LK Partners is pleased to announce that attorney Meelang Cheoun joined the firm. 

Ms. Cheoun earned her bachelor's degree in Nursing from the College of Nursing at Seoul National University and her Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Administrative Law from the Graduate School of Seoul National University, and obtained her J.D. from Pusan National University School of Law before passing the Korean Bar Examination. 

Before beginning her legal career, she worked as an operating-room nurse in the Department of Neurosurgery at Seoul National University Hospital and as a researcher at the Hospital Capacity Building Division of the JW LEE Center for Global Medicine at Seoul National University College of Medicine, gaining hands-on experience in the collection and management of medical records, the planning and operation of international healthcare cooperation programs, cross-border transfers of personal information, and copyright issues relating to medical educational content. In particular, during her LL.M. program she wrote her thesis on "A Public-Law Study on the Regulation of Unlicensed Medical Practice in the Era of Digital Healthcare" and focused on key legal issues in the digital healthcare environment, including medical AI, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing, and the self-regulation of online platforms. 

She subsequently completed the Winter Public Interest Legal Internship Program at the Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency, sharpening her practical perspective on balancing corporate activity and regulation. 

Drawing on her clinical experience together with her expertise in administrative law and fair trade law, Ms. Cheoun provides practical and dependable counsel across regulatory matters, medical disputes and administrative litigation, and general corporate law in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and bio industries.