[Law Firm Now] Law Firm YK Launches 'Fair Trade Group'... Group Leader is Former Judge Lawyer Lee In-seok

Law Firm YK (representative lawyers Kang Kyung-hoon and Kim Beom-han) announced on the 29th that it has launched a Fair Trade Group to proactively respond to fair trade cases.

YK Fair Trade Group officials are taking a commemorative photo. (Back row from left) Lawyer Lee Sang-young, Lawyer Park Jae-wan, Lawyer Kim Hyun-jun, Lawyer Kwak No-ju (Front row from left) Partner Lawyer Jin Ho-sik, Chief Lawyer Kim Hak-hoon, Chief Lawyer Lee In-seok, Chief Lawyer Kwon Soon-il, Lawyer Lee Hye-rin

The YK Fair Trade Group plans to provide companies with response strategies that enable them to effectively address fair trade and criminal issues, thoroughly review matters that could potentially violate laws in their business activities in advance, and minimize risks in case of emergencies.

Lee In-seok (Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 27), the head of the YK Fair Trade Group, served as a judge at the Seoul Central District Court and Seoul High Court for 23 years and worked as a criminal review officer at the Court Administration Office. He also served as a writing committee member for fair trade judgment drafting practice and as an editorial committee member for the Court Practice Guide (Criminal).

The deputy head of the group is lawyer Jin Ho-sik (Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 34), a former chief prosecutor. Lawyer Jin is an expert in criminal and fair trade fields, having experience as a Fair Trade Commission officer, prosecutor, and lawyer.

In addition, a large number of experts in criminal and fair trade fields are positioned, including representative lawyer Kwon Soon-il, who oversees litigation, representative lawyer Kim Hak-hoon, who has over 20 years of experience in corporate advisory and M&A, as well as lawyers Park Jae-wan, Lee Sang-young, Kim Ji-hoon, Kwak No-ju, Kang Sang-woo, Lee Hye-rin, and Kim Hyun-joon.

Group head Lee In-seok stated, "Recently, the Fair Trade Commission is re-promoting the ‘Platform Fair Competition Promotion Act’ to prevent monopolies and oligopolies of large online platforms, and the trend of criminal sanctions on fair trade cases is strengthening, increasing the importance of fair trade cases. However, it has been true that companies have found it difficult to approach these issues until now. Based on a nationwide legal network, we plan to provide prompt and accurate legal services through the nearest branch office when companies unexpectedly face incidents."

Meanwhile, Law Firm YK recorded sales of 80.3 billion KRW last year, ranking among the top 10 law firms. Currently, it employs about 250 lawyers, including former judges and prosecutors, as well as around 590 executives and staff members, including experts in various fields. It operates 28 branch offices nationwide, including the Gunsan branch office, and plans to open 10 additional branch offices within the year in locations such as Anyang and Seongnam in Gyeonggi Province.

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