Lawyers

Hee-Chan Byun

Hee-Chan Byun

Shin & Kim, South Korea

Work Department

Tax Disputes, Customs Disputes, Administrative Disputes, Environmental Disputes, Constitutional Litigation, Corporate Investigation & White Collar Crime, Criminal Litigation

Position

Partner

Career

2021-Present: Adviser to the Governor, Legal Policy 2019-2021: Member, Government Ethics Committee 2019-2021: Director, Legal Aid Foundation, Korean Bar Association 2018-Present: Member, Pension Committee for Public Servants’ Disasters, Ministry of Personnel Management 2016-Present: Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board 2012-2015: Legal Counsel, Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea 2011-2013: Legal Counsel, National Tax Service of Korea 2010-2012: Legal Counsel, Ministry of Public Administration and Security 2008-Present: Shin & Kim LLC 2007-2008: Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court 2004-2007: Professor, Judicial Research & Training Institute 2002-2004: Presiding Judge, Changwon District Court 2000-2002: Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea 1999-2000: Judge, Seoul High Court 1998-1999: Judge, Seoul District Court Uijeongbu Department 1997-1998: Judge, Seoul Family Court 1995-1997: Judge, Seoul District Court 1993-1995: Judge, Seoul Southern District Court 1991-1993: Judge, Changwon District Court Chungmu Department 1989-1991: Judge, Seoul Criminal Court 1987-1989: Judge, Seoul District Court Uijeongbu Department 1985-1987: Judicial Research & Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

Korean Bar Association

Education

1998-1999: Stanford Law School, U.S.A. (Visiting Scholar) 1978-1982: Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B., 1982)