Mr. Kyeong Doo JEONG is a senior advisor at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Public Policy.

Bar Admissions

• Licensed Administrative Agent (2017)
• Certified Judicial Scrivener (2009)

Education

• Hannam University Graduate School of Business Administration (MA in Business Administration, 2002)
• Republic of Korea Air Force Academy (BS in Aerospace Engineering, 1982)
• Daea High School (1978)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2026-Present)
• Board Chairperson, Hanmin Educational Foundation (2025)
• Adjunct Professor, Ajou University (2021-2023)
• Policy Committee Member, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (2020-2022)
• Minister of National Defense (2018-2020)
• Chairman, ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (2017-2018)
• Chief of Staff, Republic of Korea Air Force (2015-2017)
• Commander, Southern Combat Command, Republic of Korea Air Force (2014)
• Director, Force Planning Staff, Republic of Korea Air Force (2011)
• Commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Republic of Korea Air Force (2009)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Advised on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JV), and investment agreements
• Structured issuances of convertible bonds (CB) and bonds with warrants (BW) and reviewed related transaction documents
• Advised on foreign exchange reporting and regulatory issues relating to outbound investments
• Advised on acquisitions and disposals of leisure and real estate assets, including hotels, resorts, and golf courses
• Advised on corporate governance matters and represented clients in shareholder disputes, management control disputes, and related litigation
• Represented clients in administrative litigation challenging disciplinary sanctions related to the Lime Fund scandal
• Represented Hana Bank in administrative litigation challenging regulatory sanctions, including business suspension orders in connection with the DLF scandal
• Represented clients in administrative sanctions proceedings relating to the accounting fraud investigation involving Samsung Biologics
• Advised financial institutions and listed companies on financial regulatory compliance, regulatory inspections, sanctions, and related administrative litigation
• Advised AI, IT, platform, data, and other TMT companies on investments and business structuring

• Legal Standards In Korea For Permissible Web Crawling (Mondaq, 2023)
• Portrait Rights and Publicity Rights as Personal Rights (Seoul Bar Association, Case Studies Vol. 36, No. 1, 2022)
• The Probability and Limitation of Discipline in Current Laws on Artificial Intelligence – Based Consumer Transaction (LAW & TECHNOLOGY Vol.16 no.5, 2020)