Hoil Yoon is a managing partner of YOON & YANG LLC in Seoul, Korea, which is one of the largest law firms in Korea, with over 245 attorneys. His law practice concentrates on antitrust, international business transactions, and international litigation and arbitration. He has worked extensively with respect to mergers and acquisitions, cartels, dominance abuse, and unfair trade practices; distribution, pricing, and the intersection of intellectual property and antitrust; antitrust litigation; and international commercial/corporate litigation and arbitration.

Prior to establishing Yoon & Partners (a predecessor of Yoon & Yang) in 1989, Mr. Yoon practiced law in the United States as a partner of Baker & McKenzie from 1979 to 1989. From 1982-89, he was on the commercial panel of the American Arbitration Association, and since 1992 he has been on the commercial panel of the Korea Commercial Arbitration Board. Also he was on the panel of conciliators of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes in New York in 1996-98. He served as an ambassador for international economy and trade of the Korean government, a non-standing commissioner of the Korea Fair Trade Commission, and a judge of the Seoul District Court. He also served as a member of the board of directors of the Korean Bar Association in 1990-92 and 2006-08.

Mr. Yoon is currently chairman of the Asia Competition Association and chairman of the Section of Antitrust Law of the Seoul Bar Association. Also he is currently a member of the Competition Policy Advisory Board of the KFTC and chairman of its International Cooperation Committee. He was vice chair 2007-09 of the International Committee of the Korean Bar Association. He is a member of the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law where he was a member of the International Cartel Task Force and is currently a member of the International Task Force. From 2005 to 2009 he has been the chairman of the Korea Competition Forum. Since 2002 he has been serving as a non-governmental advisor to the International Competition Network.

In April 2006 he received a national camellia medal from the Korean government for his contributions to the advancement of antitrust law. Also he has been repeatedly named by several international legal journals as one of the leading lawyers in antitrust, corporate, and dispute resolution. He has written numerous articles on antitrust and corporate law.

He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Notre Dame University (where he was an editor of the law review), and his LL.M. and LL.B. from Seoul National University. He is admitted to the bars of Korea as well as of New York, Illinois, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Supreme Court.