Kim & Chang. Mr. Jung is also the Managing Partner of the firm’s Singapore office.

Mr. Jung practices in a wide range of areas of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and antitrust/competition law. He has extensive experience in the corporate aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including corporate restructurings, private equity transactions and joint venture transactions. His expertise in antitrust/competition law spans over 40 years and involves many of the most prominent antitrust/competition law cases in Korea over those years. Because of his knowledge and experience in such cases, Mr. Jung is highly regarded by clients and peers and is regularly sought out by the Korean Fair Trade Commission to advise on policy matters. He also advises clients in the IT, pharmaceutical, energy and automobile industries.

He is the recipient of numerous notable awards and citations for his distinguished service to clients. He has consistently been named as a leading lawyer in antitrust/competition, M&A and corporate law by many highly respected publications including Chambers and Partners, Delinian (formerly Euromoney) and The Legal 500.

Mr. Jung received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1986 and his LL.B. from Seoul National University’s College of Law in 1974. He attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1977. He is admitted to the Korean bar.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1977

Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1986) Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1977) College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1974)