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Han, Suh Hee Attorney (Partner)

Professionals Introduction

Attorney Han Suh-hee specializes in providing legal services tailored to innovative industries, including virtual assets, NFTs, MyData, electronic finance, autonomous vehicles, and artificial intelligence (AI).

Key contributions
- Participated in the Financial Services Commission's task force to amend the Act on Reporting and Use of Certain Financial Transaction Information, contributing to the introduction of the term "가상자산(virtual assets)" in Korean law.
- Offers consulting services on legal issues and business structuring for virtual asset-related businesses, such as trading, custody, management, and brokerage.

Achieved notable victories, including
- Winning an injunction case regarding the prohibition of Cyworld's cryptocurrency issuance.
- Securing no-indictment decisions in cryptocurrency-related criminal cases.
- Obtaining a ruling that virtual assets do not violate capital market laws in a damages claim.

She actively serves as an external advisor to financial authorities on virtual asset matters. She also successfully advises on token securities, investment contract securities, and innovative financial service applications.

Attorney Han has also built expertise in blockchain and AI technologies. She holds multiple leadership positions, such as Chair of Subcommittee 2 of the Korean Bar Association's IT Blockchain Special Committee, Director at the Korean Artificial Intelligence Law Association, and Advisor to the Korea Blockchain Association. She completed her Ph.D. coursework in financial regulation at Seoul National University and leads the "Digital Assets and Innovation Industry Team" at Barun Law.

Education

  • 2014Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (majored in Economic Law, LL.M.)
  • 2010Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (39th)
  • 2008College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B.)
  • 2007Passed the Bar Exam (49th), Korea
  • 1999Daewon Foreign Language High School

Experience

  • 2019 ~ present Partner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2019 ~ presentMember, IT/Blockchain Special Committee of the Korean Bar Association
  • 2019 ~ presentDirector, Korea Association for Artificial Intelligence
  • 2018 ~ presentDirector, Blockchain & Law
  • 2018 ~ presentLegal Advisory Member, Korea Blockchain Industry Promotion Association
  • 2018 ~ presentAdvisory Member, Korea Blockchain Association
  • 2017 ~ presentLegal Advisory Member, Korea Creative Content Agency
  • 2017 ~ presentLegal Advisory Member, Korea Institute of Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development and Korea Venture Business Women’s Association
  • 2011 – 2018Associate, Barun Law LLC
  • 2010Daewoo Securities

Practice Areas and Representative Matters

Fair Trade

- Advising on unfair collaborative acts of Glaxo Group Limited and Dong-A Pharmaceutical

- Advising on unfair collaborative acts of 11 manufacturers/sellers of TFT-LCDs   

- Advising on unfair collaborative acts of 13 fertilizer manufacturers/sellers

- Advising on obstruction of investigation by officers and employees of CJ Jeil Jedang Corporation

- Advising on unfair subcontract transaction acts of Byucksan Engineering & Construction

- Advising on unfair subcontract transaction of Boryeong Medience

- Advising several cases involving acts of unfair assistance

Construction and Reconstruction

- Representing in a case involving a claim for confirmation of nullification of project execution plans for Jaesong Zone 2

- Representing in a case involving a claim for cancellation of the developer for the Pyeongtaek Urban Development Project

Others

- Representing in a criminal case concerned with acts of using undisclosed information by the employees of Hanmi Pharm

- Representing in a case involving an claim for damages and a criminal case, concerned with infringement of copyright of a program made by S company

- Representing in a case involving confirmation of nullification of copyright of a program made by Y company

Corporate Secretarial

- Legal counsel for KTmhows (an affiliate of KT) 

- Legal counsel for Nasmedia (an affiliate of KT) 

- Legal counsel for whowho&company (an affiliate of KT)

- Legal counsel for KTMOS

- Legal Advisor, KOTRA

- Legal Advisor, Busan Blockchain Regulation Free Special Zone

- Legal Advisor, CEN Gold (Korean gold exchange)

- Legal Advisor, Bitgo

- Advised Busan Techno Park

- Advised company A on establishment of an overseas company

- Advised on various matters, including private information and de-identification

- Advised on matters concerned with overseas information transfer

- Advised on the three major data-related laws

- Provided various types of advice on establishment of data centers and data transfer, and transfer of data by utilizing clouds

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

- Legal counsel for cryptocurrency exchange B in Korea (provide advice on all matters concerning its operation)

- Conducted legal analysis for Initial Coin Offering (ICO) at cryptocurrency exchange P in Korea

- Conducted legal analysis for company H on the issuance of local coins

- Advised a Korean domestic project on ICOs (D chain, C coin, V coin, G project, etc.)

- Represented in civil and criminal litigation cases involving Coinrail Exchange

- Represented in various litigation cases on confirmation of nonexistence of debt, interim injunction, criminal accusation, and claim for damages involving exchanges

- Provided consultancy services on prevention of money laundering related to virtual assets

- Designed and advised on blockchain-based business model and reviewed matters for compliance with applicable laws

- Advised on filing reports concerning virtual asset-based business

- Reviewed and provided consultancy and advisory services concerning legal nature of tokens

- Tracked down and collected crytocurrency in a cryptocurrency extortion case

Publication(s)

- Judgment on Post-Actions of Breach pursuant to FRAND Declaration, Case Study on Economic Law Vol. 8, Bupmunsa, 2013

- Information Exchanges as a Concerted Act, and Agreement under the Antitrust Law – Focused on Decision 2012Nu2346 Rendered by the Seoul High Court on July 17, 2013, Competition Law Study, Book 28, Bupmunsa, November 2013

- A Study on Standard Patent Holders Abuse of Market Dominant Position, Master Thesis, Seoul National University, February 2014