Mr. Dae Hui KIM is a managing partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Insolvency & Restructuring, Criminal Defense Litigation, and Energy & Infrastructure.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1986)

Education

• Seoul National University (BA in Economics, 1985)
• Shinil High School (1981)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (Present)
• Director, Good & Rich Asset Management (2006)
• Member, Investment Advisory Committee, Korea Water Resources Corporation (2006)
• Member, Investment Advisory Committee, Korea Land & Housing Corporation (2006)
• Non-Executive Director, UIL Co., Ltd. (2005)
• Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (2005)
• External Auditor, ISU Group (2004)
• Senior Advisor, Korea Football Association (1997)
• External Auditor, TongYang Moolsan Co., Ltd. (1997)
• Ham & Kim Law Firm (1994)
• Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1989)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1989)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Filed the first domestic commencement of composition procedure under the Composition Act (1996)
• Advised the conversion of the Korean Housing Mutual Aid Association to the Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (1999)
• Advised Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) on issuing 1.3 trillion Secured NPL 99-1 (1999)
• Advised Asian Development Bank (ADB) on establishing a $1 billion joint venture CRC (1999)
• Represented Korea Life Ins. in a suit against JP Morgan (1999)
• Advised Daewoo E&C on restructuring of KRW 5 trillion of assets up for sale (1999)
• Acted as Legal Advisory for the Korea Mortgage Corporation (KoMoCo) (1999)
• Advised Dongwha Leasing on issuance of ABS related to NPL (2000)
• Represented the bereaved family of the victims of the KAL Guam Plane Crash in a suit against the United States government (2000)
• Advised the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) on the establishment of a CRV joint venture worth $1 billion(2001)
• Advised the amendment of legislations related to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (2001)
• Advised the privatization of Korea District Heating Corp. (2001)
• Advised Korea Industrial Complex Corporation (KICOX) on the sale of a power plant (2002)
• Advised the sale of Korea Thrunet Co., Ltd. (2002)
• Advised the sale of ShinDongBang Co. (2003)
• Advised the sale of Daewoo E&C (2004)
• Advised the sale of Byucksan E&C CO., Ltd. (2004)
• Represented the Fair Trade Commission in Samsung’s constitutional complaint of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act
• Represented Icahn Partners Master Fund LP in a suit against KT&G’s hostile M&A takeover (2006)
• Advised Hyundai Group on defensive strategies against hostile M&A takeovers (2006)
• Acted as the Legal Advisor for SK Telecom, Hanwha Corporation, DB, TYM, Daewoo International Corporation, Daewoo E&C, Hyundai E&C, KEPCO, KOMIPO, KOWEPO, KAMCO, KICOX, Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Woori Bank, Daewoo Securities, Samsung Petrochemical, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, and Hyundai Heavy Industries

• A Legal Study on the Structure of Profit and Loss in Capital Transactions: Focusing on Enhancing the Coherence of the Taxation System (Doctoral Dissertation, 2024)
• Five publications on tax evasion, including “A Study on the Meaning of the Supreme Court’s Cases on the Purpose to Evade Tax”
• An Analytical Study on Direct Transportation Regulations for Freight Motor Vehicles; Focusing on the Prohibition of Paid Transportation by Private Freight Vehicles (Doctoral Dissertation, 2017)
• Nine additional publications on distribution and logistics, including “Legal Study on the Issue of Whether Rented Stores in Large Retail Discount Stores Belong to the Scope of Business Restriction,” along with two translated volumes and numerous commissioned research projects