Mr. Tae Hyeon KIM is a senior advisor at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act and Labor & Employment.

Bar Admissions

• Engineer Industrial Safety (2020)
• Certified Public Labor Attorney, Korea (2004)

Education

• Kyungnam University (BS in Mechanical Engineering, 1987)
• Changwon Mechanical Technical High School (1982)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2025-Present)
• Deputy Director (Standing Executive Officer), Korea Employment and Labor Educational Institute (2021-2024)
• Director, Seoul Dongbu, Seongnam, and Busan Dongbu District Offices of Employment and Labor (2018-2021)
• Director, Mediation Division, National Labor Relations Commission (2017-2018)
• Director, Labor Standards Improvement and Labor-Management Cooperation Support Divisions, Seoul Gangnam District Office of Employment and Labor (2014-2017)
• Director, Labor Policy Office, Ministry of Employment and Labor (2009-2014)
• Director, Occupational Safety Division, Seongnam District Office of Labor and Employment (2007-2009)
• Deputy Director, Employment Policy Office, Ministry of Employment and Labor (2002-2007)
• Inspector, Occupational Safety Division, Ansan District Office of Employment and Labor (2002)
• Labor Inspector, Seongnam and Gyeonggi District Offices of Labor and Employment (1996-2002)
• Inspector, Occupational Safety Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor (1994-1996)
• Inspector, Occupational Safety Division, Anyang District Office of Employment and Labor (1991-1993)
• Inspector, Occupational Safety Bureau, Ministry of Employment and Labor (1989-1991)
• Inspector, Occupational Safety Division, Gyeonggi District Office of Employment and Labor (1988-1989)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Provided advisory services in major industrial accident cases involving Hyosung Corporation and Dongwon Development Co., Ltd., and others
• Conducted numerous assessments under the Serious Accidents Prevention Act (SAPA) Compliance Certification (SCC)
• Conducted numerous preventive consulting projects under the Serious Accidents Prevention Act (SAPA) for the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Land & Housing Corporation (LH)

• "Changes in the Judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States on the Act of Maintaining Resale Prices" (Journal of Competition, 2008)
• "A Study on the Trend of Modernization of Competition Laws in the United States and the EU" (Journal of Competition, 2007)