Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2013-Present)
General Director, Insolvency Law Institute of Korea (2022-Present)
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Leading Individual, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Restructuring/Insolvency (Chambers and Partners, 2025)
- Rising Star Partner, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2024)
- Rising Star, IFLR1000 (Delinian, 2023)
- Future Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Insolvency (Delinian, 2023-2024)
- Rising Star, Asialaw Leading Lawyers: Restructuring and Insolvency (Delinian, 2020-2024)
Publications/Activities
- Global Restructuring Guide: South Korea Chapter (Co-author, Norton Rose Fulbright Institute, 2022)
- “Practical Issues of Converted Bankruptcy in Hanjin Shipping’s Case,” Bankruptcy Law Review Vol. 8 (Co-author, Bankruptcy Law Association, 2018)
- “Introduction to the English High Court’s Decision [[2016] EWHC 2228 (Ch)] to Lift the Automatic Stay Imposed under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations in Relation to Korean Proceedings,” Bankruptcy Law Review Vol. 7 (Co-author, Bankruptcy Law Association, 2017)
- “Practical Issues on Rehabilitation of Golf Club Company,” BFL Vol. 81 (Co-author, Seoul National University Business & Finance Law Journal, 2017)
- “Review on the Corporate Restructuring Through the General Meeting of Bondholders,” Bankruptcy Law Review Vol. 6 (Co-author, Bankruptcy Law Association, 2016)
- Effects of Employment Protection Legislation on Unemployment Insurance Reforms: A Quantitative Analysis of 18 OECD Countries (Master’s Thesis, 2010)
- Lecturer, “Rehabilitation M&A”, Special Training Session (Korean Bar Association, 2024)
- Designated Debater, “Seminar on Pros and Cons of Tonnage Bank and its Legal Implication” (Shipbuilding and Finance Law Association, 2018)
- Main Speaker in Regular Seminar, “Hanjin Shipping’s Bankruptcy Case and Ship Financing” (Shipbuilding and Finance Law Association, 2017)
- Co-author of Presentation Paper, “Procedures and Characteristics of Out-of-Court Restructuring in Korea” (10th Annual Symposium of East Asian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring, 2016)
Education
School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed S.J.D. Coursework, Civil Law, 2021)
School of Law, Seoul National University (J.D., 2013)
Graduate School of Seoul National University (M.A., Political Science, 2010)
Seoul National University (B.A., Political Science, 2006)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2013
Languages
Korean and English