李一錫 - Kim & Chang

Bio

Il-Suk Lee, an attorney at Kim & Chang, practices mainly in the areas of insurance, fintech and IT regulations, corporate governance and financial inspection.

Mr. Lee has advised clients in the financial industry, such as banking, insurance and investment companies, on a wide variety of issues related to financial regulations, corporate governance and money laundering.

Based on such work experience, he is engaged in many cases regarding investigations and litigation procedures that arise from competent authorities’ enforcement of regulations.

In addition, he has expanded his expertise into fintech (especially virtual assets) and other developing areas in finance.

Employing his background in financial regulations, Mr. Lee provides legal advice on litigations involving Korean financial companies and virtual asset exchanges.

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Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2014-Present)

Legal Affairs Division, Collection, Legal Affairs & PR Bureau, National Tax Service (2013-2014)

Public Service Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea (2011-2014)

Representative Mattersshow

Insurance and Finance

Advised domestic and foreign insurance companies on responding to various financial inspections and sanctions.
Advised domestic and foreign insurance companies on new establishment and preliminary·final licenses for insurance business and closure of existing branches.
Advised a foreign insurance company’s Korean branch on its subsidiarization process.
Advised major listed companies/power plants on serious accidents (e.g., floods, leakages, fire accidents, etc.)

Fintech·IT and Virtual Asset Regulation

Advised Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) regarding Financial Action Task Force (FATF)·Anti-money Laundering (AML) and related Korean regulations(including VASP report for major virtual asset exchanges).
Advised major game·entertainment·financial companies on fintech related issues (including NFT, virtual asset related business).
Advised various financial·insurance·IT companies on InsurTech-related business models·online platform.
Advised a major listed company on Sand-Box regulations (innovative financial services) and “Sculpture Investment” business.
Advised a virtual asset service provider on Security Tokens (STO), etc.

Corporation Law

Advised major listed·un-listed companies on various operation issues (including spin-offs, reorganizations, general issues related to the Board of Directors (BoD) and general shareholders’ meetings, management disputes, and compensation issues (e.g., stock options)).
Advised companies on the establishment and operations of public interest corporations, etc.

Financial and Criminal Litigation

Represented a domestic insurance company·investment company on a civil case
Represented a virtual asset exchange on a civil·criminal case
Represented major companies on fraud cases regarding the issuance of CP·corporate bonds, the national defense industry, etc.

Education

Graduate School of Information & Technology, Sogang University (Master's Coursework, Blockchain, 2020-Present)

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2011)

Seoul National University (B.A., Economics and (minor in) Law, 2009)

Qualifications

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2011

CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), 2015

Languages

Korean and English

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