Mr. Kyoo Sang MOON is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Criminal Defense Litigation, Corporate, Shipping & Aviation, National Defense, Energy & Infrastructure, and Criminal & Compliance.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1987)

Education

• Gana Culture Forum, Gana Art Gallery
• Advanced Leadership Program, College of Law, Seoul National University
• Advanced Management Program, Sungkyunkwan University
• Advanced Judicial Development Research Program, College of Law, Seoul National University
• Graduate School of Confucian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University (MA, 2013)
• College of Law, Seoul National University (LLB, 1978)
• Kyungnam High School (1973)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2014-Present)
• Vice President (Head of Corporate Ethics Management Office, Head of Planning and Coordination Office, Compliance Officer, Legal Audit Officer), Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (2009-2014)
• Chief of the District Office, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2009)
• Deputy Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office (2008)
• Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office (2008)
• Head, Review Headquarters of the National Integrity Commission
• Prosecutor, Daejeon High Prosecutors’ Office (2006)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Chamber 2 of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2005)
• Prosecutor, Criminal Chamber 8 of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2004)
• First Officer of Crime Information (Departmental Chief Prosecutor), Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2003)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor of Special Investigations, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office (2002)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor of Special Investigations, Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2001)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Pohang Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2000)
• Deputy Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office (1999)
• Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office (1998)
• Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (1996)
• Prosecutor, East Branch of Busan District Prosecutors’ Office (1994)
• Prosecutor, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office (1991)
• Prosecutor, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office (1989)
• Prosecutor, Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office (1987)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1987)

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)