Joon Young Kim

Practice Areas

Fintech & IT Compliance, Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Insurance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Non-Bank Financial Companies, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes, Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Finance, and Corporation Law.

Career

Joon Young Kim is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice focuses on fintech, metaverse, blockchain & digital assets, e-business, TMT, insurance, mergers & acquisitions, non-bank financial companies, corporate governance and foreign direct investment. Mr. Kim regularly advises financial industry and e-business industry clients on regulatory, governance, and corporate law-related matters.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar and New York Bar.

Publications

‘First Step Towards the Right Direction: Regulatory Guidance on Security Tokens in Korea, International Journal of Blockchain Law, Vol.5’ (Co-author, Global Blockchain Business Council, 2023);

‘Insurance & Fintech - Key Legal Issues regarding InsurTech, BFL Vol.108’ (Co-author, Seoul National University Financial Law Center, 2021);

‘An Introduction to FinTech Legal: South Korea, Chambers Professional-Advisers FinTech 2022’ (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2021);

‘Practical Law - FinTech in South Korea: Overview’ (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2021).

Personal

Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2016);

Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (LL.M., 2009);

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2007);

Seoul National University (LL.B., 2005).