Bio
Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2017-Present)
Law Clerk, Seoul High Court (2015-2017)
Police Officer (2011-2013)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised buyers in the acquisition of companies in rehabilitation proceedings.
- Represented listed and unlisted companies in their rehabilitation proceedings.
- Represented debtors in cases where creditors or shareholders filed an application for a commencement order of rehabilitation proceedings against the debtor’s will, and succeeded to get the application dismissed.
- Filed an application for bankruptcy on behalf of a creditor.
- Advised creditors, especially multinational corporations, on rehabilitation cases or bankruptcy cases and represented confirmatory actions.
- Advised on filing for a workout or voluntary agreement.
- Advised on financial institutions regarding settlement of profits and losses and exercise of dissenters’ rights in a workout or voluntary agreement among financial institutions and represented litigation therefrom.
- Represented litigation related to occurrence of massive contingent liabilities after the acquisition of companies in the rehabilitation proceedings.
- Represented civil lawsuits including complicated legal issues related to the insolvency law.
- Advised on a wide range of issues and disputes under the Korean Civil Code.
- Advised on shareholder disputes and represented litigation therefrom.
Representative Activitiesshow
Publications/Activities
- Study on the U.K. Insolvency Law - Focusing on the Implications on Korean Insolvency Law (Insolvency Law Institute of Korea, 2023)
- Study on methods by which licenses and permits of administrative authorities can be acquired from a bankruptcy estate (Insolvency Law Institute of Korea, 2022)
- Measures Adopted to Support Distressed Businesses Through the COVID-19 Crisis, INSOL - World Bank Group Global Guide (Co-author, INSOL International & World Bank Group, 2021)
Education
University of Oxford (Oxford Saïd Finance Lab, one of the top 4 finalists in the 2022 Alumni Challenge, 2023)
University of Oxford (MSc in Law and Finance, 2023)
Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Master’s Coursework, Civil Law, 2018)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2015)
Korea National Police University (LL.B., 2011)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2015
Passed CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level 1 Exam, 2012
Passed AICPA Exam, 2017
Languages
Korean and English