Brian Tae-Hyun Chung is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in antitrust and competition. As a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, Mr. Chung has vast experience on all aspects of competition law issues, including, investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) into violations of the competition law and global merger filings for inbound and outbound M&A transactions. Mr. Chung also handles complex competition law litigations, especially those involving advanced technology and data issues.
For his accomplishments, Mr. Chung is consistently listed as a Leading Individual by Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, and Asialaw.
Mr. Chung received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1996 and his B.A. in physics from Cornell University in 1993. He is admitted to the New York bar.
Seoung-Ho Shin is an attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, anti-corruption & corporate compliance, and international trade & customs.
Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Shin served as a public prosecutor and state attorney in the Ministry of Justice, and also served for the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York.
Mr. Shin received an LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 1995, and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2007. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2000. He is admitted to the Korean bar.
Hanjo Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang, where he focuses on white-collar criminal defense, anti-corruption, and corporate compliance issues. He also has extensive experience in fair trade, customs, and tax matters and specializes in advising foreign and domestic clients on various aspects of cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as complex corporate investigations.
Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served as a public prosecutor for approximately 15 years. During his time as a public prosecutor, he was involved in investigations, prosecutions, and trials of various criminal cases, including white-collar crime, fraud, tax evasion, and customs violations. Additionally, he represented the Korean government for the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), where he handled a wide range of international trade law and arbitration issues.
Mr. Kim received his LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 2000 and his LL.M. from Duke University School of Law in 2009. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2002 and is admitted to the Korean bar.