Shin & Kim LLC said on the 13th that it has additionally appointed six partner attorneys, including attorney Choi Chang-young (24th Judicial Research and Training Institute class), as managing partners.
According to Shin & Kim that day, the newly appointed managing partners are six attorneys: Choi; Jang Young-su (24th class); Lee Dong-geon (29th class); Jang Jae-young (29th class); Jang Yoon-seok (30th class); and Kang Shin-uk (33rd class).
Attorney Choi Chang-young is a legal professional who served as Director General of a criminal panel division at the Seoul Central District Court and as criminal policy deliberation officer at the National Court Administration, and later as a presiding judge at the Daejeon High Court. Choi is regarded as a veteran in corporations litigation and criminal trials. In the past, Choi founded the law firm Haekwang and successfully handled numerous major criminal cases and corporations litigation matters, including securing an acquittal in a Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act violation case while representing leaders of major domestic conglomerates. Choi joined Shin & Kim in Apr. last year and currently leads Shin & Kim's corporations litigation group.
Attorney Jang Young-su is a legal professional who served as chief prosecutor of the Daegu High Prosecutors' Office. Jang worked in key departments such as the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, building investigative experience and expertise across areas including financial and securities crimes, taxes, and corporations management-related cases. Jang later founded the law firm Ilwoo and handled numerous major corporations criminal cases, including Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act violation cases related to domestic conglomerates and listed companies, embezzlement and breach of trust cases, and virtual asset-related cases. Jang joined Shin & Kim in Jun. last year and now leads Shin & Kim's criminal group.
Attorney Lee Dong-geon is an M&A expert who has advised on a variety of corporations transaction matters, including inbound and outbound mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity (PE) transactions, and pre-IPO investments. For years, Lee has led Shin & Kim's corporations advisory and M&A group, driving its growth, and currently serves as head of Shin & Kim's corporate governance strategy center.
Attorney Jang Jae-young currently serves as head of Shin & Kim's corporations advisory and M&A group. For more than about 20 years, Jang has represented domestic and overseas corporations and funds, advising on M&A and joint venture transactions across various industries. Recently, by advising on large-scale transactions such as the rebalancing transactions of SK Group affiliates and the merger between HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and HD Hyundai Mipo, Jang has further strengthened Shin & Kim's M&A advisory capabilities and played a key role in placing it in the top ranks of major domestic M&A league tables.
Attorney Jang Yoon-seok is a finance expert who currently leads Shin & Kim's corporate finance group. Jang has accumulated extensive practical experience and expertise by advising on large acquisition finance transactions such as EQT's acquisition financing for SK shieldus and the acquisition financing for SKC's film business unit, as well as corporations finance and alternative investment transactions across various industries, including TaylorMade, JOBKOREA, Homeplus Co., Lotte Card, Doosan Machine Tools, and CJ Olive Young.
Attorney Kang Shin-uk is an expert in information and communications technology (ICT) regulation who has overseen advisory work on digital industry regulation, including artificial intelligence (AI), data, and platforms. Kang currently heads Shin & Kim's ICT group. Centered on the TMT team, Kang successively launched the personal information and data team and the new business platform team, systematically building Shin & Kim's ICT regulatory response organization and establishing in Korea an ICT regulatory response model that combines legal advisory services with policy consulting.
With these additional managing partner appointments, Shin & Kim has established a 13-managing-partner structure led by managing partner Oh Jong-han. Shin & Kim noted that it is meaningful that attorneys in their 50s, who have played pivotal roles in their respective specialties, have come to the forefront as managing partners.
Managing partner Oh said, "The expansion of the managing partner group is intended to have key partners who will drive sustained growth in each specialty listen more closely to clients' voices and provide integrated solutions."