YOON&YANG

Jin Woo Hwang Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7068
FAX 82 2 6003 7034
E-MAIL jwhwang@hwawoo.com

Jin Woo Hwang is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas are antitrust & competition and related litigation (administrative/civil/criminal).
As an attorney at Yoon & Yang since 2007, Mr. Hwang advised on transactions as well as disputes on a wide breadth of matters of antitrust and competition, including domestic and foreign cartel, abuse of market dominance, business combination, unfair trade practices, administrative disputes in relation to the KFTC dispositions, and disputes for damages. In addition to handling matters of the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act, the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act, and the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business, he also draws on his professional expertise and epxperience in the antitrust matters of the regulation industry (telecommunication, pharmaceutical).

Mr. Hwang graduated from Yonsei University with a major in economics, completed the coursework of the Deartment of Law at the Seoul National University Graduate School, and obtained his LL.M. at Northwestern University School of Law in 2014. He worked as a Visiting Jurist at UCLA School of Law, and at the Los Angeles Century City office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP.

Experience

2007-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2015-present Lecturer, Korea Fair Competition Federation
2014-15 Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Los Angeles Century City)
2014-15 Visiting Jurist, UCLA School of Law

Education

2015 Korea Fair Competition Federation, Professional Research Program on Fair Trade Laws
2014 Northwestern University School of Law, LL.M.
2013 Seoul National University Graduate School (LL.M. course completion)
2012 Seoul National University, Professional Field Legal Research Program
2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute
2005 Yonsei University, B.A. in Economics

Representative Matters

[Cartel]

Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of an elevator manufacturer
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the bid-rigging of the Four Rivers Turnky Construction by construction companies; advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the international cartel of Marine Hose manufacturers
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the international cartel of TFT-LCD manufacturers
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of petrochemical companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation and the administrative dispute in respect of the cartel of PHC file companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel related to the small receivables of 20 securities firms
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of 7 pre-insulated pipes manufacturers
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the bid-rigging of LNG storage tank construction companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation and the administrative dispute in respect of the cartel of businesses that sell chicken raised for breeding
Advised on the KFTC investigation and the administrative/criminal matter in respect of the cartel of steelmakers
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel related to the bidding for sales and installation of broadcast device
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of iron scrap companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of VAN companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of manufacturers and sellers of hard steel wire and other products

[Merger Fillings]

Advised on the business combination of multinational corporations in IT, chemicals and other areas
Advised on the business combination of entertainment corporations
Advised on the business combination of a steelmaker, and a mobile phone and automobile manufacturer
Advised on the business combination of multinational company involving clothing, sporting goods, etc.
Advised on the business combination of airline companies

[Abuse of Market Dominance ∙ Unfair Trade Practices]

Advised on the KFTC investigation and administrative dispute in respect of the abuse of market dominance by Qualcomm (2014-present)
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel and unfair solicitation of customers of mobile carriers
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the cartel of telecommunication companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the abuse of market dominance by a commercial gas manufacturer
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the abuse of market dominance by Korea Music Copyright Association

[Internal Trading]

Represented in an administrative dispute on illegal assistance of thermal power plants (won judgment on all grounds)
Represented in an administrative dispute on unfair support and unfair profits by airline companies
Advised on internal trading issues of companies affiliated to major corporations

[Retail]

Advised home-shopping companies on the KFTC investigation in respect of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business
Advised pharmaceuticals on the Fair Agency Transactions Act
Advised tutoring institutes and food and beverages companies on the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act

[Subcontracting]

Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of a clothing company’s violation of the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act
Advised construction companies, construction material companies, and elevator sector corporations
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of the misuse of technical data

[Regulation of Terms and Conditions/Labeling and Advertising]

Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of a violation of the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising by tutoring institutes and funeral service companies
Advised on the KFTC investigation in respect of a violation of the Act on the Regulation of Terms and Conditions by an elevator company

[Antitrust & Competition Disputes for Damages]

Represented in a dispute for damages in relation to the bid-rgging of remicon manufacturers
Represented in a dispute for damages in relation to the bid-rigging of PHF file manufacturers

[Compliance]

Advised on a compliance project of corporations in IT, chemical, pharmaceutical areas

Publications

[Books]

Digital Economy and Platforms: Dominance, Data, Fair Trade and Consumer Protection, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2023)
The Franchise Law Review, Law Business Research Ltd. (Co-author, 2017

[Academic Papers]

US judgment on JetBlue-Spirit business combination, Competition Journal 223, Korea Fair Competition Association (Co-author, 2024)
EU Commission’s consent decree on Amazon's self-preference conduct, Competition Journal 217, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2023)
Determination of competitive limitations in business combinations that form demand dominance: U.S. v. Bertelsmann SE & CO. KGaA, et al., Competition Journal 214, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2023)
Korea Chapter, Dominance, Lexology Getting The Deal Through, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2021-2023)
Sumal, S.L. v. Mercedes Benz Truck España, S. L., Decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Competition Journal 212, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2022)
Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. Decision of the United States Northern District Court of California, Competition Journal 210, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2022)
EU Commission’s Decision to Aprove the Google-Fitbit Business Combination (Co-Author), Competition Journal 208, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2021)
Trends of License Disputes for Standard Essential Patents in the Automobile Industry: A Focus on the Nokia v. Daimler and Continental v. Avanci Decisions, Competition Journal 206, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2021)
Korea Chapter, The Franchise Law Review, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2017-2020)
Korea Chapter, Merger Control, The Legal 500 & The In-House Lawyer Comparative Legal Guide, Legalease (Co-author, 2019)
Competition Law Enforcement Trends of the European Union, Competition and Law 9 (Co-Author, 2017)
The Intel Case Decision of the General Court of the European Union, Competition Journal 193, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2017)
Recent examples of consent decrees in Korea and their implications, Asian-Mena Counsel, Volume 14 Issue 3, Pacific Business Press (Co-author, 2016)
Key Issues and Implications of the Recent Competition Law of the United States and the European Union, Competition and Law 3, Korea Fair Competition Federation (Co-author, 2014)
Recent Decisions of the United States, the European Union, and Korea on Reverse Payment Agreement, Volume 9, 5th Edition, Law & Technology, Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology (Co-author, 2013)
The Introduction of the Approval-Patent Linkage System and the Application of Korea's Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, Volume 7, 5th Edition, Law & Technology, Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology (2011)