姜成潤 - Kim & Chang |金・張法律事務所

紹介

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, fintech and blockchain companies, 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 or NFT platform companies.

経歴

ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association) Fintech Working Group, AI Sub-Working Group (2024)

Advisor for “Assessment on the Pseudonymized or Anonymized Data,” Financial Security Institute (FSI) (2024)

Advisor for “NFT Copyright Standards,” Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) (2023)

Advisor for “Blockchain Support Project 2024,” KISA (2023)

Kim & Chang (2021-Present)

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (2014-2021)

主な実績View All

Blockchain and Digital Assets

Advised onVirtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Report.
Advised on creating an ecosystem for digital assets.
Advised on staking and DeFi services.
Advised on digital asset platforms.
Advised on regulatory issues related to overseas Play-to-Earn (P2E) games.
Advised on Web3 projects.
Advised on disputes over virtual assets.

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.

主な活動View All

著書/活動

Speaker, “Key Regulations and Issues in Financial AI,” The 30th Network Security Conference - Korea (KISA, 2024)
South Korea: An Introduction to South Korea (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2023)
Korea: The Current Regulatory Landscape for Crypto Assets (Co-author, IFLR, 2023)
Lecturer, “Virtual Asset Regulation in the US,” US Anti-Money Laundering and Recent Trends (Korea Banking Institute, 2023)
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)