Barun Law LLC (co-managing partners Lee Dong-hoon, Lee Young-hee, and Kim Do-hyung) said on the 13th that it has hired former Financial Supervisory Service Director General Choi Won-woo as an adviser.
Choi worked at the Financial Supervisory Service for 29 years, handling initial public offerings (IPOs) and inspections of insurance companies in the Disclosure Review Office, the Insurance Examination Bureau, and the Insurance Sales Examination Office. He is a capital market expert who, as Director General of the Asset Management Examination Bureau and the Financial Investment Examination Bureau, oversaw inspections and supervision across the entire financial investment sector, including asset managers, securities firms, trust companies, and credit rating agencies. In particular, as the person in charge of major financial cases such as the Tongyang crisis and the Lime and Optimus fund scandals, he led supervisory operations on the ground.
Barun projected that with Choi joining, it will create synergy in the growing financial regulation field alongside other experts who previously served at the Financial Supervisory Service. On Barun's financial regulation response team are Managing Partner Kim Do-hyung, as well as attorneys Choi Jin-suk, Jin Mu-seong, Ma Seong-han, Lee Eun-kyung, Ahn Joo-hyun, and Lee Gyu-cheol, and advisers Kim Young-rin and Yoon Gi-jun, among other specialists in financial regulation.
Managing Partner Kim Do-hyung said, "The addition of Adviser Choi Won-woo, who has broad experience across the full spectrum of financial supervision, will offer practical solutions to clients seeking responses to the tightening trend in financial regulation under the new administration."