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Ki Sung LEE
Partner
T. +82 2 3016 5262
F. +82 2 3016 5201
E. kslee@draju.com

Mr. Ki Sung LEE is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Antitrust & Competition, Subcontracting, and Corporate Law.

Profile

Experience
- - D&A LLC (2021-Present)
  - Korea Fair Trade Commission (2018-2021)
  - Public Service Advocate, Ministry of Justice (2015-2018)
Education
- - School of Law, Hanyang University (2015)
  - College of Law, Hanyang University (LLB, 2011)
  - Seoul Foreign Language High School (2005)
Qualifications
- - Admitted to Bar, Korea (2015)
Languages
- - Korean

Representative Activities

- - Evaluation Committee Member, Seoul Metropolitan Government Win-Win Franchise Evaluation and Operations Committee (2025-Present)
  - External Member, Audit & Inspection Commission, Seoul Metropolitan Government (2024-Present)
  - Lecturer at the Korea Fair Competition Federation, the Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency, and in-house conglomerates (2023-Present)
  - Support Unit for Calculating Damages from Technology Infringements for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Korea Foundation for Cooperation of Large & Small Business, Rural Affairs (2023-Present)
  - External Member of the Deliberation Committee, Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (2022-Present)
Publications
- - Assessment of Gross Unfairness in Unfair Terms under the Subcontracting Act (Journal of Competition No. 230, Korea Fair Competition Federation, 2025)
  - Competition (private company acquisitions) Q&A: South Korea (Co-author, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, 2021)
Awards & Recognitions
- - Listed in the “Top Lawyers Listing” by the 2024 Korea Law Firms Consumer Reports (2024)
  - Recommended Lawyer in Antitrust and Competition, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 (2022-2024)
Press Coverage
- KOSCAJ
  Experts Call for Clearer Standards for Assessing “Significance” Under the Subcontracting Act and Defining Unfair Terms Under the Framework Act on the Construction Industry
  May-22-2025
  
  Econovill
  [Exclusive] One Month Into the Enactment of the Fair Transactions in Franchise Business Act, Most Franchisees Remain Unaware
  Aug-20-2024
  
  Legal Times
  DR & AJU Ranks Tier 2 in Antitrust & Competition League Table by 2023 Legal Times
  Dec-08-2023
  
  The Korea Economic Daily
  DR & AJU Successfully Holds the Supply Price Indexation System Seminar
  Jun-02-2023
  
  Law Times
  DR & AJU and KICA Host the Second Seminar of Academic Committee on Fair Trade on June 1
  May-30-2023
D&A News
- Awards/Publications
  DR & AJU Ranks Tier 2 in 2023 Antitrust & Competition League Table by Legal Times
  Dec-08-2023
  
  Seminars/Events
  DR & AJU and KICA Host Seminar for Fair Trade Academic Committee
  Jun-01-2023
  
  Awards/Publications
  DR & AJU Ranks at The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023
  Jan-16-2023
  
  Awards/Publications
  [Practical Law] Competition (private company acquisitions) Q&A: South Korea
  Nov-30-2021

Practice Areas

Professionals