Bae, Kim & Lee LLC Recruits Former KFTC Director-General Gyuseong Oh as Attorney

Enhancing Competitiveness in Resolving Licensing and Regulatory Issues

Kyu-Sung Oh, Lawyer at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL) announced on June 10 that it has recruited Gyuseong Oh, an attorney and former Director-General for Adjudication Management at the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), as its new member.

With this recruitment, BKL aims to provide sophisticated and practical legal services to companies amid an increasingly complex regulatory environment and strengthened fair trade order. In particular, the firm expects to bolster its competitiveness in responding to alleged violations of the Fair Trade Act, corporate litigation, administrative lawsuits, and resolving various licensing and regulatory issues involving government agencies.

Attorney Oh is a graduate of the Seoul National University School of Law. From 2004 to 2020, he served as a judge at various courts for approximately 17 years, including the Seoul Central District Court, Seoul Western District Court, Chuncheon District Court, Uijeongbu District Court Goyang Branch, and Changwon District Court, where he held positions as both judge and presiding judge, handling a wide range of civil, criminal, and administrative cases. He also contributed to legal system improvement as a research fellow at the Judicial Policy Research Institute.

From 2020 to 2022, he served as Director-General for Adjudication Management at the KFTC, overseeing review procedures and supervising litigation work related to the commission. From 2024 to 2026, he served as a non-standing commissioner at the KFTC, handling numerous cases across all areas of fair trade, including collusion, unfair support, unfair trade practices, corporate mergers, violations of the Subcontracting Act, and violations of the Franchise Act.

He also worked as an attorney at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, and served as Senior Administrative Officer at the Office of the Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs at the Presidential Office from 2023 to 2024, providing legal counsel and supporting policy development on key national issues.

Kim Sanggon, Managing Partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (23rd class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute), stated, “The addition of Attorney Gyuseong Oh, who possesses extensive trial experience as a judge, policy insight and regulatory response know-how gained from his roles as Director-General for Adjudication Management and non-standing commissioner at the KFTC, as well as his tenure at the Presidential Office, will serve as an opportunity to further enhance BKL’s litigation and regulatory response capabilities. We will continue to recruit top experts in each field and advance our customer-centric one-stop legal services.”

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