Sung Yun KANG - Kim & Chang

Bio

Sung Yun Kang is an attorney at Kim & Chang whose practice focuses on transactional matters, including financial regulations, compliance and licensing. She especially concentrates her transactional practice on rapidly evolving areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), fintech, IT, digital assets, security token offering (STO), fractional investment, sandbox, foreign exchange (F/X), anti-money laundering (AML), and privacy and information protection.

Ms. Kang has extensive experience in M&As, particularly regarding financial institutions, foreign direct investment, overseas investment, joint venture investment and corporate governance and shareholder disputes.

She advises across a wide range of clients including domestic and overseas financial corporations as well as e-business, gaming, entertainment, digital finance, IT, start-up, fintech and virtual asset exchange companies.

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Profile

Experience

Kim & Chang (2021-Present)

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2014-2021)

Representative Mattersshow

Financial Regulations & Fintech

Advised on a financial institution’s project, new product and corporate governance.
Advised on the establishment and license acquisition of an internet-only bank.
Advised on financial, e-financial, information protection, F/X and AML regulation matters of local and international fintech companies, financial institutions and virtual asset exchanges.
Advised on F/X regulation issues arising from Bitcoin transactions.

M&A

Advised on the acquisition of a Korean bank and security company by a Korean financial company.
Advised on the investment in overseas financial institutions by a Korean financial company.
Advised on the investment in a Korean life insurance company by an overseas life insurance company.
Advised on the investment in a Korean facial mask manufacturing company by an overseas financial company.
Advised on an all-inclusive share swap between Korean financial companies.
Advised on the investment in a Korean information company by a Korean IT company.
Advised on shareholder disputes and represented clients in related litigations.

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Publications/Activities

An Introduction to FinTech Legal: South Korea, Chambers Professional-Advisers FinTech 2023 (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2022)
Opening the floor for global discussions: regulatory transition around digital assets in South Korea (Co-author, IFLR, 2022)
Studies on Social Economic Laws (Co-author, Kyungin Publishing, 2018)
Beyond Bank Ownership Restrictions, IFLR Asia-Pacific FinTech Special Focus (Co-author, 2017)