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Doil Son

Partner, Head of IP & Technology Practice · Yulchon

South KoreaIntellectual Property, TechnologyKorean, English

About

Doil Son is Partner and Head of the IP & Technology Practice at Yulchon LLC, specialising in M&A, ICT/TMT, data privacy, cybersecurity, trade secret protection and crisis management. He represents multinational and local e‑commerce and financial clients on AI, big data, cryptocurrency, fintech, metaverse and healthtech matters, and has led regulatory, compliance, major data‑breach and trade‑secret investigations (including the 2014 breach affecting over 100 million users).

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyTechnologyMergers & AcquisitionsTelecommunicationsData PrivacyCybersecurityCrisis Management

Office

Expertise

ICT & TMTE‑commerceFintech & CryptocurrencyArtificial Intelligence & Big DataHealthtechTrade Secret ProtectionData Breach Response & Incident ManagementRegulatory & Compliance (ICT/Data Privacy)

Education

  • LL.M., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law (2002)
  • Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea (1996)
  • B.A., Political Science, Seoul National University (1994)

Languages

KoreanEnglish