Kim & Chang

Fintech & IT Compliance; Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Insurance; Mergers & Acquisitions; Non-Bank Financial Companies; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes; Foreign Direct Investment; Corporate Finance; Corporation Law

Joon-Young Kim is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice focuses on fintech, metaverse, blockchain & digital assets, e-business, TMT, insurance, mergers & acquisitions, non-bank financial companies, corporate governance and foreign direct investment.

Mr. Kim “spearheads Kim & Chang’s E-Finance & FinTech team, and advises extensively on legal issues relating to the latest technological innovations, such as blockchain technology, cryptocurrency and cloud computing,” as noted by Asian Legal Business.

Mr. Kim also regularly advises financial industry clients and e-business industry clients on regulatory, governance, and corporate law-related matters. He has also successfully advised clients in disputes and in litigation, as well as in responding to inquiries or investigations from government and regulatory authorities. Mr. Kim has been actively involved in publishing on various Korean and international journals and conducting lectures related to blockchain technology, digital assets, e-finance & fintech, insurance, internet bank and corporate governance.

His expertise and experience has been recognized by industry experts. He has been recognized as “Leading Lawyer” in Who’s Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain, Banking, “Notable Practitioner” in Chambers Fintech Guide (Chambers and Partners) and “Next Generation Partner” in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. He was also named in Asian Legal Business’ “40 Under 40” list in 2018 and was recognized among the “40 of the brightest young legal minds in the region.”

Mr. Kim received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2016 and also received his law degrees from Seoul National University (LL.M. in 2009; LL.B. in 2005). He graduated from the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2007. He is admitted to the Korea bar and New York bar.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2007; New York, 2020

Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2016) Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (LL.M., 2009) Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2007) Seoul National University (LL.B., 2005)