Mr. Jae Won KIM is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Public Sector Relations and Election & Regulation.
Mr. Kim served as a member of the 17th, 19th, and 20th National Assembly, as a special adviser for political affairs at the Office of the President in 2015, and as the senior presidential secretary for political affairs at the Office of the President in 2016.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea

Education

• Seoul National University (MA in Public Administration, 1990)
• Seoul National University (BA in Public Law, 1988)
• Simin High School (1983)

Significant Accomplishments

• Supreme Council, People Power Party (2021)
• D&A LLC (2020-Present)
• 20th National Assemblyman (2017-2020)
• Senior Secretary for Political Affairs, Presidential Secretary (2016)
• Special Adviser for Political Affairs, Presidential Secretary (2015)
• Vice Floor Leader, People Power Party (2014-2015)
• 19th National Assemblyman (2012-2016)
• Kim Jae-won's Morning Journal Anchor, Buddhist Broadcasting Radio (2009-2010)
• Guest Professor, Beijing University Graduate School of International Studies (2008)
• 17th National Assemblyman (2004-2008)
• Attorney, Hanjoong LLP (2005)
• Kim Jae-won Law Office (2001-2004)
• Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ office (2000-2001)
• Prosecutor, Pohang Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office (1999-2000)
• Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors’ office (1997-1999)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1997)
• Executive Secretary for Government Policy Coordination, Prime Minister's Office (1989-1997)
• Administrative Officer, Department of the Interior (1988)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Gained an indictment of the real culprit of the 2000 August Yakchon Five-way Intersection murder of a taxi driver and brought about a guilty ruling by the Supreme Court of Korea
• Handled a case on bribery during the 20th National Assembly Elections
• Handled a case on the illegal mobilization of college students during the 19th Presidential Elections
• Handled a case on the disclosure of false information during the 7th Simultaneous Local Elections
• Handled abandoned listing cases and stock price manipulation cases
• Handled a tax corruption case
• Handled various corruption cases arising from accounting fraud
• Handled a case on embezzlement in business of profits
• Handled a case on bidding interference related to graduation albums
• Handled a case of a high school soccer coach accepting bribes from parents for college admissions
• Handled a land fraud team case and a loan fraud team case
• Handled a case on the alteration of private documents of a member of the National Assembly
• Handled various bribery cases of ministers, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism civil servants, City Hall civil servants, Prosecutors’ Office civil servants, District Office civil servants, etc.
• Discovered a hidden case of assault and death
• Handled a case in which a secretary for a member of the National Assembly orchestrated a large fraud with the excuse of the sale of Tower Palace lots
• Handled a case in which the culturing technique for a protease, Arazyme, developed by the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology was leaked
• Requested an extradition for a cult leader accused of a sexual crime
• Conducted a conditional public sale in order to prosecute illegal fishing offenders who did not pay the extradition claim security in the exclusive economic zone, and to lead to a judgment of ship confiscation and prevent said ships from being provided for illegal fishing hereafter

• Amendment to the South Korean Private Equity Funds in Accordance with the Revised Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (Co-author, Lexology, Law Business Research, 2021)