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宋漢燮 律师

T.+82-2-3703-1866 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
宋漢燮 律师
宋漢燮 律师

宋漢燮律师

T.+82-2-3703-1866 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.hansup.song@kimchang.com

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Bio

Han Sup Song is an attorney at Kim & Chang who specializes in Life Sciences and Healthcare, Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense, Criminal Defense Litigation, Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, and Environment Practices.

Throughout his previous career as a prosecutor, Mr. Song has utilized his medical experience to investigate various food and drug cases such as pharmaceutical companies’ medical rebates, unapproved clinical trials, health insurance fraud, manufacturing of counterfeit Viagra, and manufacturing of radioactive radon-emitting mattresses.

Mr. Song has written a thesis on humidifier disinfectant regulations in South Korea while at Harvard Law School, and he was appointed as an officially certified expert in health and drug criminal cases by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. He also won a Commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare in recognition of his contribution to making medicine and medical supplies distribution transparent.

Mr. Song graduated from Seoul National University School of Medicine and obtained his license to practice medicine in 2004. Following his internship and service as a military doctor, he acquired his license to practice law in 2010. Mr. Song received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2017, and attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2010. He is admitted to the New York bar and the Korean bar.

Profile

Experience

Member, Labelling and Advertisement Deliberation Committee, Korea Food Industry Association (2022.3.-Present) 

Kim & Chang (2020-Present) 

Food and Drug Investigation Department, Western Branch of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2018-2020.1.) 

Non-Executive Commissioner, Appraisal Committee, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency (2018-2020) 

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017-2018) 

Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2014-2016) 

Cheonan Branch of Daejon District Prosecutors’ Office (2012-2014) 

Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2010-2012) 

Medical Officer, Third Special Forces Brigade (Airborne), Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command (2005) 

Intern, Seoul National University Hospital (2004-2005) 

Representative Mattersshow

Life Sciences and Healthcare
 
  • Investigated pharmaceutical companies’ medical rebates 
  • Investigated pharmaceutical companies’ unapproved clinical trials 
  • Investigated pharmaceutical companies’ health insurance fraud 
  • Investigated the manufacturing of counterfeit Viagra
 
Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense
 
  • Investigated fraud against the government 
  • Investigated bribery of public officials regarding government funding 
 
Environment
 
  • Investigated the manufacturing of radioactive radon-emitting mattresses 

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

  • Commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare (Contribution to making medicine and medical supplies distribution transparent, 2018) 
  • Commendation from the Minister of Justice (Contribution to violent crime investigations, 2013)

Publications/Activities
    • Chambers Global Practice Guides - Digital Healthcare 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2024)
    • Assessment of the Cause of the Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster and Evaluation of the Progress of Reforming Chemical Regulations (Institute of Justice, 2018) 
    • The Cause of the Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster of South Korea and Whether Similar Chemical Biocide Disasters Can Happen in the U.S. (Harvard Law School, 2017)

Education

    Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2017) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2010) 

    College of Medicine, Seoul National University (M.D., 2004)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2010; New York, 2017 

    Medical Doctor, Korea, 2004

Languages

Korean and English

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T. +82-2-3703-1866      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Han Sup Song is an attorney at Kim & Chang who specializes in Life Sciences and Healthcare, Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense, Criminal Defense Litigation, Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, and Environment Practices.

Throughout his previous career as a prosecutor, Mr. Song has utilized his medical experience to investigate various food and drug cases such as pharmaceutical companies’ medical rebates, unapproved clinical trials, health insurance fraud, manufacturing of counterfeit Viagra, and manufacturing of radioactive radon-emitting mattresses.

Mr. Song has written a thesis on humidifier disinfectant regulations in South Korea while at Harvard Law School, and he was appointed as an officially certified expert in health and drug criminal cases by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. He also won a Commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare in recognition of his contribution to making medicine and medical supplies distribution transparent.

Mr. Song graduated from Seoul National University School of Medicine and obtained his license to practice medicine in 2004. Following his internship and service as a military doctor, he acquired his license to practice law in 2010. Mr. Song received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2017, and attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2010. He is admitted to the New York bar and the Korean bar.






    Member, Labelling and Advertisement Deliberation Committee, Korea Food Industry Association (2022.3.-Present) 

    Kim & Chang (2020-Present) 

    Food and Drug Investigation Department, Western Branch of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2018-2020.1.) 

    Non-Executive Commissioner, Appraisal Committee, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency (2018-2020) 

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017-2018) 

    Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2014-2016) 

    Cheonan Branch of Daejon District Prosecutors’ Office (2012-2014) 

    Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2010-2012) 

    Medical Officer, Third Special Forces Brigade (Airborne), Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command (2005) 

    Intern, Seoul National University Hospital (2004-2005) 






Life Sciences and Healthcare
 
  •   Investigated pharmaceutical companies’ medical rebates 
  •   Investigated pharmaceutical companies’ unapproved clinical trials 
  •   Investigated pharmaceutical companies’ health insurance fraud 
  •   Investigated the manufacturing of counterfeit Viagra
 
Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense
 
  •   Investigated fraud against the government 
  •   Investigated bribery of public officials regarding government funding 
 
Environment
 
  •   Investigated the manufacturing of radioactive radon-emitting mattresses 





Awards

  •   Commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare (Contribution to making medicine and medical supplies distribution transparent, 2018) 
  •   Commendation from the Minister of Justice (Contribution to violent crime investigations, 2013)

Publications/Activities

  •   Chambers Global Practice Guides - Digital Healthcare 2024: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2024)
  •   Assessment of the Cause of the Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster and Evaluation of the Progress of Reforming Chemical Regulations (Institute of Justice, 2018) 
  •   The Cause of the Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster of South Korea and Whether Similar Chemical Biocide Disasters Can Happen in the U.S. (Harvard Law School, 2017)





Education

    Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2017) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2010) 

    College of Medicine, Seoul National University (M.D., 2004)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2010; New York, 2017 

    Medical Doctor, Korea, 2004


Languages
  •    Korean and English





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