Lawyers

Sang-Hyeok Im

Sang-Hyeok Im

Shin & Kim, South Korea

Work Department

Copyrights and Entertainment, Media and Gaming, TMT, Entertainment and Sports, Mobility & Transport, Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Digital Technology & Data Law, Licensing and Franchising, Unfair Competition & Trade Secrets

Position

Partner

Career

2023.10-Present: Vice President, Korean Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law 2022.7-Present: Member, Regulation & Administrative Judgement Committee, Office for Government Policy Coordination 2022.6-Present: Deliberation Member of Special Promotion for Contributing to the Arrest of Election Criminals, National Police Agency 2021.10-Present: Director, Seoul Performing Arts Company, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2021.9-Present: Vice Chairman, Korea Copyright Commission, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2021.1-2023.1: Member, Gender Equality Policy Committee, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2020-Present: Member, Audit Advisory Committee, Korea Communications Commission 2020-2024: Director, Korean Entertainment Law Society 2020-2023: Member, Press Arbitration Commission 2020-2023: Member, Content Dispute Mediation Committee, Korean Creative Content Agency 2019-Present: Member, Game Rating Standards Improvement Committee, Game Rating and Administration Committee 2019-Present: Member, AI Policy Forum 2018-Present: Member (Non-standing Director), Korea Copyright Commission, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2018-Present: Appraisal Expert Member, Korea Copyright Commission, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2018-Present: Director, Korean Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law 2018-2022: President, Korean Game Law and Policy Society 2017-Present: Mediator (IP Division), Seoul High Court 2017-Present: Auditor, Copyright Overseas Promotion Association 2016-Present: Legal advisor for international disputes of broadcasting contents, Korea Communications Commission 2016-Present: Member of Anti-Corruption Advisory Committee, Korea Communications Commission 2016-Present: Member of Special Advisory Committee for Technical Review, Game Rating And Administration Committee 2016-Present: Member of Administrative Appeals Committee, Korea Communications Commission 2016-Present: Director, Korea Intellectual Property Society 2016-Present: Member of Discipline Committee, Korea Communications Commission 2016-2019: Member of Regulatory Reform Committee, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism 2016-2017: Adjunct Professor, Yonsei University Law School 2015-Present: Auditor, Korea Association For Informedia Law 2015-2016: Director of Legislation(2015), Director of International Relations(2016), Seoul Bar Association 2014-Present: Ombudsman, Korea Communications Commission 2014-Present: Director, Korean Game Law And Policy Society 2014-2016: Member, Broadcasting Advertising Industry Revitalization Committee, Korea Communications Commission 2013-Present: Lecturer, Korea University Law School 2011-Present: Member of Board, Seoul Institute of the Arts 2011-2014.10: Commissioner, Korean Copyright Commission 2009: Judge, Experts Committee for Amendment to the Information and Communication Act, Korea Communications Commission 2009: Judge, Judging Committee for Selection of IPTV Service Providers Korea Communications Commission 2009-Present: Shin & Kim LLC 2008: Attorney at Law , Dreier Stein & Kahan LLP, Los Angeles U.S.A. 2006-Present: Director, Korea Entertainment Law Society 2006-2013.3: Auditor, Film Festival Cinema Digital Seoul (CinDi Seoul) 2003-2007: Attorney at Law/Patent Attorney, Lee International IP & Law Group , Seoul Korea 2003: Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

Korean Bar Association Korean Society for Media Law, Ethics and Policy Research Digital Content Forum of Korea Korea Association for Cultural Economics

Education

2017: Seoul National University School of Law (J.S.D. in Intellectual Property Law ) 2008: University of Southern California Law School, Master of Law (LL.M.) 1996: Sogang University, College of Law, Seoul, Korea (LL.B.) 1995: Sogang University, Department of English Literature, Seoul, Korea (B.A.)

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