Hyun-Jeong KANG - Kim & Chang

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Hyun-Jeong Kang is an attorney at Kim & Chang. Her practice focuses on securities & banking regulations, fintech/e-banking, e-business and personal information protection. She also has extensive experience in litigation and transaction relating to banking, securities and finance.

Throughout her career, Ms. Kang has been actively involved in many high-profile transactions concerning issues such as financial products, derivatives and business confidentiality. She also has advised clients on matters relating to financial regulations and information security/personal information protection, among others.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Ms. Kang was a partner at Shin & Kim in Korea, where she worked for fifteen years. Recognized for her expertise, she has been commissioned as a member of AI Working Group for the Financial Services Commission (since 2020), Capital Market Review Deliberation Committee for the Securities & Futures Commission (since 2020), and Records Appraisal Deliberation Committee for KoFIU (since 2016). She was also a member of the Regulation-Free Special Zone Subcommittee for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (2019), the Medical Personal Information Non-Identification Measure Evaluation Committee for the Social Security Information Service (2016-2020), and Personal Information Non-Identification Measure Evaluation Committee for the Financial Security Institute (2016-2018).

She has authored various publications, including: “Analysis of Cases of Damage Litigations Brought Against The Asset Managers of Public Pension Funds, and the Implications Thereof” (BFL); “Korea” chapter in the seventh and eight editions of “The Dispute Resolution Review” (Law Business Research); and “South Korea: Recent Trends in Data Breach and the Increase in Penalties” (Data Protection Law & Policy).

Ms. Kang completed “Finance and Law Course on New Phenomenon and Issues of Financial Transactions” and “Finance and Law Course on Issues of Insolvency Law” from Seoul National University in 2016 and 2015, respectively. She received her M.B.A. from KAIST Graduate School of Finance in 2015, and completed a program in advanced financial management at UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business in 2013. She attended the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2006, and was admitted to the Korean bar in 2006. She received her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Seoul National University in 2002.

She is fluent in Korean and English.

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Experience

Member, Law Interpretation Review Committee, Financial Services Commission (2021.2.-Present)

Kim & Chang (2021-Present)

Member, Pseudonymized Data Combination Appropriateness Evaluation Committee, Korea Credit Information Service (2020.9.-Present)

Member, Capital Market Review Deliberation Committee, Securities & Futures Commission (2020.4.-2022.4.)

Member, Regulation-Free Special Zone (blockchain, bio, autonomous driving) Subcommittee, Ministry of SMEs and Startups (2019)

Expert, Financial Dispute Settlement Committee, Financial Supervisory Service (2016-Present)

Member, Medical Personal Information Non-Identification Measure Evaluation Committee, Social Security Information Service (2016-2020.8.)

Member, Personal Information Non-Identification Measure Evaluation Committee, Financial Security Institute (2016-2018)

Member, Records Appraisal Deliberation Committee, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) (2016-Present)

Shin & Kim LLC (2006-2020)

Representative Mattersshow

Securities, Finance, and Banking

Advised on litigation related to mis-selling
Advised on litigation related to unfair trading under the Capital Markets Act
Advised on litigation related to total return swap, derivatives-linked securities and derivatives
Advised on litigation related to financial accidents such as erroneous option orders
Advised on litigation related to market manipulation on ELS pre-payment date
Advised on litigation related to seeking return of overseas bonds
Advised on litigation related to foreign exchange hedge transactions including KIKO and Snowball
Advised on litigation related to alternative investment such as domestic and overseas real estate funds

Information Protection, Fintech, and E-Business

Advised on personal information protection, de-identification/pseudonymization and big data
Advised on MyData project
Advised on the establishment of digital platforms for financial firms
Advised on personal information related to connected cars of local and overseas automobile business operators
Advised on personal information regulation compliance
Advised on litigation related to personal information leakage
Advised on big data projects in the healthcare sector
Advised on advertising ID and online personalized advertisements

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

Commendation from the Chairman of Financial Services Commission (2022.10.)
Leading Lawyer, Legal Times: Securities & Finance (Legal Times, 2022)

Publications/Activities

[Publications]

South Korea: Recent Trends in Data Breach and the Increase in Penalties (Data Protection Law & Policy, 2015.11.)
The Dispute Resolution Review (Edition 7-8): Korea Chapter (Law Business Research, 2015-2016)
An Empirical Study of Volume and Volatility Effects Associated with ELS Issuance Scale (Master’s thesis, 2015)
South Korea: Supreme Court Clarifies Wiretapping Evidence Admissibility in KakaoTalk Case, September 2016 (DataGuidance Guidance Daily News Report, 2016.11.)
South Korea: KCC Takes “Strict” Position Against App Providers (OneTrust DataGuidance, 2016.9.)
Analysis of Cases of Damage Litigations Brought Against the Asset Managers of Public Pension Funds, and the Implications Thereof, BFL No. 77 (Co-author, 2016.5.)
South Korea – Data Transfers (OneTrust DataGuidance, 2016.4.)

[Activities]

Member, AI Working Group, Financial Services Commission (2020.7.-Present)
Panel, My Data Forum, Financial Services Commission (2020.6.)
Panel, Public Hearing on Revised Bill of the Three Data Privacy Laws (Jointly held by relevant ministries, 2020.3.)
Taskforce team for the establishment of personal information protection guideline for online advertising, Korea Communications Commission (2016.12.)

Education

Seoul National University (Finance and Law Course on New Phenomenon and Issues of Financial Transactions, 2016)

Seoul National University (Finance and Law Course on Issues of Insolvency Law, 2015)

Graduate School of Finance, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technolog (KAIST) (M.B.A., 2015)

University of California, Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business (Program in Advanced Financial Management, 2013)

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2006)

Seoul National University (B.E., Computer Engineering, 2002)

Qualifications

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2006

Languages

Korean and English

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