Hyunah Kim
Senior Foreign AttorneyIntroduction
Ms. Kim is is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim, whose main practice area is antitrust defense.
Ms. Kim advises companies and handles cases in various antitrust areas, including cartels, mergers and acquisitions, abuse of market dominant position, agency transactions, franchise business transactions, and door-to-door sales.
Ms. Kim began her career in U.S. antitrust law as a law clerk in the Antitrust Division of the Texas Attorney General's Office, and continued as a foreign associate at Dentons Lee where she defended a number of global companies and advised on various antitrust and M&A cases.
Mr. Kim is also a published author on various legal issues in the field of antitrust and has participated as a presenter or a member of a panel at domestic and international seminars.
Areas of Expertise
Professional Career
- 2019-PresentShin & Kim LLC
- 2013-2019Foreign Attorney, Dentons Lee, Seoul, Korea
- 2012-2013Law Clerk, Antitrust Section, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
Key Experience
- Represented a global automobile company's cartel case and damages claim case.
- Represented the cartel case of a global container shipping company.
- Represented the cartel case of a global semiconductor company.
- Represented the abuse of the market dominant position of a global semiconductor company.
- Represented the cases of fair trade damages litigation by a number of global companies.
- Represented several global companies in merger filings and interested parties in merger proceedings.
- Advised a number of global companies on e-commerce law, agency transactions law, franchise business law, terms and conditions law, door-to-door sales law, etc.
Education
- 2012University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D.), Wisconsin International Law Journal, Managing Editor
- 2009Ewha Womans University (B.A. in English Language and Literature & American Studies)
Qualifications
- 2013Admitted to bar, New York
- 2012Admitted to bar, Wisconsin
Languages
English, Korean
Professional Activities
- Lexology Panoramic (formely Getting the Deal Through) – Cartel Regulation 2025: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Antitrust Litigation 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology In-Depth Dominance and Monopolies (Edition 12) 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Cartels 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Chambers In-Depth Overview – An Introduction to Competition/Antitrust 2024: Korea Chapter
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Litigation 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Antitrust Litigation 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- ICLG Competition Litigation Laws & Regulations – Litigation 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Law Business Research – The Dominance and Monopolies Review (Edition 11) 2023, The Law Reviews: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- ICLG Competition Litigation Laws & Regulations – Competition Litigation 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Antitrust Litigation 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Litigation 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- ICLG Competition Litigation Laws & Regulations – Litigation 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- ICLG Competition Litigation Laws & Regulations – Competition Litigation 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2023: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology Merger Control in Korea Vol. 10 – KFTC to Expand the Scope of Exemptions from Merger Notifications and Invite Companies to Formally Submit Remedy Proposals and Engage in Remedy Discussions 2023 (Co-authored)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides – Antitrust Litigation 2022: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology Merger Control in Korea Vol. 9 – KFTC to Create International M&A Division 2022 (Co-authored)
- Lexology Getting The Deal Through – Cartel Regulation 2022: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Lexology Merger Control in Korea Vol. 8 – Update on Simplified Review for Foreign M&A and Safe Harbor for Non-Horizontal Mergers 2022 (Co-authored)
- Lexology Merger Control in Korea vol. 07 – More simplified reviews for foreign M&As 2022 (Co-authored)
- Global Competition Review E-Commerce Competition Enforcement Guide (Edition 3) 2020: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- Global Competition Review E-Commerce Competition Enforcement Guide (Edition 2) 2019: Korea Chapter (Co-authored)
- How to “Bet the Company” Without Even Trying, For the Defense (2014, Co-authored)
- FBPA: South Korea’s Act to Prevent Bribery of Foreign Officials, 11 Asian Mena Counsel, no. 10 (2014, Co-authored)
- Project Financing Vehicles (PFVs), 11 Asian Mena Counsel, no. 8, (2014, Co-authored)
- Understanding the ‘5 Percent Rule’ for Korean Equity Holdings, 11 Asian Mena Counsel, no. 7, (2013, Co-authored)
- E-Commerce Competition Enforcement Guide - KOREA Chapter (Co-author, GCR, Second Edition, 2019. 11.)
Awards
- "Asia-Pacific Merger Case of the Year" for the Korean Air–Asiana merger case at the 2023 GCR Awards
Media
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2025.04.08
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2024.04.19
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2022.11.23