Mr. Suk Jin KIM is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Civil and Criminal Litigation, Antitrust & Competition Law, Corporate Law, and Administrative Litigation.

As a practitioner of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), Mr. Kim gained extensive practical experience in various administrative enforcement matters. He also served as Head of Legal Affairs at Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd., and handled major high-profile and socially significant cases, including civil and criminal litigation related to humidifier disinfectants, thereby developing substantial expertise in corporate legal affairs and owner risk management. In addition, he successfully obtained a Constitutional Court ruling annulling a prosecutor’s decision to suspend indictment, which was published as a key precedent of the Constitutional Court of Korea in August 2023.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2016)

Education

• Yonsei University Graduate School (LLD in Fair Trade Act, 2022-Present)
• Yonsei University Law School (LLM, 2016)
• Yonsei University (LLB, 2012)
• Daewon Foreign Language High School (2008)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2023-Present)
• Director of Legal Affairs, Aekyung Industrial (2020-2023)
• Attorney, AK Holdings (2019-2020)
• Public-Service Judge Advocate, Fair Trade Commission (2018-2019)
• Public-Service Judge Advocate, Ministry of Justice (2017-2018)
• Public-Service Judge Advocate, Korea Legal Aid Corporation (2016-2017)
• Intern, New York Supreme Court (2013)

Professional Activities and Experience

• [Civil & Criminal Matters]
• |N|- Represented Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd. in a wide range of litigation related to humidifier disinfectants, including civil damages claims, inter-company indemnity claims, criminal trials, administrative revocation actions, and constitutional petitions
• |N|- Secured a Supreme Court remand in the occupational negligence case involving humidifier disinfectant-related deaths (Case No. 2024Do1856)
• |N|- Won a KRW 3.1 billion indemnity claim lawsuit against major conglomerate S (Seoul High Court Case No. 2024Na2003129)
• |N|- Responded to investigations by regulatory and law enforcement authorities, including the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the prosecution and police, including corporate raids and suspect interrogations
• |N|- Represented clients in disputes arising from contract performance and construction defects, including hospital and gym interior construction projects
• |N|- Defended criminal cases involving violations of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, the Act on Labeling and Advertising of Foods, organized crime, and narcotics-related offenses
• |B|
• [Administrative & Antitrust Matters]
• |N|- Handled various administrative and antitrust cases as a case officer at the Korea Fair Trade Commission, including corrective actions against unfair contract terms imposed by major game service providers such as Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games
• |N|- Represented the Korea Fair Trade Commission in litigation seeking cancellation of corrective orders regarding unfair contract terms imposed on Agoda and Booking.com
• |N|- Won an administrative lawsuit revoking a KRW 10.7 billion levy imposed by the Ministry of Environment (Seoul Administrative Court Case No. 2023Guhap66146)
• |B|
• [Constitutional Litigation]
• |N|- Led the revocation of deferred prosecution disposition (2021Heonma994, selected as a significant constitutional court decision in August 2023)

• An Examination Of The Scope Of Self-Defense (Mondaq, 2025)
• A critical review of the Korea Music Copyright Association’s sanctions against unfair trade practices – Based on the relationship between copyright and Fair Trade Act (Won the Korea Music Copyright Association Thesis Award, 2023)
• A critical review of the criteria for determining the expiry of dispositions on unfair representation and advertising – Focusing on the Supreme Court Decision of 2019Du35978 Decided March 17, 2022 - (Korean Lawyers Association Law Review vol.72, no.5, 2023)
• A study on the impact of the Microsoft acquisition of Blizzard on competition in the console gaming service market (Co-author, Kookmin Law Review, vol.36, no.1, 2023)
• A review in terms of the constitutional petition and the judicial activism (Co-author, Soongsil Law Review no.56, 2023)
• The Contemplation regarding the corrective action order of Fair Trade Commission of Korea(KFTC) and the succeeding administrative litigation about the non-refundable condition clause of online platform enterprises- a review centered on the concept of a ʻthree-sided contractʼ - (Korean Lawyer Association Journal, vol.72, no.1, 2023)
• The remedy of the problem of Copyright Infringement and Defamation with regards to the legal attributes of Parody - the research of the comparison method regarding the Korean and American legal precedents – (Yonsei University Institute for Legal Studies, vol.25, no.2, 2015)
• 「Copyright Issues Surrounding Online Gaming」 (Yonsei Law Journal Vol.5, 2014)