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Bumkyu Sung

+82 2 3703 1711 bumkyu.sung@kimchang.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Regulation & Compliance; Securities; Fintech & IT Compliance; AML Compliance; Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance; Banking; Hong Kong; Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Career

Bumkyu Sung started practicing law as an attorney in 1999 and joined Kim & Chang in 2008. His practice focuses on compliance, audit and internal control of financial companies including banking, securities and finance-technology (Fintech) companies.

His primary area of expertise includes AML, anti-bribery (FCPA) and internal investigation of domestic and global financial institutions that conduct business in Korea in accordance with relevant regulations. Mr. Sung also manages regulator issues of the global financial companies for business license, outsourcing, electronic finance, FX, cross-border business, etc.

Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Sung served as senior in-house counsel of Citibank Korea Inc., where he advised on various issues including corporate banking, private banking and asset management. He also served as head of the compliance department at Citigroup Global Markets Korea Securities Inc., managing internal control standards and the company’s relationship with government.

Mr. Sung received an LL.M. in Corporate Law from New York University School of Law in 2003, an LL.M. in Taxation from Seoul National University Graduate School of Law in 1999, and an LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 1994. He graduated the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1996. Mr. Sung is admitted to the New York bar and the Korean bar.

Languages

Korean and English

Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1996; New York, 2003

Education

Graduate School of Finance and Macroeconomic Policy, KDI School of Public Policy and Management (Completed Master’s Coursework, 2016)
New York University School of Law (LL.M., Corporate Law, 2003)
Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (LL.M., Taxation, 1999)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1996)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 1994)