Ms Sun Hee Kim > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Yulchon Offices

Yulchon
PARNAS TOWER 38F, 521 TEHERAN-RO
GANGNAM-GU
SEOUL 06164
South Korea
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Ms Sun Hee Kim

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+82-2-528-5838 kimsh@yulchon.com

Work Department

Intellectual Property, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Data Privacy, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence, e-Business and Fintech

Position

Partner

Career

Sun Hee Kim is a partner at Yulchon who focuses her practice on data protection, e-commerce, ICT and Fintech. She also has extensive experience in cross-border M&As. Sun Hee’s data protection practice includes advising clients on cross-border data transfers, data management strategies, responding to data breach incidents, data protection trainings, and data related compliance projects, litigations, and investigations. Sun Hee also advises on data protection issues in the context of M&A transactions, such as conducting due diligence on the target companies, and assisting with post-merger integrations. Sun Hee also actively advises both domestic and global companies in the e-commerce, ICT and Fintech sectors, on their launching and expanding their businesses in Korea. Sun Hee is actively involved in the International Bar Association as an Officer of IBA’s Asia Pacific Regional Forum, and regularly speaks at various conferences and seminars on ICT and data privacy issues. Sun Hee is also the Co-Chair of AMCHAM’s ICT Committee.

  • 2012-present   Partner, Yulchon LLC
  • 2023-present Telecommunications Dispute Resolution Committee, Korea Communications Commission
  • 2023-present   Member of Presidential Committee on the Digital Platform Government (My Data Task Force)
  • 2023-present  Treasurer, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
  • 2023-present  Committee for Evaluation of Adequacy of Data Pseudonymization and Anonymization, Financial Security Institute
  • 2022-present  Legal Advisor, Personal Information Protection Commission
  • 2020-present  Financial Security Advisory Committee (Data Innovation Division) Counsel, Financial Security Institute
  • 2019-present  Co-Chair, AMCHAM ICT Committee
  • 2022  Membership Officer, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
  • 2021  Newsletter Officer, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
  • 2019-2020  Website Officer, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
  • 2017-2018  M&A Liaison Officer, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
  • 2015-2016  Young Lawyers Liaison Officer, IBA Asia Pacific Regional Forum
  • 2013-2014  Ashurst, Hong Kong
  • 2007-2012  Hwang Mok Park P.C.

Languages

Korean, English

Education

  • 2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
  • 2004 Yonsei University, LL.B.

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > TMT: local firms

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Sun Hee Kim – Yulchon

Yulchon manages to ‘think creatively and look for alternative lines of argument.’ The team advises on a wide range of  TMT matters, including corporate transaction and finance regulations, as well as in new and emerging technology fields such as AI, Big Data, and BlockChain. Practice head Doil Son has handles a comprehensive range of TMT issues and M&A transactions, and contributes to government projects dealing with artificial intelligence. Seung Hyuck Han is an expert in both TMT and antitrust matters, and Sun Hee Kim specialises in data, e-commerce, technology, and fintech.

South Korea > Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms

Praised for being ‘up-to-date on the latest developments in fintech and financial regulations’ and for its ‘deep knowledge’ of blockchain and NFTs, Yulchon advises on fintech issues such as electronic finance, payments and data protection. Traditional financial regulatory work, including general banking and capital markets advisory work is further area of strength. Doil Son and Young Su Shin jointly lead the team, with the former well versed in fintech regulation in Korea and the latter possessing in-depth knowledge of finance ranging from structured finance to insurance-linked securities. Sun Hee Kim is embedded in data and technology.

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