Yoon & Yang LLC

Yoon & Yang LLC

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Young Ki Kim

Young Ki Kim

Yoon & Yang LLC, South Korea

Work Department

Corporate Criminal Defense, Finance ∙ Capital Markets, Unfair Trade Investigation ∙ Accounting Audit, IPO ∙ Listing Eligibility Reviews, Antitrust & Competition, Corporate Governance, Management Rights Disputes, Elections ∙ Labor, Workplace Safety ∙ Serious Accidents, Criminal Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

  • 2020-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2025-present Outside Director, Daewoo Development Co., Ltd.
  • 2025-present Auditor, Yegang Foundation
  • 2023-present Auditor, Korean Securities Law Association
  • 2022-present Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Law, Yonsei University (Lectures on capital market, unfair trading practice, corporate management, and legal doctrine on breach of trust duty)
  • 2021-present External Member of the Personnel Committee, KBS Symphony Orchestra
  • 2021-present Integrity Citizen Auditor (Audit Advisory Committee Member), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
  • 2021-present Member of the Corporate Review Committee, KOSDAQ (Substantive review of delisting decisions)
  • 2021-present Outside Director, Klean Nara Co., Ltd.
  • 2020-present Corporate Advisor - CJ Group, Kakao Entertainment Co., Ltd., Kiwoom Securities Co., Ltd., Kiwoom Investment Co., Ltd., Hancom Co., Ltd., KT Corp., KnB Co., Ltd., CHA Partners Asset Management Co., Ltd., Hankook & Company, and others
  • 2025 Editorial Staff, The Josun Ilbo and Money Today
  • 2023 Appeared on EBS (Business Review “Young Ki Kim’s View of Legal Risks that can Become Management Risks”)
  • 2021 Editorial Staff of “Law Story”, The JoongAng Ilbo (“Young Ki-Kim’s Story on Capital Market Law”)
  • 2021 Editorial Staff, The Maeil Business Newspaper
  • 2021 Lectured on capital market law and unfair trading practice, Seoul National University (Finance Law Center) and Judicial Research and Training Center (Training for judiciary officers)
  • 2020 Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Division 3, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2019 Chief, Securities Crimes Joint Investigation Task Force, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2018 Head, Public Security Division 3, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2017 Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Division 5 (Corporate Labor Crime Division), Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2016 Chief Prosecutor, Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office (Namwon Branch)
  • 2015 Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (Government Joint Investigation Task Force for Crimes Involving Personal Information, High-Tech Crime Investigation Division 1)
  • 2014 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2012 Dispatched to Korea Exchange (KRX)
  • 2011 Prosecutor, Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2009 Prosecution Research Officer, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (Future Planning Division)
  • 2007-08 Training at French National School of the Judiciary (Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature)
  • 2005-06 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2005 Prosecutor, Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2003 Prosecutor, Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office (Chungju Branch)
  • 2001-03 Prosecutor, Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office

Languages

Korean, English, French

Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (2001)

Education

  • 2017 Yonsei University Graduate School (LL.D. in Capital Market Law)
  • 2001 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 2000 Yonsei University Graduate School (LL.M. in Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act)
  • 1995 Yonsei University (B.A. in Law)

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