Profile
Experience
Legal Interpretation Committee Board, Korea Ministry of Government Legislation (2017.5.-Present)
TF Member of P2P Loan Plan, Financial Services Commission (2016)
Audit Advisor, Statistics Korea (2015-2019)
Legal Advisor, Statistics Korea (2011-2013)
Kim & Chang (2008-Present)
Deputy Director, Statistics Korea (1998-2006)
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Leading Individual, Chambers Fintech Guide (Chambers and Partners, 2022-2023)
- Notable Practitioner, Chambers Fintech Guide (Chambers and Partners, 2020-2021)
Publications/Activities
- An Introduction to FinTech Legal: South Korea, Chambers Professional-Advisers FinTech 2022 (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2021)
- An Introduction to South Korea FinTech, Chambers Professional-Advisers FinTech 2021 (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2020)
- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – Blockchain (Edition 1-2): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Legalease, 2019-2020)
- The Concept and Legal Issues of Open Banking, BFL Vol. 99 (Co-author, Center for Financial Law, Seoul National University, 2020)
- The Financial Technology Law Review (Edition 2-4): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2019-2021)
- Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2020: Korea chapter (Co-author, Global Legal Group, 2019)
- Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Fintech 2020: Korea chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2019)
- The Study of the Implementation of Information Protection Technology for MyData in Financial Sector (Co-author, Financial Service Commission, 2019)
- The Study of the System of Electronic Finance Industry for FinTech Innovation (Co-author, Financial Service Commission, 2018)
- The Virtual Currency Regulation Law Review (Edition 1, 3): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2018, 2020)
- Global Legal Insights – Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation: Korea chapter (Co-author, Global Legal Group, 2018)
- Getting the Deal Through – Fintech: Korea chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2017-2018)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to Fintech: Korea chapter (Co-author, Global Legal Group, 2017-2019)
- Getting the Deal Through – Fintech: Korea chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2017)
- Fin-tech Trends of Major Country and the Possibility of Its Application to Korea (Co-author, The Bank of Korea, Research and services report, 2016.9.)
- The Study of Implementation of the FATF Recommendations Regarding a Measure to Prevent Money Laundering by Using Corporation and Trust (Co-author, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, Research and services reports, 2011.12.)
Education
University of Southern California (Visiting Scholar, 2014)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2008)
Department of Economics, Seoul National University (B.A., 1998)
Passed the 41st Higher Civil Service Examination (Finance & Economics Section, 1997)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2008
Actuary, Korea, 2015
CPA, Korea, 2004
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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Newsletters
Proposed Amendments to Electronic Financial Transactions Act
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Recognitions
Ranked “Band 1” for the Seventh Consecutive Year – Chambers FinTech Guide 2025
2024.12.05 -
Newsletters
Government’s System Improvement Plan in Response to WeMakePrice and TMON Incident
2024.10.25 -
Newsletters
FSC and FSS Introduce Roadmap for Reforming Network Separation Regulations in the Financial Industry
2024.08.28 -
Newsletters
Enactment of Regulations on the Investigation of Virtual Asset Markets
2024.07.19 -
Newsletters
Guidelines on Criteria for NFT Categorization as Virtual Assets
2024.06.18