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MYUNG SOO LEE / Managing Partner
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- T : 82 2 6003 7095/ F : 82 2 6003 7804
- E : leems@hwawoo.com
Biography
Myung Soo Lee is a Managing Partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas are finance, securities, and insurance. He worked for ten years at the Financial Supervisory Service as the Chief of the legal department and corporate disclosure department. He provides expert legal advice on the licensing of financial businesses, supervision and inspections of financial institutions, corporate disclosures, M&A involving listed companies, and unfair trade practices. He has served as a legal advisory member for the Financial Services Commission and as a legal counsel for the Financial Supervisory Service.Education
- 2005
- Korea University Graduate School of Legal Studies, Financial Transactions Law
- 2000
- Seoul National University College of Law, Research Course on Financial Transactions Law
- 1994
- Korea University College of Law, LL.B.
Experience
- 2018-present
- Managing Partner, Yoon & Yang LLC (formerly Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu, 2006-2009)
- 2010-17
- Partner, Yoon & Yang LLC(formerly Yoon Yang Kim Shin & Yu, 2006-2009)
- 2017-present
- Member, Task Force for innovation of financial supervision, investigation and sanction process, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2016-18
- Advisor, Financial Supervision Advisory Committee, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2015-present
- Commissioner, Deliberation Committee for KOSPI Market Listing & Disclosure, Korea Exchange
- 2015-20
- Member, Deliberative Committee for Interpretation of Law, Financial Services Commission
- 2015-17
- Advisory Commissioner, Advisory Panel for Financial Reform, Financial Services Commission
- 2015-17
- Member, Credit Business Disputes Mediation Committee of the Seoul Municipal Government
- 2013-14
- Commissioner, Financial Disputes Mediation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2012-present
- Member, Depositor Protection Fund Management Committee, Korea Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives
- 2012-present
- Member, Committee for KOSDAQ Listing, Korea Exchange
- 2012-15
- Member, National Credit Union Federation of Korea, Fund Management Committee
- 2011-present
- Legal Advisory Member, Financial Services Commission
- 2010-13
- Expert Commissioner, Financial Disputes Mediation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2009-10
- Experience Deputy Director, Corporate Disclosure Department, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2006-09
- Deputy Director, Legal Affairs Office, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2003-06
- Senior Associate Deputy Director, Corporate Disclosure Department, Financial Supervisory Service
- 2002-03
- Attorney-at-Law, Financial Policy Division, Financial Policy Bureau, Financial Supervisory Commission
- 2000-02
- Associate Deputy Director, Dispute Settlement Department, Financial Supervisory Service
Publications
- Korea Chapter, Getting the Deal Through – Insurance & Reinsurance 2016
- “Accelerating growth,” Asia-Pacific Fintech Special Focus, IFLR, May 2016
- “Estate Planning,” Financial Planning Standards Board, 2001
Representative Matters
- Advised on financial watchdog’s approval regarding major financial companies, such as KOREIT
- Advised on financial-related laws for major financial holding companies, banks, securities firms, asset managers, trust companies, insurers, savings banks, credit cards, and capital companies
- Advised on supervision & inspection procedures relating to financial companies
- Advised on M&A of major listed companies, such as HANCOM
- Advised on IPO, antitrust, inspection, etc. issues of listed companies
- Litigatd financial crime cases related to fraudulent ELW trading
- General Finance ,
- Capital Markets ,
- IPO ,
- Financial Regulations & Compliance ,
- Regulatory Investigation ,
- Insurance ,
- Corporate Law ,
- Financial Institution M&A ,
- Mergers & Acquisitions ,
- Non-bank Financial Companies ,
- Trust ,
- Bank/Financial Holding Companies ,
- Capital Markets Regulations ,
- Capital Market Disputes ,
- Asset Management ,
- Financial Disputes ,
- Corporate Governance ,
- Legislative Consulting & Government Relations ,
- Private Equity ,
- Audit Review
- Attorney at Law, Korea (2000)
- Korean and English
- 2002 Financial Services Commissioner Commendation
- 2015 Selected as “Leading Lawyers 2017” by Legal Times
- 2016 Selected as “Leading Lawyers 2016” by Legal Times
- 2017 Selected as “Leading Lawyers 2015” by Legal Times