[Fintech / Digital Finance / New Business / MyData]

• Advised global platforms, payment service providers, e-commerce and IT companies on new business structure.

• Business model and compliance advice for big tech and fintech companies

• Advised on the structure and regulation of authentication business for financial companies, identity verification organizations, etc.

• Advised non-financial companies, such as financial companies and IT companies, on regulations for entering the fintech and digital sectors (financial separation, licensing, etc.)

• Advising on MyData Service Providers, Licensing and Business Conduct Regulation

• Advice on financial platform licensing, operations, governance and business structure

• Advice on innovative financial services designation

[Digital Assets / Virtual Assets / NFTs]

• Consultation on NFT and Metaverse Platforms

• Review of new business models utilizing blockchain technology

• Review of operating model of virtual asset service provider

• Review of financial company's entry into the virtual asset industry

• Advising on hacking cases of virtual asset exchanges

• Advice on establishment, notification, and acquisition of virtual asset exchanges

• ICO, IEO Advisory

[Financial Regulation]

• Responding to Inspections and Investigations by Financial Authorities and Investigative Agencies

• Responding to Financial Supervisory Service inspections of A banks, B banks, etc. (violations of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, Specified Financial Information Act, Corporate Governance Act, and Banking Act)

• Financial Supervisory Service inspections of A securities company, B securities company, etc. (violation of capital market law - market-making activities)

• Responded to FSS inspections of A securities company, S company, D company, etc. (violation of the Capital Market Act)

• Responded to an FSS inspection of an S company (violation of the Electronic Financial Transactions Act)

• Responded to an FSS inspection of D Insurance Company (violation of the Insurance Business Act)

• Responded to a complaint against Company G (fraudulent receipt, pyramid scheme, etc.)

• Responded to a Financial Supervisory Service investigation of Company N (violation of the Credit Information Act)

• Responded to a Financial Supervisory Service investigation of Company W (violation of the Lending Act)

• Prosecutor's investigation against global company E (violation of Foreign Exchange Act)

• Responded to a prosecutor's investigation against Company T (violation of the Lending Act)

[Financial Investment / Capital Markets]

• Advising on broker-dealer business conduct, CIB business models, PEF clearing and fiduciary investments

• Advised on short selling regulation and business model for lending transactions

• Review of regulation under the Capital Markets Act under new business models

• Advised on licensing and registration under the Capital Markets Act

• Advising on corporate governance of financial investment companies

• Review of capital market law regulations on business models of fintech companies

• Advised on unfair trade (use of non-public information, market manipulation, etc.) cases

[Anti-Money Laundering] (AML/CFT)

• Conduct anti-money laundering compliance implementation and remediation projects

• Conducting independent audit engagements

• Advice on establishing anti-money laundering systems and regulations

• Advice on anti-money laundering related bylaws and business manuals

[Banks / Financial Holding Companies]

• Advised on regulation of business conduct of banks

• Advised on the preparation of internal control standards, bylaws and business checklist for banks

• Advised on the sale of Korean won/foreign currency bonds held by banks

• Advised a bank on BIS ratio

• Review of a bank's credit rating model utilizing scraping technology

• Advising on corporate governance (board of directors, major shareholder qualifications, etc.)

• Advised on internal control system (compliance officer, dual positions, conflict of interest system, etc.)

• Advised on banking separation regulations

[Insurance]

• Review of new business models for insurers

• Advising insurers on building and operating platforms

• • Lecture on “AI and Service Law” at Seoul National University's Big Data, AI, and Fintech Advanced Expert Course (Apr. 2025)
• • Financial Law Research Society, “Foreign Exchange Act and New Transactions: Focusing on Virtual Assets” (Financial Research Forum, Feb. 2025)
• • Research on the regulatory system of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act and the application of new transactions: Focusing on Virtual Assets (Co-author, Banking Law Review, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2024. Nov.)
• • Presentation on major cases and regulatory trends of stable coins (Bank of Korea, Nov. 2024)
• • Lectured on "Fintech and Financial Law" at the KDT Big Data Fintech AI Advanced Expert Course at Seoul National University, (Oct. 2024)
• • Current Status and Prospects of Introducing Token Securities System (Monthly Homeland, Korea Land Institute, Vol. 512, 2024. 6.)
• • Presentation on new business promotion and legal issues of virtual assets (Open Fintech Alliance, Financial Services Commission, June 2023)
• • Study on rationalization of foreign exchange institution regulation and system revision (Ministry of Strategy and Finance, 2023. 4)
• • Understanding Securities Token Guidelines (Korea Internet and Autonomous Policy Organization, 2023. 4)
• • Central Bank-Issued Digital Currency (CBDC) and Virtual Asset Payment and Settlement Business (Bithumb Economic Research Institute, Dec. 2022)
• • Study on how to improve the organization and wording of the Foreign Exchange Transaction Act (Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Dec. 2022)
• • Digital Assets and Foreign Exchange Regulation (BFL, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, Nov. 2022)
• • Legal Points of Luna - Impact on Securities Regulation and Digital Asset Industry (Bithumb Economic Research Institute, Oct. 2022)
• • Research on Development, Improvement and Application of Money Laundering Risk Assessment Indicators (Financial Intelligence Unit, 2022. 6)
• • Development strategy for digital innovative finance (Financial Services Commission, 2022. 6)
• • Lecture on “Credit Information Act”, Seoul National University Big Data and Fintech Course (May 2022)
• • Lecture, “Fintech and the Law”, 4th Industrial Revolution Academy, Seoul National University AI Institute (March 2021)
• • Major Contents and Legal Issues of the Online Investment and Financial Business Act (Co-author, BFL, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, July 2020)
• • South Korea Enacts World's First Law on P2P Financing (Legal500, 2020)
• • Overseas Examples of Financial Institutions' Investment in Fintech Companies and Proposals for Legislation to Facilitate Investment (Financial Services Commission, March 2019)
• • The Right to Freedom of Information and the MyData Industry (Co-author, BFL, Seoul National University Center for Financial Law, Jan. 2019)
• • Review of the My Data Industry and the Credit Information Act Amendment Bill (Co-author, Nice Credit Insight, NICE Evaluation Information CB Research Center, Winter 2018)
• • Analysis of the Legal Structure and Regulatory Proposals for P2P Lending - Focusing on Case Studies of P2P Lending in the U.S. and the U.K. and the Direction of P2P Lending Regulation in Korea (Co-author, Financial and Economic Law Prize Winning Papers, Bank of Korea, 2016)