PEOPLE - DR & AJU LLC

Sang Mo KOO
Partner
T. +82 2 3016 5349
F. +82 2 3016 8700
E. smkoo@draju.com

Mr. Sang Mo KOO is a partner at DR & AJU LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Antitrust & Competition, Corporate, Administrative Procedure & Litigation, and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG).

Mr. Koo worked at the Subcontract Bureau of the Fair Trade Commission from 1999 to 2005 and worked at the General Counsel Bureau of the Fair Trade Commission from 2005 to 2007. He serves as a legal counsel for various corporations including Hyundai Motor Group, LG Group, KOLON Group, KCC Group, Sampyo Group, KT Group, affiliates, ACE Bed, and Bumo Sarang.

Profile

Experience
- - DR & AJU LLC (2019-Present)
  - Attorney, YOON & YANG LLC (2012-2019)
  - Attorney, Barun Law LLC (2007)
  - General Counsel Bureau, Fair Trade Commission (2006-2007)
  - Subcontract Bureau, Fair Trade Commission (1999-2005)
  - Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1999)
Education
- - Graduate School of Judicial Administration, Hanyang University (2001)
  - College of Law, Hanyang University (LLB, 1988)
  - Jeonju High School (1984)
Qualifications
- - Admitted to Bar, Korea (1999)
Languages
- - Korean

Representative Activities

- - Of Counsel, Affiliates of Hyundai Motor Group, LG Group, Kolon Group, KCC Group, Sampyo Group, KT Group, and Bumo Sarang Life (Present)
  - 17th and 18th Mediation Chairperson, Subcontract Disputes Division, Construction Subcontract Dispute Mediation Committee (2017-Present)
  - Member (Chairperson of Subcommittee for Manufacturing Division), Entrustment Dispute Mediation Committee, Ministry of SMEs and Startups (2015-Present)
  - Auditor, Samil Pharm. Co., Ltd. (2014-Present)
  - 15th and 16th Public Interests (Mediation) Member, Construction Subcontract Dispute Mediation Committee (2013-2017)
- - Visiting Professor, Korea University School of Law (2006, 2011, 2014)
  - Member, T/F for Improvement of Fair Order in Subcontracting of Software Industry, Fair Trade Commission (2012)
  - Advisor, Subcontracting Policy Advisory Division, Fair Trade Commission (2011-2013)
  - Expert Advisor, Promotion Committee for Improvement of Legislations (Investigation System and Process Improvement T/F), Fair Trade Commission (2009-2010)
Publications
- - Competition (private company acquisitions) Q&A: South Korea, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (Co-author, 2021)
  - Private Antitrust Litigation GCR (Korean Chapter) (2012, 2013)
  - Global Legal Insights - Merger Control (Korean Chapter), Global Legal Insights (co-author, 2011)
  - Subcontracting Law (Co-authors: Sang Mo Koo and Hong Seo Kim, HS Media) (2010)
  - Commentary on Subcontracting Law, Journal of Competition (2002)
Awards & Recognitions
- - Leading Individual (Competition/Antitrust), Chambers & Partners (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Media
- Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of June 13, 2022 – June 17, 2022)
  2022-06-23
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of June 6, 2022 – June 10, 2022)
  2022-06-16
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of May 23, 2022 – May 27, 2022)
  2022-06-07
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of May 9, 2022 – May 13, 2022)
  2022-05-19
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of May 2, 2022 – May 6, 2022)
  2022-05-12
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Apr 25, 2022 – Apr 29, 2022)
  2022-05-09
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Apr 11, 2022 – Apr 15, 2022)
  2022-04-21
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Mar 28, 2022 – Apr 1, 2022)
  2022-04-11
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Mar 21, 2022 – Mar 25, 2022)
  2022-04-01
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Mar 14, 2022 – Mar 18, 2022)
  2022-03-24
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Feb 21, 2021 – Feb 25, 2021)
  2022-03-08
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Jan 25, 2022 – Jan 28, 2022)
  2022-02-10
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Jan 10, 2022 – Jan 17, 2022)
  2022-01-21
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Dec 27, 2021 – Dec 31, 2021)
  2022-01-07
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Dec 20, 2021 – Dec 24, 2021)
  2022-01-03
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Dec 13, 2021 – Dec 17, 2021)
  2021-12-23
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Nov 29, 2021 – Dec 3, 2021)
  2021-12-15
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Nov 22, 2021 – Nov 26, 2021)
  2021-12-15
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Nov 8, 2021 – Nov 12, 2021)
  2021-12-15
  
  Firm News
  [Practical Law] Competition (private company acquisitions) Q&A: South Korea
  2021-11-30
  
  Newsletters
  Weekly Legislative Report (For the week of Sep 27, 2021 – Oct 1, 2021)
  2021-10-29

Practice Areas

Professionals