The Antitrust Team of DR & AJU comprises a total of 40 experts, including lawyers from the Fair Trade Commission, advisors from the vice-chairman of the Fairtrade Commission, and lawyers specializing in Antitrust cases.
Our team is specialized in establishing a precautionary process and covers all stages of dispute resolution, from responding to on-site investigations by the Fair Trade Commission, proposing the most effective risk management plan for legal violations, and litigation against complaints. We provide a one-stop legal service. With our comprehensive understanding of various industries, we listen to customers' concerns and offers insightful and optimal alternatives, and have achieved numerous achievements in the meantime. Notably, we have subdivided the ‘Antitrust advisory/compliance team’ and ‘Antitrust incident response team’ in order to place the best experts in each field and to provide more efficient and accurate solutions for each stage of the case.
Review and advice on whether the activities constitute market-dominant business operators’ cost abuse, control of product release, business activities interference, interference with new competitors’ market entry, exclusion of competitors and hindrance to consumers’ benefits, and response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission
Review and advice on whether the activities constitute forced trade (tie-in sale, selling to employees), trade refusal, discrimination, exclusion of competitors, abuse of positions in transactions (compulsory purchase, forced provision of benefits, forced sales objectives, offering disadvantages, and management intervention, and response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission
Examination and advice on unfair support and private benefit taking of affiliates
Represent in business combination reporting, etc. and advise on businesses such as reviewing the transaction structure, and preparing, negotiating, and execution in relation to domestic and abroad M&A
Advise and response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission with expertise and experiences in the violation of the Fair Transactions in Subcontracting Act (unfair special agreements, unfair subcontract fee decision and reduction, accrued payment in advance, unfair consignment cancellation and rejection of unfair receipt, unfair return, accrued/delayed subcontract fee, payment guarantee of subcontract fee, violation of duty of change of design and price fluctuation, and violations such as technology extortion)
Response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission on franchise agreements regarding franchise businesses of cosmetics, food, and beverage
Response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission
Response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission with expertise in the Act on Fair Transactions in Large Retail Business
False/exaggerated advertisements, deceptive advertisements, preliminary review of advertisements for prevention against the violation of the law, response to the investigation and sanctions by the Fair Trade Commission
Advised on an investigation by the KFTC regarding the collusion of 10 property insurance companies
Represented KEPCO and KHNP in a claim based on abuse of contractual position
Reviewed the proposal of the merger between Kookmin and Korea Exchange Bank
Advised ISU on the establishment of a holding company and associated conversion
Advised Zeullig Pharma Korea on an adjudication to determine the fairness of its terms and conditions
Represented HiteJinro in a case on deceptive/unfair advertisement
Reported the unjust actions of the Korea Paper-packaging Cooperative to the KFTC
Advised on issues related to a merger between HiteJinro and Samjin ENG
Advised HiteJinro on Commercial and Sponsor Contracts
Advised GS Retail on a Franchise Agreement
Advised KT Commerce on the unjust advertisement issue
Represented POSCO Plantec on a case regarding the payment of a subcontract price
Represented Korea Clad Tech on a case regarding unjust advertisement issue
Advised SGS Korea on the reporting of an unjust refusal to conduct transactions
Advised Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance on insurance product clauses and fair trade issues
Advised numerous domestic and foreign door-to-door sales businesses including the Korea Direct Selling Industry Association and Mutual Aid Cooperative & Consumer
Represented the KFTC in an adjudication on a constitutional complaint of Samsung Life against the KFTC
Advised Namyang Dairy Products on the violation of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act
Advised numerous suspects regarding the violation of the Act on Door-to-Door Sales and the Act on the Regulation of Conducting Fund-Raising Business Without Permission
Represented the KFTC in a litigation on the revocation of corrective measures against Hyundai Oil Bank
Represented the KFTC in a litigation on the revocation of corrective measures against S-Oil
Represented the KFTC in a litigation on the revocation of corrective measures against Hyundai Motor Company
Represented the KFTC in a litigation on the revocation of corrective measures against Hyundai Elevator
Represented the Korean Government in a litigation for damages caused by price fixing against several oil companies including S-Oil
Represented the Korea Tobacco Growers Organization in a lawsuit for damages from collusion against 7 fertilizer companies including Namhae Chemical