Donggyun HONG - Kim & Chang

Bio

Donggyun Hong is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He provides legal advice in financial areas, including regulations on business activities, inspection, and sanctions against major financial investment companies, and unfair trade investigations and securities crimes investigations within capital markets.

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Hong worked as a working-level official and team head at the Financial Supervisory Service (“FSS”) for 19 years, mainly performing working-level and legal reviews in the area of capital market regulation, such as audits of financial investment companies, examination of securities registration statements and equity disclosures, investigation of various disclosure violations, investigation and inquiries of unfair trade practices such as market manipulation, as well as responding to the Securities and Futures Commission.

In particular, as a key member of the FSS’s Capital Market Judiciary Enforcement Unit, he was in charge of the overall investigation process, including interrogation of suspects, search and seizure, execution of arrest warrants, digital forensics, and keeping the prosecutor’s indictment.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2025.9.-Present)

Head, Special Review Team, Disclosure Review Department, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) (2025.1.-2025.6.)

Head, Disclosure Investigation Team, Disclosure Review Department, FSS (2024.7.-2024.12.)

Enforcement Review Department, FSS (2024.1.-2024.7.)

Capital Market Judiciary Enforcement Unit, FSS (2022-2023)

Financial Investment Examination Department, FSS (2021)

Accounting Investigation Department, FSS (2019-2020)

Special Investigation Department, FSS (2014-2015)

Corporate Disclosure Department, FSS (2012-2013)

Joint Savings Bank Investigation Team, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2011-2012)

Financial & Tax Crimes Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2011)

Accounting Supervisory Department, FSS (2009-2010)

Asset Management Examination Department, FSS (2007-2008)

Finance Advisory Service Department, Samil Pwc (2005-2006)

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Awards

Excellence Award, Research Paper Contest (FSS, 2022)
Commendation from the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (2013, 2020)

Publications/Activities

Publications

Global Regulatory Status of ICO and STO and Plans for Domestic Regulatory Introduction (FSS, 2021.12.)
Clause-by-Clause Case Analysis of the Accounting Supervision System (FSS, 2019.12.)
“Issuance and Expected Effects of Secured Bonds” (Korea Listed Companies Association (KLCA), 2013.7.)

Speaking Engagements

“Practical Investigation and Case Studies on Securities Unfair Trade Practices,” Competency Enhancement Training (Seoul Southern District Court, 2023.7.)
Lecture on Examination Academy (FSS, 2021-2022)
Lecture on Unfair Trade Practices (KLCA, 2014-2015)
Lecture on Corporate Disclosure Regulations (KLCA, 2012-2013)