YOON&YANG

Young Ki Kim Partner

TEL 82 2 6182 8310
FAX 82 2 6003 7037
E-MAIL kimyk@hwawoo.com

Young Ki Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice areas are corporate and labor crime as well as finance and capital markets.

After completing the 30th Class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, Mr. Kim consecutively served in various positions as a Prosecutor at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office and Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (Special Crime Division 2), a Prosecution Research Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (Future Planning Division), and a Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (Government Joint Investigation Task Force for Crimes Involving Personal Information, High-Tech Crime Investigation Division 1). He then went on to serve in positions including the Chief Prosecutor of the Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office (Namwon Branch), Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Division 5 (Corporate Labor Crime Division) at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office, Chief of the Public Security Division 3 at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (led nationwide investigations related to labor crime), and Chief of the Securities Crime Joint Investigation Task Force at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office.

Mr. Kim was dispatched to the Korea Exchange (KRX) as a legal counsel, during which he handled tasks relating to the detection of unfair trading practices, imposing penalties for false disclosures, and conducted substantive reviews for delisting on the stock market.

In 2017, he received his LL.D. in the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act from Yonsei University, and have published numerous papers and publications relating to capital market law as well as investigative manuals pertaining to labor law. Of note, Mr. Kim has earned great trust and is highly recognized in the legal community as an expertise in both theory and practice in the fields of corporate business, capital market, and labor dispute matters.

Practice Areas

Experience

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

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)

Qualifications

Admitted to bar, Korea (2001)

Representative Matters

[Corporate Criminal Affairs]

Handled the response to the special prosecutor investigation into Kim Geon-Hee involving a securities company and its owner
Handled the response to the investigation into occupational breach of trust involving an entertainment company
Handled the response to the occupational breach of trust and other matters involving an airline owner
Handled the response to civil & criminal complaint cases involving the senior management of an industrial development company
Handled the response to the investigation of a media outlet owner
Handled the response to the case involving the senior management of a mask manufacturer
Handled the response to the case against the former management of an ultra-low temperature equipment manufacturer
Handled the response to cases involving business interference of a bio company
Handled the response to the case against the former management of an affiliate of a mask pack manufacturer
Handled the response to the investigation into national secret leakage involving a maritime company
Handled the response to the investigation into divulgence of business secrets involving an accounting firm
Handled the response to the investigation into an owner of an alcohol manufacturing company
Advised on succession of management right for a domestic company

[Securities, Financial and Capital Markets]

Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving a securities company group owner
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving a securities company
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving a business group
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving the senior management of a manufacturing company
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving a fund product sold by a bank (including the relevant criminal trial proceedings)
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving a virtual currency exchange owner
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Certified Public Accountant Act involving an accounting firm (including the relevant criminal trial proceedings)
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies involving a savings bank
Handled the response into the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving a company owner
Handled the response into the investigation into stakeholding of the senior management of an investment partner company
Advised a telecom operator on purchase of treasury shares and handled the response on the matter of being designated as a false disclosure company
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving executives and employees of an automobile company
Handled the substantive review of delisting for KOSDAQ-listed companies

[Labor-related Criminal Affairs]

Advised on issues related to the Serious Accident Punishment Act for a business group (all holding companies and affiliates) and a capital company
Handled the response to the case on violation of the Act on the Protection of Temporary Agency Workers involving the CEO of a construction company
Handled the response to the case on violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act involving a heavy construction company
Handled the response to the case on violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act involving a construction company (including the relevant criminal trial proceedings)
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Serious Accident Punishment Act involving the CEO of a construction company
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Serious Accident Punishment Act involving the CEO of a logistics company
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Serious Accident Punishment Act involving the CEO of a construction company
Handled the response to the investigation into violation of the Serious Accident Punishment Act involving the CEO of a transportation company
Handled the response to the case on violation of the Labor Standards Act involving a media outlet

[Others]

Advised CHA Partners Asset Management regarding investment
Advised on the Songdo Ultra-Low Temperature Logistics Cluster Development Project
Handled civil cases related to claim for payment of design service cost and construction cost (including the final appellate proceedings at the Supreme Court)
Handled the administrative suit seeking loss compensation
Handled the response to the case on violation of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act involving a National Assembly member

Awards

Litigation Star, White collar crime, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2025)
Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Investigations, Legal Times (2024)
Commendation from the Minister of Justice (2015)
Commendation from the Public Prosecutor General (2011)
Commendation from the Public Prosecutor General (2004)

Publications

[Books]

Interpretation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, Korean Securities Law Association (Co-author)
Key Issues of Unfair Trading of Securities, Seoul National University Finance Law Center (Co-author)
Top 100 Criminal Precedents, Korean Criminal Law Association (Co-author)
Interpretation of the Criminal Act, Korean Society of Criminal Precedent Research (Co-author)

[Academic Papers]

Criteria for Calculation of Unjust Enrichment from Unfair Trading in the Capital Market (2018)
Study on Criminal Liability and Regulation of Unfair Trading in the Capital Market (2017)
Criteria for Determination of the 2010 Options Shock and Coordinated Market Manipulation (2016)
Number of Offenses and Calculation of Unjust Enrichment related to Unfair Trading in the Capital Market (2015)
Purpose of Coordinated Market Manipulation and Trading Inducement in Practice (2013)
Cyber Crime and Criminal Liability of Online Service Provider (2012)
Denial of Authenticity and Admissibility of Digital Evidence (2011)
Study on Sentence Mitigation of Judicial Cooperation Witness (2009)
France’s Arrest System and its Implications (2009)