Professor Song Ok-ryul of Seoul National University Appointed as Fair Trade Commission Chairman... Authority in Commercial Law Field

Song Ok-ryeol, Professor at Seoul National University School of Law

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Professor Song Okryeol of Seoul National University Law School has been nominated as the first Fair Trade Commission Chairman under the Yoon Seok-ryeol administration.

The Presidential Spokesperson's Office announced on the 4th that President Yoon nominated Professor Song as the candidate for Fair Trade Commission Chairman. Candidate Song is from the 23rd class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and is a classmate of President Yoon.

Candidate Song graduated from Gyeongbok High School and entered the College of Law at Seoul National University in 1988 as the top student in the humanities department. In 1990, while attending Seoul National University Law School, he passed the 32nd Judicial Examination and later earned a master's degree in law from Seoul National University Graduate School.

He then studied at Harvard Law School abroad, and after returning to Korea, worked as a lawyer at Kim & Chang law firm. Since 2003, he has served as an assistant professor and associate professor at Seoul National University College of Law, and has been a full professor since 2012.

Known as the top authority in the field of commercial law in Korea, candidate Song also passed both the 36th Administrative Examination and the 27th Foreign Service Examination during his time at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He has authored numerous corporate-related papers on topics such as internal transactions within corporate groups, separation of banking and commerce, corporate split-type restructuring, convertible bonds, and financial soundness of public enterprises.

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