[Invest&Law] Lee Hwang, Dean of Korea University Law School, Appointed New President of the Korean Distribution Law Association

Ihwang, Dean of Korea University Law School. Legal Times

The Korea Distribution Law Association announced on the 6th that at the extraordinary general meeting held on the 25th of last month at Veritas Hall, CJ Law School Building, Korea University, Jongam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Lee Hwang, Dean of Korea University Law School, was appointed as the new president of the association.

Dean Lee graduated from the College of Law at Korea University and obtained an LL.M. and J.D. from Columbia Law School in the United States. After passing the 37th Administrative Examination in 1993, he worked as the head of the New-Type Transaction Team at the Korea Fair Trade Commission, and served as a judicial research officer (special appointment deputy director) at the Supreme Court for two years starting in 2006.

He has served as the head of the Division of Liberal Arts at Korea University and as president of the Korean Competition Law Association. In 2022, he was the only domestic figure named among the ‘Top 25 Most Influential Competition Law Scholars Worldwide’ selected by the American publication Global Competition Review (GCR).

Dean Lee stated, “The distribution industry is the lifeblood of the Korean economy and a key player in our companies’ global market expansion. The Korea Distribution Law Association, as the main body of distribution law studies, will research legal and institutional improvement measures such as online distribution innovation to contribute to economic development, while also expanding its role as a communication channel between adjacent fields like business administration, as well as the government and industry.”

The Korea Distribution Law Association was established in 2013 under the leadership of Dr. Choi Young-hong and is a major academic society in the field of commercial law that studies the legal system of the distribution industry.

Reporter Hanju Jo, Legal Times

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