Mr. Sang Boo MOON is a senior advisor at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Election & Regulation.

Mr. Moon served as an audit officer (vice director) at the National Election Commission, as Director General of Investigation at the National Election Commission, as Director of Planning and Coordination, and as a Standing Commissioner (equivalent to a Cabinet Member) of the National Election Commission.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1987)

Education

• Graduate School of Public Administration, Sungkyunkwan University (MA in Public Administration, 2006)
• College of Law, Korea National Open University (LLB, 1995)
• Andong High School (1976)

Significant Accomplishments

• Court Member, National Election Commission (2015)
• Secretary General, National Election Commission (2012)
• Deputy Secretary General, National Election Commission (2010)
• Director of Planning and Coordination, National Election Commission (2009)
• Director General, Election Bureau, National Election Commission (2007)
• Director General, Investigation Bureau, National Election Commission (2006)
• Manager, Election Bureau, National Election Commission (2004)
• Audit Officer, National Election Commission (2003)
• Manager, Daegu Metropolitan City Election Commission (1999)
• Manager, Management Department, Gyeongsangbuk-do Election Commission (1998)

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)