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Seong-joong Kim
Partner
- TEL 82 2 6182 8564
- FAX 82 2 6003 7038
- E-MAIL seongjoongkim@yoonyang.com
Biography
Seong-joong Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas are financial/capital market disputes, financial consumer protection regulations, insurance, media disputes and commercial disputes, etc.
Based on in-depth understanding of the overall industries, Mr. Kim effectively deals with a wide variety of legal matters. As a judge advocate for the Republic of Korea Army, he built hands-on experiences in construction and real estate, state contracts, national properties and BTL projects at the Defense Installations Agency. Since he was admitted to the Korean bar, he has handled various cases involving financial/media/commercial disputes, insurances and corporate criminal defense, while advising on corporate law and M&As at the same time. In particular, Mr. Kim worked at head offices of commercial banks, where he closely communicated with customers by providing rapid and reasonable solutions for diverse issues they faced, such as regulations on protection of financial consumers, and follow-up measures on incomplete sales of private equity funds, etc.
Based on in-depth understanding of the overall industries, Mr. Kim effectively deals with a wide variety of legal matters. As a judge advocate for the Republic of Korea Army, he built hands-on experiences in construction and real estate, state contracts, national properties and BTL projects at the Defense Installations Agency. Since he was admitted to the Korean bar, he has handled various cases involving financial/media/commercial disputes, insurances and corporate criminal defense, while advising on corporate law and M&As at the same time. In particular, Mr. Kim worked at head offices of commercial banks, where he closely communicated with customers by providing rapid and reasonable solutions for diverse issues they faced, such as regulations on protection of financial consumers, and follow-up measures on incomplete sales of private equity funds, etc.
Experience
- 2018-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2021-22 Head office of Shinhan Bank (secondment)
- 2021 Head office of Industrial Bank of Korea (secondment)
- 2016-18 DR & AJU LLC
- 2015-16 Judge Advocate, Defense Installations Agency
- 2013-15 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
Education
- 2022-23 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, Visiting Scholar
- 2016 Korea University Graduate School of Law (LL.D. course completion)
- 2013 Korea University School of Law, J.D.
- 2010 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.
Representative Matters
[Financial/Capital Market Disputes]
- Handled a litigation seeking restitution of investment and damage compensation in relation to incomplete sales of private equity funds, e.g. Lime Fund, by a commercial bank
- Represented a commercial bank in a litigation seeking restitution of unjust enrichment and damage compensation
[Financial Consumer Protection Regulations]
- Advised on enactment of the Act on the Protection of Financial Consumers
- Published online annotations on the newly enacted Act on the Protection of Financial Consumers
[Insurance]
- Represented a domestic insurance company in a litigation seeking payment of insurance in relation to the clause on primary sites in cancer insurance terms
[Media Disputes]
- Represented a savings bank in a litigation seeking correction of news, refuting report and damage compensation against an investigative reporting program (PD Notebook)
- Represented a defense industry company in a litigation seeking deletion of a video and damage compensation against a YouTube channel
[Commercial Disputes]
- Handled a litigation seeking restitution of unjust enrichment and transfer of share certificates in relation to exercise of stock options
- Handled a litigation seeking restitution of share prices in relation to a share purchase agreement
- Handled a litigation seeking implementation of the share transfer procedure
- Handled a litigation seeking performance of procedures for registration and cancellation of keun-mortgage and loans, etc.
[Construction Disputes]
- Represented a Korean constructor in a litigation seeking payment of construction cost (indirect cost) for construction of the camp and restaurant facilities of the 8th U.S. Army
- Represented a Korean constructor in a litigation seeking payment of construction cost (indirect cost) for a facility construction project (“Golden Bat Project”)
- Represented a Korean constructor in a litigation seeking payment of construction costs, service fees and shared construction costs, etc.
- Handled a litigation seeking restitution of unjust enrichment related to pre-sale fraud upon development of the Wirye New City
- Represented a Korean construction equipment manufacturer in a litigation seeking damage compensation for a heavy equipment accident
- Handled a litigation seeking payment of royalty on patent and design service fee in relation to EMP protective facility construction
[BTL Disputes]
- Handled a litigation seeking revocation of preferential bidder designation related to BTL project for Sinansan Line (light rail)
[Corporate Criminal Affairs]
- Handled the case on death by occupational negligence involving Oxy’s humidifier disinfectant-associated death
- Handled the case on death by occupational negligence involving Lotte Mart’s humidifier disinfectant-associated death
- Handled the case on breach of the Public Official Election Act involving the National Intelligence Service’s online politicking activities
- Handled the case on bribery in relation to the “Jung Unho Gate”
- Handled the case on obstruction of business in relation to unlawful recruitment of a defense industry company
- Handled the case on breach of Subsidy Management Act in relation to a care hospital (hospital owned by a non-medical personnel)
Insights
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Admitted to bar, Korea (2013)
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Korean and English
