Antitrust/Competition

Foreign Attorney

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

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

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