Jin Woong LEE - Kim & Chang

Bio

Jin Woong Lee is an attorney at Kim & Chang. Mr. Lee is engaged in litigation and advisory services in the field of corporate restructuring based on his 20 years of experience in the court of Korea.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Lee served as a judge and presiding judge at Seoul Bankruptcy Court, Seoul Central District Court, Seoul Southern District Court, and Seoul Western District Court, where he was in charge of judicial affairs in various fields, including civil, criminal, warrant, bankruptcy, and injunction cases. In particular, he has expertise in corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy procedures through his work in Seoul Bankruptcy Court, Seoul Central District Court, and Suwon District Court. In addition, he has an extensive experience in judicial administration related to trials in the National Court Administration.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2024-Present)

Presiding Judge, Seoul Western District Court (2022-2024)

Presiding Judge, Seoul Southern District Court (2020-2022)

Member, International Insoolvency Institute (2018-Present)

Presiding Judge, Seoul Bankruptcy Court (2017-2020)

Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court (2017)

Presiding Judge, Gwangju District Court (2016-2017)

Secretary, Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Committeee, National Court Administration (2014-2016)

Director of Judicial Procedure, Judicial Procedure Office of National Court Administration, Supreme Court of Korea (2014-2016)

Judge, Seoul Central District Court (2010-2014)

Judge, Suwon District Court (2007-2010)

Judge, Busan District Court (2004-2007)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force (2003-2006)

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Publications/Activities

Minority shareholder’s right to review or copy accounting books in Business reorganization procedure (Lawtimes, 2021.2.)
Prepackaged Plan Reorganization Procedure (Co-author, Center for Financial Law, 2018.11.)
Enactment of Seoul Bankruptcy Court Procedural Guidelines and Its Main Contents (Co-author, Lawyers Association, 2017)
Insolvency Systems in 7 countries; A Global Perspective - Summarizing Discussions in the 2017 Judicial Conference on Insolvency, Seoul Bankruptcy Court (Co-author, Lawyers Association, 2017)
Indenture Trustee in Business Reorganization Procedure (Insolvency Law Institute of Korea, 2013)
The attributes of small business reorganization and some suggestions on improving the small business rehabilitation procedure (Judicial Development Foundation, 2013)
Some Issues Concerning Holding the Stakeholders’ Meetings in Business Reorganization Procedure - Focusing on Combining the Meetings (Korean Society of Law, 2013)
The Investment of private equity fund in the corporation under the court’s business reorganization process and the termination of the reorganization process - Introduction of a bankruptcy court case and some legal issues on it (Lawyers Association, 2011)