Bio
Profile
Experience
Member, Executive Committee, The 20th Seoul International Eco Film Festival (2023)
Member, Korean Academy of Environmental Science (2023-Present)
Outside Director (Chair of the ESG Committee), Samsung Electro-Mechanics (2022-Present)
Member, Corporate ESG Promotion TF, Korean Bar Association (2021-Present)
Opening Preparatory Committee Member, Green Hydrogen Forum, Korea Green Foundation (2021-Present)
Member, National Biodiversity Commission (2020-2022)
Vice President, Korean Environmental Law Association (2018-Present)
Member, Seoul Administrative Appeals Commission (2018-Present)
Member, National Environmental Dispute Resolution Commission (2017-2023)
Member, Commission on Sustainable Development (2015-2016)
Member, Statutory Interpretation Deliberation Commission, Ministry of Government Legislation (2014-2017)
Legal Adviser, Ministry of Environment (2013-2016, 2017-2018, 2021-2022)
Legal Adviser, Environment Resources Corporation (2007)
Allen & Overy LLP (2004-2005)
Kim & Chang (1999-Present)
Representative Activitiesshow
Awards
- Global Elite Thought Leader Who’s Who Legal: Environment (Who’s Who Legal, 2024)
- Commendation from the President (for Conservation of the Environment, 2022)
- Leading Practitioner, Expert Guides - Women in Business Law: Environment (Expert Guides, 2022)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Climate Change (Who’s Who Legal, 2021-2024)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Korea, Environment (Who’s Who Legal, 2019-2024)
- Leading Lawyer, Who’s Who Legal: Environment (Who’s Who Legal, 2011-2019, 2021-2023)
Publications/Activities
- Lexology Getting the Deal Through - Environment 2022: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2021)
- Lexology Getting the Deal Through - Climate Regulation 2022: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2021)
- A Study on Effective Means to Secure Performance of Duties under the Act on the Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances and the Chemical Control Act (Environmental Law Study, 36-2, Environmental Law Association, 2014)
- Analysis of Legal Disputes under EU-ETS (Final Report Commissioned by Ministry of Knowledge Economy’s Policy Research Department, 2011)
- Getting the Deal Through - Climate Regulation 2009: Korea section (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2009)
- Getting the Deal Through - Environment 2007: Korea section (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2007)
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to Environment Law 2007: Korea section (Co-author, Global Legal Group, 2007)
Education
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (LL.M., Environmental Law., 2005)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1999)
College of the Humanities, Seoul National University (B.Lit., 1991)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1999
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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Recognitions
151 Professionals Selected as “National Leaders” – WWL: Korea 2024
2024.07.17 -
Newsletters
Supreme Court Eases Plaintiff’s Burden to Prove Causation for Environmental Damage
2024.06.18 -
Newsletters
Domestic and Overseas Climate Disclosure Standards and Policy Trends
2024.06.18 -
Newsletters
Korea Environmental Legal Update (Summer 2024)
2024.06.18 -
Newsletters
Domestic and Overseas Climate Disclosure Standards and Policy Trends
2024.04.15 -
Newsletters
The National Assembly Enacts Act on the Capture, Transportation, Storage and Utilization of Carbon Dioxide
2024.03.08