Jipyong's Antitrust & Competition Group provides professional legal advice and engages in litigation at all stages of investigations, deliberations, administrative litigation, criminal proceedings, and prosecutor’s investigations with respect to monopoly regulation and fair trade on behalf of major companies and the Korea Fair Trade Commission. We have earned distinguished successes in litigation related to abusive acts of market dominating position, various unfair trade practices and collusion, as well as litigation related to unfair subcontracting trade of major construction companies.
In addition, our attorneys provide expert advice on and represent clients in fair trade cases regarding various types of improper cartels, business combinations, regulation of business groups, unfair trade practices, unfair subcontracting transaction practices, review of standard terms and conditions, unfair advertising practices, abusive act of market dominating position, and collusion.
Key Practice Areas Close
- KFTC investigations and trial procedures
- Abuse of market dominance and unfair trade
- Internal transactions between business groups
- Unfair acts of businesses
- Business combinations
- Standard terms and conditions
- The Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising
- Special unfair trade practices
- The KFTC’s Leniency Program
- KFTC Corrective Measures
Experience Close
- Represented Naver in an administrative litigation on the abuse of market dominance in connection with its search algorithm service (the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case)
- Represented Korean Reinsurance Co., Ltd. in its administrative proceedings regarding the abuse of market-dominance case, resulting in a Supreme Court decision to quash and remand the case to the lower court
- Represented Korea’s largest semiconductor silicon wafer company in its response to the legal proceedings in a case involving an allegation to provide benefits to related parties
- Represented SPC Group and its board members in connection with the prosecutors’ investigation and administrative litigation on alleged unfair support
- Represented a domestic telecommunications company and won in the case of sanctions relating to unfair trade practices of a corporate messaging service (the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case)
- Represented clients in a constitutional petition in relation to the KFTC’s disposition in the patent infringement case of Samsung Electronics vs. Apple
- Represented Nonghyup Financial Group in its response to a case related to a false report of the holding company’s current shareholding status (secured a non-prosecution decision from the prosecutors)
- Represented a client in its response to a criminal case involving omission of submission of documents for the designation of the same person business group and obtained a decision in favor of the client (by obtaining Supreme Court’s judgment being final and conclusive)
- Represented a domestic construction company in a damages claim related to bid-rigging and won a Supreme Court decision to quash and remand the case to the lower court
- Represented KFTC in a case alleging that Qualcomm abused its market dominant position (1st case) (affirmed by the Supreme Court)
- Represented Hyundai Motor Company in a damages claim for violating the Subcontracting Act and the Fair Trade Act
- Advised Yura Tech on its response against the KFTC’s investigation of an international cartel case
- Represented Lotte Homeshopping on a counteraction against an investigation into violations of the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Franchise and Retail Business by 6 TV homeshopping companies
- Represented Intel in a case alleging that Qualcomm abused its market dominant position (2nd case) (affirmed by the Supreme Court)
- Represented Samsung Life Insurance in an administrative litigation on collusion of insurance premiums
- Represented Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance for unfair trade practices
- Represented Samsung Total in administrative proceedings regarding collusion
- Represented Doosan Infracore in an administrative litigation on collusion among construction equipment manufacturers
- Represented Malaysia Airlines in the KFTC’s regulation on an international cartel regarding a fuel surcharge
- Represented clients in the administrative action related to oil refiners’ collusion in managing the prior supplier affiliation
- Represented in the administrative proceedings in the GSK/Dong-A Pharmaceutical’s collusion case (reverse-payment settlement case)
- Conducted administrative litigation related to pesticide price fixing by KG Chemical, Samsung Fine Chemicals, and Namhae Chemical
- Represented the KFTC in a lawsuit raised by ramen noodle manufacturers including Nongshim regarding collusion
- Represented the KFTC in a case alleging price fixing of leading LPG companies such as GS Caltex
- Represented major commercial banks, including KB Bank, in an administrative case related to collusion involving export bills of exchange, purchase of bills of exchange, and fee collusion cases
- Represented Shinsegae in its appeal against corrective measures regarding the acquisition of Walmart Korea
- Represented the KFTC against Kumho Tire and Hankook Tire for unfair trading practices (collusion)
- Appealed against corrective action imposed on E-Land Group regarding acquisition of Carrefour Korea
- Represented OCI in its appeal of the corrective measures imposed on its acquisition of CCK
