Mr Cecil Saehoon Chung > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Mr Cecil Saehoon Chung

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Work Department

Antitrust/Competition, Cartel Activity; Collusion; Improper Concerted Conduct, Abuse of Dominance, Unfair Business Practice, Regulation of Corporate Group

Position

Foreign Attorney

Career

Mr. Cecil Saehoon Chung is a foreign attorney admitted in California (1988) and Washington, D.C. (1991). Prior to joining Yulchon in 2012, Mr. Chung spent well over twenty years practicing antitrust law in Washington, D.C., first as a staff litigation attorney at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and then as an antitrust partner at two global law firms (Pillsbury Winthrop as well as Greenberg Traurig). Mr. Chung continues to practice antitrust, consumer protection and trade regulation, with a particular focus on international issues. Mr. Chung is extremely active and well known in the international antitrust community through his extensive bar association and international organization activities, speeches at overseas antitrust conferences and article submissions. He has held leadership positions at these international organizations relating to antitrust and competition, including Vice-Chair of the ICC Competition Commission, Advisor to Business at OECD (BIAC) Commission on Competition, Vice-Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section’s International Committee, Vice-Chair of the ABA International Section’s International Antitrust Committee, Member of the Working Group of the IBA Antitrust Committee, and Member of GCR Editorial Board.

• 2012-presentYulchon LLC
• 2018-present  Co-Chair, International Intellectual Property Committee of the ABA’s Section of International Law
• 2018-present  Senior Advisor, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Rights Committee of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law
• 2018-present  Steering Group Member, International Anti-Corruption Committee of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law
• 2016-present  Member, Procedural Transparency Task Force of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law
• 2016-present  Member, The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
• 2015-present  Vice Chair, International Committee of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law
• 2015-present  Vice Chair, International Antitrust Law Committee of the ABA’s Section of International Law
• 2017-2018  Co-Chair, Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Rights Committee of the ABA’s Section of International Law
• 2016-2018  Vice Chair, International Intellectual Property Committee of the ABA’s Section of International Law
• 2015-2017  Co-Chair, Privacy, E-Commerce and Data Security (PEDS) Committee of the ABA’s Section of International Law
• 2011-2012  H.C. Park & Associates, PLC, Vienna, VA, USA
• 2010-2011  Inter Government Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA, USA
• 2005-2009  Greenberg Traurig LLP, Washington, DC, USA
• 1995-2004  Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, Washington, DC, USA
• 1988-1995  U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, USA

Languages

Korean. English

Memberships

• 1991  District of Columbia (D.C.)
• 1988  California

Education

• 1988  Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, J.D.
• 1985  University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, PA, B.S. in Economics

Personal

• 2024  Leading Lawyer, Competition/antitrust, asialaw
• 2024  Leading Lawyer, IFLR 1000
• 2019-2024  Thought Leader, Competition, Who’s Who Legal
• 2023  Leading Lawyer, Competition/antitrust, asialaw (Edition 28)
• 2023  Leading Lawyer, Competition/antitrust, asialaw (Edition 27)
• 2023  Highly Regarded, IFLR 1000 (Edition 33)
• 2023  Highly Regarded, IFLR 1000 (Edition 32)
• 2022  Highly Regarded, Competition, IFLR 1000 (Edition 31)
• 2019-2021  Highly Regarded, Competition, IFLR 1000
• 2017-2022  Leading Lawyer, Competition/antitrust, asialaw
• 2017-2024  Leading Individual, Antitrust/Competition, Legal 500
• 2014-2022  Global Leader, Competition, Who’s Who Legal
• 2014-2024  National Leader, Competition, Who’s Who Legal: Korea
• 2014-2024  Leading Lawyer, Competition/Antitrust, Chambers AP
• 2013-2022  Ranked, Chambers Global 2013 Competition/Antitrust: USA (Experts Based Abroad)” and “Competition/Antitrust: South Korea (Foreign Experts)”
• 2019-2023  Korea’s Top 100 Lawyers, Asia Business Law Journal
• 2016  Leading Lawyer, Competition & Antitrust, Asialaw
• 2014  Ranked, Global Competition Review’s “The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers – Competition Lawyers-Korea”
• 2014  Ranked, Euromoney’s Expert Guides for “Competition and Antitrust Lawyers – Asia Pacific”
• 2014  Ranked, Chambers Asia’s “Competition Lawyers – Korea”
• 2006  Listed, “Strathmore’s Who’s Who”
• 2006  Listed, “The Asia Pacific Legal 500 — The Guide to Asia’s Commercial Law Firms”
• 1988-2012  Council Member, Advisory Council of Overseas Korean Lawyers Legal Service Center for International Trade and Promotion, Korea Ministry of Justice
• 1998  Distinguished Service Award, The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (U.S.A.), Inc.