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Namsu KIM Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-1553 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Namsu KIM Attorney
Namsu KIM Attorney

Namsu KIMAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-1553 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.namsu.kim@kimchang.com

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Namsu Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice focuses on Antitrust & Competition, Corporate Investigation & White Collar Defense, Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, and International Practice. 

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served as a public prosecutor from 2009 to 2021, which allowed him to develop extensive experience and considerable expertise in antitrust & competition, corporate investigation and international criminal cases. As a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office and Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office, he investigated multiple high-profile antitrust and corruption cases including collusive bidding in key industries, supply chain corruption in thermal power stations and bribery for tax officials. While serving for the International Criminal Affairs Division of the Ministry of Justice, he dealt with extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) in the realm of international criminal justice such as bribery for foreign government officials and market manipulation of foreign financial corporations. 

Mr. Kim also took charge of revising the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and published papers on collaboration among competitors in the US during his service for the Ministry of Justice. In recognition of his contribution to antitrust & competition, he was awarded with a commendation from the Prosecutor General in 2014 and a commendation from the Minister of Justice in 2021.

Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2021-Present) 

Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2020) 

International Criminal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2017-2019) 

United States Attorney’s Office (2016) 

Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2013-2015) 

Yeoju Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2011-2012) 

Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office (2009-2010) 

Representative Mattersshow

Antitrust & Competition
 
  • Collusive bidding in Korea’s subway construction project 
  • Collusive bidding in procurement for foreign governments 
  • Price-fixing in steel exports 
  • Took charge of revising the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and its framework
 
Corporate Investigation & White Collar Defense
 
  • Conglomerates’ slush fund in relation to the Four Major Rivers Project 
  • Private universities’ slush fund and illegal subsidy 
  • Abuse of authority in relation to the consturction of an administrative city 
  • Foreign car makers’ emission manipulation 
  • Market manipulation of foreign financial corporations
 
Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance
 
  • Corruption in construction and supply of thermal power stations 
  • Bribery of tax officials and employees of government-owned corporations 
  • Bribery of foreign government officials in military base construction 
  • Corruption in Seoul’s urban redevelopment project 
  • Test report fabrication in military supply contracts

Representative Activitiesshow

Awards

  • Rising Star, 2023 Lawyer Evaluation : Corporate Crime (The JoongAng and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2023)
  • Commendation from the Minister of Justice (2021)
  • Commendation from the Prosecutor General (2014)

Publications/Activities
    • Extent of Tacit Agreement Recognized in Collaboration Among Competitors in the US (Institute of Justice, 2017)

Education

    University of Southern California (LL.M., 2016)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2009)

    Seoul National University (LL.B., 2006)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2009

Languages

Korean and English

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Namsu KIM
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-1553      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092
     


  




Namsu Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice focuses on Antitrust & Competition, Corporate Investigation & White Collar Defense, Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, and International Practice. 

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served as a public prosecutor from 2009 to 2021, which allowed him to develop extensive experience and considerable expertise in antitrust & competition, corporate investigation and international criminal cases. As a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office and Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office, he investigated multiple high-profile antitrust and corruption cases including collusive bidding in key industries, supply chain corruption in thermal power stations and bribery for tax officials. While serving for the International Criminal Affairs Division of the Ministry of Justice, he dealt with extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) in the realm of international criminal justice such as bribery for foreign government officials and market manipulation of foreign financial corporations. 

Mr. Kim also took charge of revising the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and published papers on collaboration among competitors in the US during his service for the Ministry of Justice. In recognition of his contribution to antitrust & competition, he was awarded with a commendation from the Prosecutor General in 2014 and a commendation from the Minister of Justice in 2021.






    Kim & Chang (2021-Present) 

    Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2020) 

    International Criminal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2017-2019) 

    United States Attorney’s Office (2016) 

    Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2013-2015) 

    Yeoju Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2011-2012) 

    Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office (2009-2010) 






Antitrust & Competition
 
  •   Collusive bidding in Korea’s subway construction project 
  •   Collusive bidding in procurement for foreign governments 
  •   Price-fixing in steel exports 
  •   Took charge of revising the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and its framework
 
Corporate Investigation & White Collar Defense
 
  •   Conglomerates’ slush fund in relation to the Four Major Rivers Project 
  •   Private universities’ slush fund and illegal subsidy 
  •   Abuse of authority in relation to the consturction of an administrative city 
  •   Foreign car makers’ emission manipulation 
  •   Market manipulation of foreign financial corporations
 
Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance
 
  •   Corruption in construction and supply of thermal power stations 
  •   Bribery of tax officials and employees of government-owned corporations 
  •   Bribery of foreign government officials in military base construction 
  •   Corruption in Seoul’s urban redevelopment project 
  •   Test report fabrication in military supply contracts





Awards

  •   Rising Star, 2023 Lawyer Evaluation : Corporate Crime (The JoongAng and Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2023)
  •   Commendation from the Minister of Justice (2021)
  •   Commendation from the Prosecutor General (2014)

Publications/Activities

  •   Extent of Tacit Agreement Recognized in Collaboration Among Competitors in the US (Institute of Justice, 2017)





Education

    University of Southern California (LL.M., 2016)

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2009)

    Seoul National University (LL.B., 2006)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2009


Languages
  •    Korean and English





Antitrust & Competition ,  Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense ,  Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance ,  International Practice ,  Real Estate