Hyunseok Doh is an associate in the Antitrust and Competition practice at Goodwin. He advises on a wide range of European competition law issues, including cross-border merger control, foreign subsidies compliance and investigations, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance proceedings and complex antitrust litigation. Hyunseok also advises on the EU Digital Markets and Digital Services Acts, as well as EU-level consumer protection related rules. His experience spans a broad range of industry sectors, including in particular technology, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and private equity.
Experience
Hyunseok’s experience includes advising:
Transactions
- Tubulis on its acquisition by Gilead for $3.15 billion upfront and up to $1.85 billion in milestones
- Qualcomm in its anticipated acquisition of Autotalks*
- NVIDIA in connection with the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom*
- NVIDIA in connection with the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft*
- A multinational e-commerce company in the disposal of its online classifieds ads businesses*
Investigations & Litigation
- Two Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) in complying with the DSA obligations and responding to the European Commission’s requests for information
- Qualcomm in the European Commission’s “exclusivity payments” and “predation” Article 102 investigations, as well as in the subsequent applications for annulment of the European Commission’s decisions before the EU General Court*
- An American multinational corporation in the European Commission Art 101 investigation regarding its alleged no-poach practices; the case was closed without fine or commitment*
- An American multinational corporation in the European Commission Art 101 investigation regarding its information exchange practices; the case was closed without fine or commitment*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin
Previous Professional Experience
Areas of Practice
Credentials
Education
M22016
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
LLM2015
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
JD2012
Yeungnam University
BAS2009
Hanyang University
Admissions
Bars
- Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Brussels ("B-list")
Publications
Co-Author, “Access to Information in South Korean Competition Law Proceedings: Investigated Firms Must Assert Their Rights,” Journal of European Competition Law & Practice, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2021
Co-Author, “The Coty Judgment: On Selective Distribution Systems and the Prohibition of Sales via Online Platforms under EU Competition Law," Journal of Competition, Korea Fair Competition Federation, Volume 194, 2018