Bio
Profile
Experience
Member, Life Insurance Products Publication Committee of Korea Life Insurance Association (2016-2022)
Kim & Chang (2004-Present)
Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (2001-2004)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised a multinational insurance company on the establishment of an insurance company in Korea and the obtaining of the insurance business license.
- Advised a global insurance company on the acquisition of shares in a Korean insurance company.
- Advised a global insurance company on the conversion from a branch to a subsidiary.
- Advised insurance companies on responding to the financial authorities’ investigations.
- Advised insurance companies on outsourcing of information processing services.
- Advised insurance companies on personal information protection.
- Advised insurance companies on the utilization of cloud service.
- Represented a global software company in the KFTC’s investigation of tying and abuse of market dominance.
- Represented a global air cargo company in the KFTC’s investigation of price-fixing.
- Represented a global motion picture company in the KFTC’s investigation of price-fixing and unfair trade practices.
- Represented a Korean construction company in the KFTC’s investigation of bid rigging.
- Represented a Korean bank in the KFTC’s investigation of price-fixing.
- Represented a global sports company in the KFTC’s investigation of unfair advertising.
- Represented a Korean non-life insurance company in the KFTC’s investigation of price-fixing.
- Represented several global companies in the KFTC’s investigation of unfair terms and conditions.
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Next Generation Partner, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Insurance (Legalease, 2022-2025)
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific: Insurance (Chambers and Partners, 2017, 2025)
Publications/Activities
- Practical Law - Insurance and Reinsurance in South Korea: Overview (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2023)
- Legal Issues on Directors & Officers Liability Insurance, BFL Vol.105 (Co-author, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2021.1.)
- Practical Law - Insurance and Reinsurance in South Korea: Overview (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2021)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides: South Korea Chapter, Insurance (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2018)
- Practical Law - The Insurance and Reinsurance Global Guide 2016/17: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2016)
Education
UC Berkeley School of Law (LL.M., 2010)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2001)
Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B., 1998)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2001; New York, 2011
Languages
Korean and English