Yeon Soo JUNG - Kim & Chang

Bio

Yeon Soo Jung is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices primarily in corporate investigations and white collar defense, securities regulation, capital markets, investment management and Japanese practice.

Mr. Jung has a track record of serving the public for more than 26 years at the Prosecutors' Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) and the Financial Supervisory Service. As a public prosecutor for 21 years at the Prosecutors' Office, he handled criminal cases with a particular emphasis on economic and financial fraud cases. During his tenure as the Head of Review and Analysis Office at the Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) of Korea Financial Services Commission, he helped establish KoFIU as a nationally as well as a globally recognized anti-money laundering authority by setting up a computer system to improve financial transparency and better identify criminal money sources. As Deputy Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service from June 2008 to May 2013, he assumed the responsibility of presiding over business regarding capital market investigations, corporate disclosures and examinations of financial investment companies. He has made efforts to raise transparency and fairness in capital markets in the course of his dealings with about 1,000 cases of capital markets investigation.

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Experience

Member, Nationality Review Committee, Ministry of Justice (2016.3.-Present)

Member, Immigration Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Justice (2016.1.-Present)

Member, Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (2015.2.-2017.2.)

Kim & Chang (2013.10.-Present)

Member, Administrative Appeals Commission, Office of the President (2013.8.-2017.8.)

Deputy Governor, Financial Supervisory Service (2008-2013)

Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (2007-2008)

Senior Prosecutor, Head of Hongsung Branch of Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office (2006-2007)

Senior Prosecutor, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (2004-2006)

Head of review and analysis office, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, Financial Services Commission (2001-2004)

Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors' Office (2000-2001)

Senior Prosecutor, Head of Namwon Branch of Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office (1999-2000)

Prosecutor (1987-1999)

-Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office

-Gyeongju Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office

-Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office

-Daegu District Prosecutors' Office

-Ministry of Justice

-Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office

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Publications/Activities

IFLR Magazine - Asia FinTech Special Focus: “Keeping up with business regulation” (Co-author, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2016.5.)
South Korea: Anti-Money Laundering Overview (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2015)
Special lecture - Security Crimes of Korea (College of Law, KEIO University, 2013.10.)