Chang Ha Brian YOO
Senior Foreign Attorney
T. +82-2-3477-8695
F. +82-2-3477-8694
E. chyoo@law-lin.com
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Mr. Changha Yoo started his career as an analyst for Hudson Advisors Korea in 1999. From April 2001 to March 2013, he had worked as a team leader and a legal director later on for the Korean internet portal site, Daum Communications. From October 2014 to February 2017, he worked for TEK & LAW, a Korean law firm, which mainly focuses on IT legal matters. After that, he worked as a general counsel for TMON, being in charge of the legal department, from March 2017 to February 2020. As an in-house counsel for big Korean IT companies and a law firm lawyer, his professional focuses have been on antitrust law, corporate law and ICT-related laws, covering contract reviews, litigations, M&A deals, intellectual properties and other general legal matters.
Profile
Experience
- TMON Inc, General Counsel
- TEK & LAW, Attorney at Law (US)
- Daum Communications Corp., Legal Director
- Hudson Advisors Korea, Seoul Korea, Analyst
Representative Matters
- Settled a dispute over investment and licensing contracts with an US e-commerce company.
- Responded to the Korea Fair Trade Commission's review based on the ACT ON FAIR TRANSACTIONS IN LARGE RETAIL BUSINESS.
- Reviewed JV agreement with a Korean conglomerate company, spin-off of cosmetics business, and CB issuance agreement.
- Counseled domestic and foreign companies as to establishing personal information management system for purpose of using big data and responding to GDPR.
- Counseled on FinTech and healthcare business for domestic and foreign companies.
- Settled a historic dispute with global software company M over the bundling of instant messengers in violation of the Korean Fair Trade Act.
- Negotiated and reviewed search advertising contracts with a global internet portal company and a global advertising network company.
- Negotiated and reviewed contracts for selling U.S. subsidiary to an Indian company.
- Managed patent litigation involving e-mail confirmation technology.
Education
- Georgetown University, Law Center, Master of Law
- Korea University, College of Law, Bachelor of Law
Qualifications
- Admitted to New York
Capabilities
- Data privacy, Fintech, Healthcare, e-Commerce
- Antitrust, M&A, Investment, Business alliance, Corporate law
Languages
- English (fluent)
- Korean (fluent)