KIM Do Hyung earned his LL.B. at Korea University, College of Law and LL.M. degrees at the graduate school of the same university (administrative law) and at the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law.  He currently heads the Finance Group of Barun Law LLC.  Mr. Kim is an expert in civil, criminal and administrative lawsuits concerned with various types of securities, including shares and corporate bonds, as well as capital markets, private equity funds, banks, and insurance. He has given numerous lectures in a variety of places, including Korea University Law School, Seoul Bar Association and Korea Banking Institute, and has authored books on fintech and leases. He also serves as a director of the Korea Securities Law Association and the Korea Commercial Law Association.

Finance / Securities / Insurance / Capital Market

- A litigation case involving a claim for damages in relation to accounting fraud of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering

- A case involving a claim for damages in relation to delisting of China Gaoxian and lawsuit on claim for restitution together with related entities

- A litigation case involving a claim for approximately KRW 160 billion in value between securities companies in relation to Asset-Backed Commercial Papers (ABCPs) issued by CERCG, a Chinese company

- A case involving a claim for settlement money in relation to the development of Gyeongnam Masan Robot Land approximately KRW 160 billion in value

- A case involving a claim for damages in relation to sale of derivatives by M securities company (approximately KRW 40 billion in value)

- A litigation case on calculation of profit and losses by and among creditor banks in a shipyard’s workout process and on right to claim to purchase RGs

- A litigation case involving a claim for an interim injunction against Korea Exchange on delisting of company G

- A litigation case involving a claim for delivery of shares in relation to acquisition of a cable broadcasting company

- A case on breach of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (breach of duty, embezzlement) by the chairman of S bank

- A litigation case on KIKO filed against bank S and bank K

- A litigation case involving counterfeited checks in the amount of KRW 10 billion

- A litigation case involving a claim for return of point mall payment made in the amount of KRW 16 billion in relation to GS Retail

- A litigation case involving a claim for delivery of leased item between Hana Capital and another capital company

- Advising on share transaction between Hyundai Merchant Marine and Hyundai Express

- Advising Doosan Group on acquiring Chung Ang University

- Advising on sale of shares in Kaya Internet Development Co., Ltd. (Kaya CC) and related bidding

- Advising on the responsibility over investment losses of an investment association (venture investment M, technology investment S)

- Advising Korea Development Bank, Korea Eximbank, Korea Securities Finance Corporation, Industrial Bank of Korea, Woori Bank, Hana Bank, Hana-SK Card, Hana Life Insurance, eBest & Securities, Meritz Securities, DAOL Asset Management Co.,Ltd., Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance, COEX, SK Rental Car, P2P lenders

Administrative Matters

- A litigation case involving a claim for cancellation of disposition on recovery of oil import surcharge in the amount of KRW 100 billion

- A litigation case involving a claim for cancellation of the disposition imposed by the Financial Services Commission suspending the business of credit card companies that have leaked customer information

- An administrative litigation case related to amendment of the general terms and conditions of auto insurance

- A litigation case on cancellation of correction order and penalty payment order in relation to rebates provided by a pharmaceutical company

- A case involving a claim for cancellation of disposition imposing surcharges against price colluding acts among TRS exclusive distribtors

- A case involving a claim for cancellation of disposition imposing surcharges against vertical price colluding acts of TRS exclusive distributor in Korea and Motorola Korea

- A case involving a claim for cancellation of disposition imposing gift tax against major officers of company S and daily newspaper company C

- A case involving a claim for cancellation of disposition imposing gift tax against the interest and premium of specific bonds (so-called “don’t ask bonds”) prescribed under the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality

- Cases involving claims for confirmation of invalidity of dismissal of professors of Chung Ang University and Kyung Hee University

- Advising on the approval of Dr. Hwang Woo-suk’s research plans on cloning somatic cells

- Advising on whether any support facilities other than Korean traditional medicine facilities may be established in the site for support facilities in Osong Biovalley

- Advising on those who are to become subject to Article 33-2 of the advised Welfare of Senior Citizens Act

- Advising on the possibility to implement payback system for rare and essential medical and drug products

Others

- A litigation case involving a claim for damages in the amount of KRW 120 billion in relation to manipulation of a bioequivalence test

- A litigation case involving a claim for damages in relation to breach of duty by a company (worth approximately KRW 80 billion) against its former representative director

- A litigation case involving a dispute over the investment (35 billion won value) made in overseas oil field development

- Litigation cases related to and advising on large-scale construction projects, including Jeju Dream Tower Resort Complex and Bucheon Shinjung-dong Land Mark Prugio projects

- Cases on breach the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Crimes (tax evasion)

Publication(s)

- Problems with the Current Laws Pertaining to Operation Restriction and Improvements, Master’s decree thesis, Korea University, 2006

- Issues of Tax Imposition on Bonds Specified Under the Act on the Real Name Financial Transactions and Guarantee of Secrecy, Litigation Material Book XI, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office, 2007

- Start Point of Litigation Period of Time when a Decision on Re-Investigation is Made, Regulation and Court Book I, Research Society of Regulatory Law, 2013

- Understanding and Legal Issues of LIBOR Manipulation Scandal, BFL No. 62, Seoul National University Finance Law Center, 2013

- Understanding the LIBOR Scandal and Its Impact On the Korean Financial Market, Korea Uninversity Law Review, vol. 15, Spring 2014

- Causal Relationship between Fraud and Damage in a Fraudulent Transaction under the Securities Law in the U.S. and Korea: Based on Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo, 544 U.S. 336 (2005) and Seoul High Court Decision rendered on January 10, 2013 as Judgment numbered 2010Na84682, Legal Journal vol. 46, Seoul Bar Association, 2014

- A Study on Solution of the Issues Regarding Trade Secret, Law & Technology (Book 11, Vol. 2), Seoul National University Center for Law & Technology, 2015

- Basic Lease Practice for Credit Evaluators, Korea Banking Institute, 2015

- Major Issues concerning Lawsuits concerned with Excessive Refund Amount of Imported Oil Tax, Korean Regulatory Law and Policy, Vol. 5, Korea University ICR Law Center, Research Society for Regulatory Law, 2016

- A Study on Finance and Insurance Law – Theories and Practice of Finance and Insurance Law, Barun Finance and Insurance Law Research Society, Barun Law LLC, 2016

- Secrets of Fintech according to Attorney Kim(3rd Edition), Samil Infomine, 2021