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Young Joon KIM Attorney

Young Joon KIM Attorney
Young Joon KIM Attorney

Young Joon KIMAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-4640 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.youngjoon.kim1@kimchang.com

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Young Joon Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices in the digital assets, fintech, insurance and game industries, among others. His major clients include fintech companies, Virtual Asset Service Providers (“VASP”), financial companies, and game companies.

Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2019-Present)

Representative Mattersshow

Digital Assets
 
  • Advised on reporting on a virtual asset service provider under the Specified Financial Information Act.
  • Advised on the issuance and management of digital assets through overseas subsidiaries.
  • Advised on the listing and delisting of digital assets on digital asset exchanges.
  • Advised on determining whether digital assets are securities.
  • Advised on responding to a regulator’s audit and sanctions against the VASP.
  • Acted as lead counsel for the VASP in civil disputes against users.
  • Advised on payment services using digital assets.
  • Advised on decentralized services such as DeFi or DEX.
  • Advised on user protection and unfair trading regulation under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.
 
Fintech and Electronic Finance
 
  • Advised on registration of electronic financial business.
  • Advised on response to regulator's audit and sanctions against electronic financial business operators.
  • Advised on application for designation as innovative financial services.
  • Advised on simple payment service using electronic prepayment means.
  • Advised on reorganization of electronic financial business entities.
  • Advised on proposed amendment to the Electronic Financial Transaction Act.
  • Advised on determination of whether an online platform operator conducts electronic financial business.
  • Advised on the internet bank license application.
 
Insurance
 
  • Advised a battery manufacturer regarding insurance claims arising from battery fires.
  • Assisted for an insurance company in responding to inspections conducted by the financial regulators.
  • Advised an insurance company in drafting the accountability structure.
  • Advised on response to regulator's audit and sanctions against insurers.
  • Acted as lead counsel for an insurer in a civil lawsuit between the insurer and a medical institution.
  • Advised on insurance companies' M&A.
  • Advised on insurers' internal controls.
  • Advised on life insurance suicide dispute.
  • Acted as lead counsel for an insurer related to cataract surgery.
  • Advised on the eligibility for insurance claims under corporate insurance policy.
 
Game
 
  • Acted as the lead counsel for blockchain game companies in a lawsuit seeking the revocation of rating cancellation of blockchain games.
  • Advised on the business structure for the issuance and management of digital assets used for blockchain game services.
  • Acted as lead counsel for an online game company in a criminal case related to the violation of the Game Industry Promotion Act.
  • Advised on speculative acts and gambling regulations related to online games.
  • Advised on gaming Industry policy.
  • Advised on the introduction of mini-games in e-commerce platforms.
  • Policy advisory on improvements to prize regulations under the Game Industry Promotion Act.

Representative Activitiesshow

Publications/Activities
    • "Legal Issues and Challenges of Prepaid Electronic Payment Instruments - Focusing on the Revised Electronic Financial Transactions Act -", BFL No. 129 (Co-authored, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2025.1)
    • Speaker, “Domestic regulation and practice of STO and RWA,” Blockchain Expert Invitation Seminar (Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), 2024.5.)
    • Speaker, “Web 3.0 Games and the Game Industry Promotion Act,” Legal Issues of Digital Transformation (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), 2024.5.)
    • Speaker, “Legal Analysis of NFT Items,” Virtual Convergence Economy Revitalization Forum (Ministry of Science and ICT, etc., 2023.9.)
    • “Legal Issues of Blockchain Game Project,” BFL No.115 (Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2022.9.)
    • Speaker, “Legal Issues of Blockchain Games,” Regular Seminar (Capital Market Research Association, 2022.5.)
    • “A Study on the Search and Seizure of Electronic Information from the Viewpoint of Personal Information Protection” (Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology, 2020.11.)

Education

    School of Law, Seoul National University (Ph.D. Candidate, Corporate law, 2024)

    School of Law, Seoul National University (Financial Legal Research & Training Course, 2022)

    School of Law, Seoul National University (J.D., 2019)

    Seoul National University (B.A., Economics, 2014)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2019

Languages

Korean and English

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Young Joon KIM
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-4640      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Young Joon Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices in the digital assets, fintech, insurance and game industries, among others. His major clients include fintech companies, Virtual Asset Service Providers (“VASP”), financial companies, and game companies.






    Kim & Chang (2019-Present)






Digital Assets
 
  •   Advised on reporting on a virtual asset service provider under the Specified Financial Information Act.
  •   Advised on the issuance and management of digital assets through overseas subsidiaries.
  •   Advised on the listing and delisting of digital assets on digital asset exchanges.
  •   Advised on determining whether digital assets are securities.
  •   Advised on responding to a regulator’s audit and sanctions against the VASP.
  •   Acted as lead counsel for the VASP in civil disputes against users.
  •   Advised on payment services using digital assets.
  •   Advised on decentralized services such as DeFi or DEX.
  •   Advised on user protection and unfair trading regulation under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.
 
Fintech and Electronic Finance
 
  •   Advised on registration of electronic financial business.
  •   Advised on response to regulator's audit and sanctions against electronic financial business operators.
  •   Advised on application for designation as innovative financial services.
  •   Advised on simple payment service using electronic prepayment means.
  •   Advised on reorganization of electronic financial business entities.
  •   Advised on proposed amendment to the Electronic Financial Transaction Act.
  •   Advised on determination of whether an online platform operator conducts electronic financial business.
  •   Advised on the internet bank license application.
 
Insurance
 
  •   Advised a battery manufacturer regarding insurance claims arising from battery fires.
  •   Assisted for an insurance company in responding to inspections conducted by the financial regulators.
  •   Advised an insurance company in drafting the accountability structure.
  •   Advised on response to regulator's audit and sanctions against insurers.
  •   Acted as lead counsel for an insurer in a civil lawsuit between the insurer and a medical institution.
  •   Advised on insurance companies' M&A.
  •   Advised on insurers' internal controls.
  •   Advised on life insurance suicide dispute.
  •   Acted as lead counsel for an insurer related to cataract surgery.
  •   Advised on the eligibility for insurance claims under corporate insurance policy.
 
Game
 
  •   Acted as the lead counsel for blockchain game companies in a lawsuit seeking the revocation of rating cancellation of blockchain games.
  •   Advised on the business structure for the issuance and management of digital assets used for blockchain game services.
  •   Acted as lead counsel for an online game company in a criminal case related to the violation of the Game Industry Promotion Act.
  •   Advised on speculative acts and gambling regulations related to online games.
  •   Advised on gaming Industry policy.
  •   Advised on the introduction of mini-games in e-commerce platforms.
  •   Policy advisory on improvements to prize regulations under the Game Industry Promotion Act.





Publications/Activities

  •   "Legal Issues and Challenges of Prepaid Electronic Payment Instruments - Focusing on the Revised Electronic Financial Transactions Act -", BFL No. 129 (Co-authored, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2025.1)
  •   Speaker, “Domestic regulation and practice of STO and RWA,” Blockchain Expert Invitation Seminar (Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), 2024.5.)
  •   Speaker, “Web 3.0 Games and the Game Industry Promotion Act,” Legal Issues of Digital Transformation (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), 2024.5.)
  •   Speaker, “Legal Analysis of NFT Items,” Virtual Convergence Economy Revitalization Forum (Ministry of Science and ICT, etc., 2023.9.)
  •   “Legal Issues of Blockchain Game Project,” BFL No.115 (Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, 2022.9.)
  •   Speaker, “Legal Issues of Blockchain Games,” Regular Seminar (Capital Market Research Association, 2022.5.)
  •   “A Study on the Search and Seizure of Electronic Information from the Viewpoint of Personal Information Protection” (Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology, 2020.11.)





Education

    School of Law, Seoul National University (Ph.D. Candidate, Corporate law, 2024)

    School of Law, Seoul National University (Financial Legal Research & Training Course, 2022)

    School of Law, Seoul National University (J.D., 2019)

    Seoul National University (B.A., Economics, 2014)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2019


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Fintech & IT Compliance ,  Insurance ,  Game, Resort & Entertainment ,  Financial Regulation & Compliance ,  Privacy & Data Security ,  Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets