Law firm Robex has hired Kim Sang-gyu (Judicial Research and Training Institute class 26), former chief judge of the Suwon Bankruptcy Court, as its managing attorney. Kim, the managing attorney, will also serve as head of Robex's newly launched "restructuring support center."
On the 23rd, according to Robex, Kim, the managing attorney, has served in courts of all levels for 29 years since being appointed as a judge in 1997. After serving as Director General judge of the bankruptcy division at the Suwon District Court, Director General judge at the Seoul Bankruptcy Court, and senior Director General judge at the Suwon Bankruptcy Court, Kim served as chief judge of the Suwon Bankruptcy Court from Feb. 2024 to Feb. this year. Until retiring, Kim led corporations and individual rehabilitation and bankruptcy practice for a total of nine years.
Kim, the managing attorney, also served as a Director General judge at the Seoul Central, Seoul Southern, Suwon, and Changwon district courts. At the Seoul Southern District Court, Kim handled numerous capital market cases as Director General judge of the dedicated securities division. Kim also held key judicial administration posts, including family and juvenile reviewer at the Judicial Policy Office of the National Court Administration, and overall judge training lead and overall curriculum planning professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. During Kim's tenure, Kim directly handled the rehabilitation proceedings of major domestic corporations such as STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, Sambu Engineering & Construction, Caffe Bene, Hwasung, Onyang Tourist Hotel, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, leading the court's rehabilitation and bankruptcy practice.
Robex simultaneously officially launched the "restructuring support center" to provide specialized support for corporate restructuring, rehabilitation, and bankruptcy work with the hiring of Kim, the managing attorney. Kim, the managing attorney, will serve as head of the center, and Jang Jin-seok, the managing attorney and an expert in corporate restructuring, will serve as deputy head. Managing attorney Seong Sang-uk, an expert in major economic cases and corporations and financial investigations, and partner attorney Na Ui-yeop also joined the center. The restructuring support center plans to provide one-stop services for prevention and response related to corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and corporate rehabilitation and bankruptcy work.
Kim Gi-dong, Robex's managing attorney, said, "With former Suwon Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge Kim Sang-gyu joining, our response capabilities in the corporations, securities, and finance fields have been greatly strengthened," and added, "We will be able to provide higher-level legal services not only in trials such as civil, criminal, and rehabilitation and bankruptcy, but also in investigative responses such as warrants."