Yulchon

IP & Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Data Privacy, Cyber Security and Crisis Management

Partner, Head of IP & Technology Practice

Doil Son is the Head of the IP & Technology Practice of Yulchon LLC. His experience is focused on Mergers & Acquisitions, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Telecom and Media, Data Privacy and Cyber Security including Trade Secret Protection as well as crisis management.

He represented leading multinational and local e-commerce companies and financial institutions for their ICT businesses involving artificial intelligence, big data, data privacy, cyber security, cryptocurrency, metaverse, fintech, and healthtech. He often goes to regulatory agencies and courts to defend his clients in ICT and data privacy compliance cases. He also represented his clients in major data breach cases, including the biggest data breach case in Korean history which occurred in 2014 where over 100 million users of three credit card companies were affected.

In addition, he also represented his clients in various trade secret violation cases and internal investigation cases. He frequently lectures on ICT issues concerning data privacy, artificial intelligence, fintech, and healthtech in various conferences held by the International Bar Association, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and Korean government agencies.

Mr. Son has a B.A. in political science from the Seoul National University and an L.L.M. from UCLA School of Law (2002). He joined Yulchon as a partner in 2012, after serving as a judge at Kwangju District Court for two years from 1996 to 1998, and working at other major Korean law firms.

Experience

2012-present Partner (Head of IP & Technology Practice), Yulchon LLC 2023-present Co-Chair of Technology Law Committee, International Bar Association 2022-present Council Member, Korea National Data Policy Committee 2022-present Co-Chair of TMT Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association 2018-present Auditor, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences 2017-present Expert on de-identification of personal information in the financial sector, Korea Credit Information Services 2015-present Board Member, TechLaw Group 2018-2022 Legal Advisor, Personal Information Protection Commission 2018-2021 Financial IT Advisor, Financial Supervisory Service Advisory Committee 2017-2022 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Science and ICT 2012-2018 Vice Chair of Environmental Law Committee, Inter-Pacific Bar Association 2015-2017 Member of ISMS Committee, Financial Security Institute 2011-2013 Vice President (international), Korean Bar Association 2007-2012 Partner, Hwang Mok Park P.C. 2004-2006 Founder, Seoul Law Group 2002-2003 Foreign Legal Consultant, Arter & Hadden (CA, USA) 1997-2003 Attorney, Shin & Kim 1996-1997 Judge, Kwangju District Court

Korean, English

International Bar Association (IBA), Technology Law Committee Senior Vice-Chair: 2021 - present Vice Chair: 2019 - 2020 Publication Officer: 2017 - 2018 Chair of Disruption Sub-committee: 2015 - 2016 Inter-Pacific Bar Association, TMT Committee Co- Chair: 2022 – present Vice-Chair: 2017-2021 TechLaw (https://techlaw.org/) Board Member TechLaw Group is comprised on 26 full-service member firms sharing expertise in technology issues, intellectual property and the acquisition, sales and financing of technology companies. Formed in 1986 by five large U.S. law firms, the organization has grown to include 26 law firms with more than 8,400 lawyers and offices in more than 35 countries.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Law School, LL.M. (2002); Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea (1996); Seoul National University, Political Science, B.A. (1994)

2024 Leading Individual, TMT, Legal 500 2023 National Service Medal for ICT Industry, Republic of Korea 2022-2024 National Leader, Data, Who’s Who Legal: Korea 2022 Leading Lawyer, Fintech & Blockchain, Who’s Who Legal 2021 Super 50 TMT Lawyers in Asia, Asian Legal Business 2021 Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business 2020~2022 Leading Lawyer, TMT, Legal 500 2016-2024 Leading Lawyer, TMT, Chambers AP 2016 The exclusive winner for General Corporate sector in South Korea in the Client Choice Awards 2016, International Law Office(ILO)