YOON&YANG

Youbum Kim Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7583
FAX 82 2 6003 7037
E-MAIL kimyb@hwawoo.com

Youbum Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice area is corporate litigation specifically related to corporate civil and criminal cases.
Mr. Kim started his public service as a judge of the Seoul Central District Court after completing legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute (26th class). Mr. Kim served as a judge at the Seoul Southern District Court, the Jinju Branch of the Changwon District Court, the Seoul Central District Court, the Seoul Eastern District Court and the Seoul High Court, etc., the 1st and 2nd Director of Planning at the National Court Administration, and a chief judge of the Seoul High Court, etc. before joining the firm.

Experience

2016-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2018-present Outside Expert, Contract Deliberation Committee, Korea District Heating Corporation
2012-16 Chief Judge, Seoul High Court
2009-11 1st & 2nd Director of Planning, National Court of Administration
2009 Judge, Seoul High Court
2006-09 Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court
2004-06 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2003-04 Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court
2002-03 Judge, Sancheong-gun and Sacheon City Court of the Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court
2001-02 Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court
1999-01 Judge, Seoul Southern District Court
1997-99 Judge, Seoul Central District Court

Education

1997 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1994 Seoul National University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

Represented Shinhan Bank on the recruitment scandal case
Handled a case involving the National Court Administration’s judicial influence-peddling
Represented a former general in a bribery case
Handled a false appraisal case involving a certified public appraiser
Represented a construction company in the case involving the legal nature and illegality of preferential bidder selection by a contractor in the BLT project bidding process