You Jin KIM - Kim & Chang

Bio

You Jin Kim is a senior attorney specializing in the Fair Trade Act and the corporation law such as M&A dispute.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang as a litigation attorney in 2007, Mr. Kim spent over a decade as a respected civil servant.

Mr. Kim was appointed to the bench in 1996 and began serving as a Judge in the Seoul District Court and the Seoul High Court. He then served as a Judge in the Seoul District Northern Branch Court and went on to serve on the Chuncheon District Court.

He was also a member of Revision Committee of Commercial Law (Corporation) at Ministry of Justice from 2011 to 2012, and has been an edition staff of Justice at Korea Legal Center since 2012.

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Experience

Member, Civil Law Amendment Commission, Ministry of Justice (2023.6.-Present)

Edition Staff, Justice, Korea Legal Center (2012.8.-Present)

Member, Revision Committee of Commercial Law (Corporation), Ministry of Justice (2011.1.-2012.12.)

Kim & Chang (2007-Present)

Judge, Seoul High Court (2006-2007)

Member, Maintenance Committee of Criminal substantive law, Ministry of Justice (2005-2006)

Deputy Director General, Litigation Bureau, Court Administration Office of the Supreme Court of Korea (2004-2006)

Judge, Chuncheon District Court (2000-2004)

Judge, Seoul District Court Northern Branch (1998-2000)

Judge, Seoul District Court (1996-1998)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1993-1996)

Representative Mattersshow

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advised on the injunction of a construction firm, etc.
Advised on stock purchasing decisions, etc.
Advised on a shareholder management dispute (Preliminary injunction prohibiting holding of shareholders' meeting, claim for access to books of account, etc.)

Criminal Defense

Advised on cases of malpractice, embezzlement, bribery, etc.

Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act

Advised on cartel cases for alcohol, food and oil refinery companies, etc.
Advised on criminal cases related to fair trade.

Trade Secrets

Advised on corporations’ skills drain cases for heavy industries, automobiles and OLED display companies, etc.

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities

The Scope of the KFTC’s Exclusive Whistleblower and Prosecutorial Prosecution Power (2008)
Internet and Freedom of Expression (2003)
The Scope of the Doctrine of the Equivalents (2002)
Recognition of Depositors Under the Real-name Financial System (2000)
Presumptive Power of Preservation Register Under the Special Measures Act (1993)