Yulchon

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

Partner

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.

Korean, English

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

• 2023-2024 Leading Individual, TMT, Legal 500
• 2022-2024 Super 50 TMT Lawyers, Asian Legal Business
• 2022-2024 National Leader, Data, Who’s Who Legal: Korea
• 2022 Commended External Counsel of the Year, In-House Community
• 2021 Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business