YULCHON

Mr. Yun, one of Yulchon’s founding partners, practices primarily in the areas of corporate law (with an emphasis on M&A), antitrust law, taxation, and governmental relations.

Mr. Yun’s legal acumen is internationally recognized. He is perennially selected as a leading lawyer by publications such as Chambers Global, International Financial Law Review, Global Competition Review, PLC Cross-Border Handbook, and AsiaLaw. What’s truly remarkable is the breadth of practice areas encompassed by Mr. Yun’s expertise. According to the editors of the Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides, Mr. Yun is the only Korean attorney whom they recognize as an expert in three separate fields, competition, taxation, and M&A. Mr. Yun has received a Prime Minister’s Award for Antitrust Administration and a Deputy Prime Minister’s Award for Tax Administration. He has also been listed in the International Who’s Who of Professionals since 2005

Mr. Yun earned this reputation by successfully representing numerous major corporations in many important deals and projects, including Goldman Sachs, the Carlyle Group, Citigroup, GE, AMD, LVMH, RealNetworks, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Life Insurance, LG.Philips LCD, SK Telecom, SK Corporation, Hyundai Motors, Hyundai Capital, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Lotte Shopping, Daum Communications, and Bridgestone Corporation, among others.

Mr. Yun has also served as outside legal advisor to various government agencies such as the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, and was a member of the Competition Policy Advisory Board for the KFTC. He has been on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Korean Broadcasting Commission and was a Technical Advisor for the Tax Policy Review Council for the Ministry of Finance and Economy.

Mr. Yun has written many articles for various publications on a number of subjects including corporate law, antitrust law, and taxation. Mr. Yun is invited to speak at many conferences and seminars held by prominent international organizations including the International Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, the International Competition Network, and the Tax Executive Institute.

Mr. Yun began his career as a public prosecutor with the Pusan District Prosecutor's Office and later worked as an associate with the law firms of Lee & Ko in Seoul and Baker & McKenzie in both Chicago and New York. Before founding Yulchon, Mr. Yun was a partner at Yoon & Partners. He is admitted to practice in three U.S. jursidictions (New York, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.) as well as Korea.

Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust, Tax, Overseas Investment, Vietnam & Southeast Asia, Corporate General, Cultural Industry, China, Russia & CIS, Japan, Customs & International Trade

Publications
● Sai Ree Yun, Kum Ju Son, Alexa Oh, Seung Hyuck Han, “Korea”, in “THE PRIVATE COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT REVIEW” (Ilene Knable Gotts ed., 3d ed. 2010).
● Getting the Deal Through, Dominance 2010 (Co-Author)
● Antitrust Law in Korea, The International Lawyer Volume 43 Number 2 Year-In-Review, ABA (Co-author)(2009)
● Antitrust Law in Korea, International Antitrust Law & Policy, Fordham Corp L. Inst. (2002)
● Regulation of Business Combination under the Antimonopoly, Regulation and Fair Trade Act with Emphasis on the Case Law, Journal of Korean Law Vol.2 (2002)
● Tax Aspects of Derivative Financial Instruments, 49th Congress of the international Fiscal Association (1995)
● Transfer Pricing in South Korea, International Transfer Pricing Laws, CCH Inc.(1994)
● The Regulation of Conglomerate Mergers in Korea, Harvard Law School (LL.M. thesis) (1982)