Mr. Jung Hwan JANG is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), General Civil Disputes, Labor & Employment, the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, Antitrust & Competition, Intellectual Property, and International Arbitration & Litigation.

Mr. Jang has over 20 years of experience as an in-house counsel at Samsung Group. He developed extensive expertise concerning corporate legal affairs while working in the legal team of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and served as the head of the legal team for Samsung Display Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2000)
• Patent Attorney
• Tax Accountant

Education

• Accounting and Taxation Training Program, Korean Bar Association (2022)
• Corporate Law Training Program, Korean Bar Association (2013)
• Intellectual Property Training Program, Korean Bar Association (2010)
• M&A Special Program, Seoul National University (2008)
• University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LLM, 2006)
• Sungkyunkwan University (BA in Political Science & Diplomacy, 1993)
• Sorabol High School (1985)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2023-Present)
• Advisor (Executive Vice President), Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (2022-2023)
• Head of Legal Team (Senior Vice President), Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (2020-2021)
• Head of Legal Team (Vice President), Samsung Display Co., Ltd. (2016-2020)
• Vice President, Legal Team, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (2012-2015)
• Attorney, Legal Team, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (2000-2011)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2000)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Advised S Electronics on Fair Trade Commission's on-site investigation, administrative litigation, and civil litigation for matters related to B2C cartel activities.
• Advised S Electronics on multiple lawsuits related to compensation for employee inventors.
• Advised S Electronics on patent litigation and civil litigation related to text input method patents.
• Advised S Electronics on Fair Trade Commission's on-site investigation, administrative litigation, and civil litigation on matters related to unfair customer solicitation practices.
• Advised S Display on multiple injunctions and civil/criminal litigation related to trade-secret infringement and anti-competition contract with former employees.
• Advised S Display on Fair Trade Commission's on-site investigation and civil litigation related to technology theft.
• Advised S Display in an international commercial dispute with Bosch at the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
• Advised S Display in an international commercial dispute with Apple at the ICC International Court of Arbitration.
• Advised S Electro-Mechanics on patent applications, licensing, and litigation related to intellectual property.

• Application on the Source-based Rules in Electronic Commerce (2003)
• Journal of Public Relations Research (1994)