Kim & Chang

Banking; Mergers & Acquisitions; Hong Kong

Kye Sung Chung is a senior partner and the chair of the Finance Practice at Kim & Chang. Mr. Chung is also the managing partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office.

Mr. Chung’s practice focuses on financial regulatory matters, corporate finance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Chung has extensive transactional experience, representing publicly and privately held multinational and Korean companies in cross-border acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, securities offerings and financings. In addition, he advises foreign and domestic financial institution clients on commercial banking and investment banking issues, including regulatory matters.

Over the years, Mr. Chung has served as a member on various committees, including International Financial Center Promotion Committee of the Financial Services Commission (2008-2010), Financial Industry Development Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (1996-2006) and Industrial Deregulation Review Committee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (1993-1997). He was also an auditor of Korean Institute of Directors (2002-2004) and an incorporator of the Financial Supervisory Service (1998).

Mr. Chung has published numerous articles on various financing and corporate matters, including regulation of foreign banks, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and insider dealing regulation. He has regularly co-authored the “Getting the Deal Through – Banking Regulation: Korea Chapter” (Law Business Research) and “Inside the Minds: Banking and Finance Client Strategies in Asia – Banking and Finance Law Trends and Tactics in South Korea.”

Mr. Chung is consistently ranked in the top tier as a leading individual for corporate/M&A, banking & finance, and capital markets by various notable legal directories, including IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and Asialaw Profiles. In 2013, 2016 and 2018, he was also awarded the Managing Partner of the Year award by the ALB Korea.

Mr. Chung received an LL.B. from the College of Law, Seoul National University in 1973. He also graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1976. He is admitted to the Korean bar.

Korean, English and Japanese

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1976

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1976) Seoul National University (LL.B., 1973)