Hwang Lee

Hwang Lee is a professor and former dean of Korea University School of Law. His academic interests include competition law, digital platforms, intellectual property rights, telecommunications law, consumer protection and economic regulation.

Professor Lee has played an active and leading role in the Korean academic and practical community of competition law. He was President of the Korea Competition Law Association from 2019 to 2021 and is currently President of the Korean Distribution Law Association. As an international expert in competition law and intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations, Professor Lee often teaches at foreign institutions, including Washington University in St. Louis Law School and Renmin University of China School of Law. He has also extended his work to innovation and economic policy, chairing the Innovation Economy Division of the National Economic Advisory Council, which advised the President of Korea from 2021 to 2024.

Professor Lee earned his LL.B. from Korea University and J.D. and LL.M. from Columbia Law School in New York, where he was an executive editor of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law. He is licensed to practise law in the State of New York (USA) and has advised various Korean and multinational firms.

Professor Lee is the author of numerous articles and books, and has delivered presentations at many international conferences. His recent works published in English include the term ‘foreclosure’ in the Global Dictionary of Competition Law (Concurrences, 2024), and ‘Differences and Alignment: Final Report of the Task Force on International Divergence of Dominance Standards (ABA Antitrust Law Section, 2019, co-authored with Task Force members), and China-Korea IP & Competition Law Annual Report (co-edited with Prof. Meng Yanbei at Renmin University in China and available on Amazon).

He has also been recognized as one of the 25 most influential antitrust scholars worldwide at the inaugural Antitrust Academics 2022 announcement. He was awarded the National Order of Service Merit in Red Stripes in 2020 for the contribution to promoting competition policy and law enforcement.