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Ki Rok CHOI Attorney
T. +82-2-3477-8695 F. +82-2-3477-8694 E. krchoi@law-lin.com
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Ki Rok CHOI joined the Korea Fair Trade Commission as an early member with legal qualifications after completing his training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1994, where he worked on matters related to the Fair Trade Act and the Subcontracting Act. From 1998 to October 2024, he handled various antitrust and competition matters at Kim & Chang. In this regard, he provided corporate advisory services across almost every industry sector, including pharmaceuticals, food, cement, steel, aviation, telecommunications, insurance, banking, private equity, retail, automotive, electronics, oil refining, real estate development, and construction. Currently, He focuses on antitrust and competition matters while also providing corporate advisory services, government relations, and litigation services across various industries including real estate, construction, and pharmaceuticals.
Ki Rok CHOI joined the Korea Fair Trade Commission as an early member with legal qualifications after completing his training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 1994, where he worked on matters related to the Fair Trade Act and the Subcontracting Act. From 1998 to October 2024, he handled various antitrust and competition matters at Kim & Chang. In this regard, he provided corporate advisory services across almost every industry sector, including pharmaceuticals, food, cement, steel, aviation, telecommunications, insurance, banking, private equity, retail, automotive, electronics, oil refining, real estate development, and construction. Currently, He focuses on antitrust and competition matters while also providing corporate advisory services, government relations, and litigation services across various industries including real estate, construction, and pharmaceuticals.
Profile
Experience
• Past) Member of the Civilian Oversight Committee, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency 
• Past) Member of the Unfair Trade Dispute Mediation Council, Gyeonggi-do
• Past) Legal Advisor, Korea Entertainment Producer’s Association
• Past) Member of the Regulatory Review Committee, Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
• Past) Legal Advisor, Content Dispute Resolution Committee
• Past) Member of the Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Institute of Design Promotion
• Past) Member of the Franchise/Distribution Advisory Committee/ Competition Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission
• Past) Expert member of the Government Performance Evaluation Committee, Prime Minister's Office (for core tasks, public welfare stability)
• Past) Member of the Construction Subcontract Dispute Mediation Council, Construction Association of Korea and Korea Specialty Construction Association
• Past) Senior Officer, Korea Fair Trade Commission
• Past) Attorney, Kim & Chang 
• Present) Attorney, LIN
Representative Matters 화살표 화살표
 Antitrust & Competition: cases of abuse of market dominance (including by multinational OS companies), merger cases (including by steel companies), large business group cases involving private equity fund designation/disguised affiliates, cartel  cases involving beverages/instant noodles/animal feed/sugar/flour/cement/telephone rates/airline fuel surcharges/ variable insurance/bank interest rates/Four Rivers Project construction companies/price-fixing collusion involving the four major oil refineries, unfair trade practices of pharmaceutical companies/food companies, unfair support and private interest appropriation cases involving multiple large business groups, Subcontract Act cases of automotive/construction companies, large-scale Distribution Industry Act cases of large retailers/home shopping companies, and Fair Labeling and Advertising Act cases such as qualification examinations
• Criminal: investigations and litigation involving real estate developers, reconstruction associations, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, etc.
  Civil: numerous cases involving ancestral associations, damages, and inheritance
  Administrative: multiple appeals against KFTC dispositions, , appeals against sanctions on construction companies for dishonest practices, and litigation to cancel the appointment of a government-appointed trustee in an educational foundation
Activities 화살표 화살표
  Director of the Korea Economic Law Association
Education
  LL.B., Yonsei University
  The George Washington University (Visiting Scholar)
  National Bar Examination (33rd)
  Judicial Research and Training Institute (23rd)
 
Qualifications
  Attorney at Law
Publications/Thesis
  Economic Law: A Multiple Choice Study (co-authored by Joochan Son, Giljun Park, and Kijong Lee)
Practice Areas
  Corporate advisory, GR (legislative support)
  Construction, Real estate, Redevelopment, Reconstruction
  Antitrust/Competition
  Healthcare
  Central and South America
 
Languages
  Korean
  English
 
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