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Sejung KIM Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-1979 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Sejung KIM Attorney
Sejung KIM Attorney

Sejung KIMAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-1979 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.sejung.kim@kimchang.com

Areas of Expertise

Bio

Sejung Kim is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in the fields of privacy & data security, disputes in the financial services sector, installment finance, as well as e-finance & fintech. Mr. Kim has extensive experience advising a broad range of domestic and multinational companies in various sectors, including banking, insurance, credit card, fintech, TMT, and pharmaceutical industries. 

Mr. Kim regularly provides both multinational and domestic clients advice on privacy & data security matters, as well as on the latest technology trends such as big data and cloud computing. With his extensive experience, Mr. Kim actively counsels clients on complex litigation and other dispute-related matters, and leads responses to investigations from various regulatory bodies. After the amendment to the Three Data Privacy Laws, he has advised clients on pseudonymization and anonymization processes, as well as on procedures for obtaining licenses and operating MyData businesses. 

In the areas of privacy & data security and fintech & IT compliance, he has authored various publications regarding domestic and foreign legal books, and frequently lectures and speaks at conferences and seminars. 

Mr. Kim was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley School of Law, where he also earned a Certificate in Law and Technology. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, and earned his LL.B. from College of Law, Seoul National University. 

He is admitted to the Korean bar. 

Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2012-Present)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force (2009-2012)

Representative Mattersshow

Privacy & Data Security
 
  • Represented major domestic financial institutions in investigations by regulatory authorities and in civil and criminal litigations regarding personal information leakage. 
  • Represented a major global pharmaceutical company in its civil and criminal litigation in a personal information leakage case. 
  • Represented global SNS service providers, global IT companies, and major software development companies in investigations by regulatory authorities, and advised on privacy regulations. 
  • Conducted privacy & IT compliance reviews for domestic banks, financial IT service providers, and global and domestic game companies. 
  • Advised foreign financial companies on cross-border data transferring.
 
Fintech & IT Compliance
 
  • Advised a major domestic financial holding company on cloud computing and big data. 
  • Advised Internet banks on obtaining preliminary government licenses and on various business models and regulations. 
  • Advised banks and fintech companies on obtaining licenses and operating MyData Businesses. 
  • Advised companies on operating electronic financial businesses.
 
Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation
 
  • Advised major global and domestic banks on KIKO mis-selling cases. 
  • Advised a foreign financial company in a Korea Fair Trade Commission’s cartel investigation. 
  • Advised foreign financial companies in police investigations regarding issuances of overseas debt bonds.

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities
    [Publications] 
     
    • Practical Law Data Privacy Advisor - Information Security Considerations/Cyber Incident Response and Data Breach Notification (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2021) 
    • Amendment and Implications of the Three Data Privacy Laws (Focusing on the Credit Information Act), Electronic Financial Business and Financial Security 20 (Financial Security Institute, 2020) 
    • The Study of the Implementation of Information Protection Technology for MyData in Financial Sector (Co-author, Financial Service Commission, 2019) 
    • The Concept and Legal Issues of Open Banking, BFL Vol. 99 (Co-author, Center for Financial Law, Seoul National University, 2020) 
    • Euromoney Financial Crime & Cyber Security Handbook 2014/15: Korea chapter (Co-author, Euromoney, 2014)
     
    [Speaking Engagements] 
     
    • “Introduction of MyData Industry and Legal Issues,” Financial Security Institute Big Data Council (2018) 
    • “Keywords for Data Combination: Pseudonymization, Anonymization and De-identification,” Privacy Global Edge 2019 (2019) 
    • “Legal Issues in Use of API in Finance Industry,” Korea Credit Information Service - Insurance Credit Information Seminar (2019)

Education

    UC Berkeley School of Law (Visiting Scholar, 2017-2018) 

    Professional Legal Education Program, UC Berkeley School of Law (Certificate in Law and Technology, 2017) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2009) 

    Seoul National University (LL.B., 2006)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2009

Languages

Korean and English

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Sejung KIM
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-1979      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Sejung Kim is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in the fields of privacy & data security, disputes in the financial services sector, installment finance, as well as e-finance & fintech. Mr. Kim has extensive experience advising a broad range of domestic and multinational companies in various sectors, including banking, insurance, credit card, fintech, TMT, and pharmaceutical industries. 

Mr. Kim regularly provides both multinational and domestic clients advice on privacy & data security matters, as well as on the latest technology trends such as big data and cloud computing. With his extensive experience, Mr. Kim actively counsels clients on complex litigation and other dispute-related matters, and leads responses to investigations from various regulatory bodies. After the amendment to the Three Data Privacy Laws, he has advised clients on pseudonymization and anonymization processes, as well as on procedures for obtaining licenses and operating MyData businesses. 

In the areas of privacy & data security and fintech & IT compliance, he has authored various publications regarding domestic and foreign legal books, and frequently lectures and speaks at conferences and seminars. 

Mr. Kim was a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley School of Law, where he also earned a Certificate in Law and Technology. He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, and earned his LL.B. from College of Law, Seoul National University. 

He is admitted to the Korean bar. 






    Kim & Chang (2012-Present)

    Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force (2009-2012)






Privacy & Data Security
 
  •   Represented major domestic financial institutions in investigations by regulatory authorities and in civil and criminal litigations regarding personal information leakage. 
  •   Represented a major global pharmaceutical company in its civil and criminal litigation in a personal information leakage case. 
  •   Represented global SNS service providers, global IT companies, and major software development companies in investigations by regulatory authorities, and advised on privacy regulations. 
  •   Conducted privacy & IT compliance reviews for domestic banks, financial IT service providers, and global and domestic game companies. 
  •   Advised foreign financial companies on cross-border data transferring.
 
Fintech & IT Compliance
 
  •   Advised a major domestic financial holding company on cloud computing and big data. 
  •   Advised Internet banks on obtaining preliminary government licenses and on various business models and regulations. 
  •   Advised banks and fintech companies on obtaining licenses and operating MyData Businesses. 
  •   Advised companies on operating electronic financial businesses.
 
Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation
 
  •   Advised major global and domestic banks on KIKO mis-selling cases. 
  •   Advised a foreign financial company in a Korea Fair Trade Commission’s cartel investigation. 
  •   Advised foreign financial companies in police investigations regarding issuances of overseas debt bonds.





Publications/Activities

[Publications] 
 
  •   Practical Law Data Privacy Advisor - Information Security Considerations/Cyber Incident Response and Data Breach Notification (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2021) 
  •   Amendment and Implications of the Three Data Privacy Laws (Focusing on the Credit Information Act), Electronic Financial Business and Financial Security 20 (Financial Security Institute, 2020) 
  •   The Study of the Implementation of Information Protection Technology for MyData in Financial Sector (Co-author, Financial Service Commission, 2019) 
  •   The Concept and Legal Issues of Open Banking, BFL Vol. 99 (Co-author, Center for Financial Law, Seoul National University, 2020) 
  •   Euromoney Financial Crime & Cyber Security Handbook 2014/15: Korea chapter (Co-author, Euromoney, 2014)
 
[Speaking Engagements] 
 
  •   “Introduction of MyData Industry and Legal Issues,” Financial Security Institute Big Data Council (2018) 
  •   “Keywords for Data Combination: Pseudonymization, Anonymization and De-identification,” Privacy Global Edge 2019 (2019) 
  •   “Legal Issues in Use of API in Finance Industry,” Korea Credit Information Service - Insurance Credit Information Seminar (2019)





Education

    UC Berkeley School of Law (Visiting Scholar, 2017-2018) 

    Professional Legal Education Program, UC Berkeley School of Law (Certificate in Law and Technology, 2017) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2009) 

    Seoul National University (LL.B., 2006)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2009


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Privacy & Data Security ,  Fintech & IT Compliance ,  Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation ,  Financial Regulation & Compliance