Chiegul Kim

Senior Advisor

Summary

Chiegul Kim is a senior advisor at S&L Partners with experiences in several fields of the Fair Trade Act in the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), including review of contract, review of M&A, regulation on unfair subcontract transaction, cartel, holding company issues as well as abuse of market dominance. He was in charge of international affairs related to the competition law such as working in the OECD headquarter in Paris, France and the Korean Embassy in the United States. In addition, while serving as Chairman and CEO of Mutual Aid Cooperative & Consumer (MAC&CO), he conducted market surveillance and consumer protection in Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) industry. He lectured on special sales acts at university, which administrate MLM, Door-to-Door Sales, Pre-Paid Installment Transaction etc.

Practice Areas

Anti-trust

Education

1994
1989
1980
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, US (PhD in Economics)
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, US (MA in Economics)
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Bachelor of Business Administration)

Professional Career

2020 - Present
2016
2012
2011
2008
2006
2005
2004
2002
1997
1996
1979
Advisor, S&L Partners
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Law, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Chairman & CEO, Mutual Aid Cooperative & Consumer(MAC&CO)
Director-General, KFTC Headquarter
Minister-Counselor, competition law enforcement cooperation in the Korean Embassy, Washington DC, US
Team Leader, Competition Policy Team, KFTC
Director of Monopoly Policy Division, KFTC
Director of Cartel Division, KFTC
Director of International Organization Division
Director of Contract Examination Division
Head of Daegu Regional Office of KFTC
23rd Higher Civil Service Examination

Awards/Professional Accolades

Service Merits Medal, 2006
Presidential Citation, 1986

Languages

Korean, English