Mr. Sung Ryul KIM is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Financial Disputes, Commercial, Blockchain, and FinTech.

Mr. Kim serves as Executive Director of the Korean Constitutional Law Association, Legal Director of the Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences, and Advisory Counsel to the Korea Fintech Industry Association.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2016)

Education

• Sungkyunkwan University Law School (Completed Coursework, PhD, 2018)
• Sungkyunkwan University Law School (JD, 2016)
• Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, LLM in Constitutional Law, 2010)
• College of Law, Seoul National University (LLB, 2003)
• Seohyun High School (1997)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2017-Present)
• Attorney, HMP Law (2016)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Advised on Block Chain industry, reviewed the nature of virtual assets
• Advised on virtual currency exchange listing review response
• Advised on civil disputes related to virtual assets, multi-level and other criminal cases
• Advised on fast regulatory confirmation of fintech (confirmed that there is no regulation by submitting a regulatory review opinion)
• Reviewed terms and conditions of fintech business operators (submit review opinions to supervisory authorities)
• Advised on the operation of fintech businesses
• Provided advice on deal risk related to financial companies
• Provided advice on the Financial Consumer Protection Act
• Provided general advice on other financial companies
• Handled M&A/fund related investment-related lawsuit
• Litigated on incomplete sales and other financial companies
• Litigated for illegal dividend return
• Provided company-related general advice
• Litigated on construction work such as construction cost, design service cost, etc. (case won despite the ambiguity of the appraisal result)

• Labor Law Of Korea: Paid Annual Leave, Mondaq (2021)