Seok Ho MOON is an advisor at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Finance & Restructuring, Corporate, IB & Financial Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Blockchain.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1987)

Education

• College of Law, Korea University (LLB in Law, 1994)
• Joongdong High School (1990)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2023-Present)
• Branch Manager and Director, KB Securities (2019-2023)
• Hyundai Securities (1999-2018)
• Legal Team, Dongbu Group (1998-1999)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Handled a case related to slush fund charges against a former CEO of POSCO (2 arrest warrant dismissals and acquittal of slush fund raising and breach of trust)
• Advised on a case of business breach of trust related to business failure by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Handled a case on breach of trust related to Indonesian submarine exports by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Handled a fraud case involving alleged stock-buying by a former mayor of Ansan (not guilty)
• Handled the appeal of a bribery case involving a former Paju mayor
• Handled the appeal of a judicial scrivener under court custody in the first instance trial (not guilty)
• Handled a case of breach of trust related to the closing of Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant involving the CEO and registered directors of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (not guilty)
• Handled a case on the acquisition of Seoul Auction stolen goods (not guilty)
• Handled an appeal for a 20 billion won fraud case and brought about an order for reinvestigation and prosecution
• Handled a business embezzlement case involving the CEO of a company that invested in the so-called “Cho Kuk family fund” (arrest warrant dismissed)
• Handled various advisory and M&A for: Korea Ocean Business Corporation, Korea Furniture, Seoul Auction, Incheon Fuel Cell, Pharma, etc.
• Brought about an acquittal in the first instance criminal trial of a CEO that was charged for aiding and abetting the meat duplicate mortgage loans

• Criteria for Determining whether Virtual Assets Are Securities and Regulatory Direction for Virtual Assets (Korea Business Law Association, Business Law Review, Vol. 37, No.1, March 2023)