Jong Woon Kim

Jong Woon Kim

  • Advisor
  • T. +82-2-3404-0661
  • F. +82-2-3404-0006
  • E. jongwoon.kim@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Jong Woon Kim's primary areas of practice are licensing and authorization of financial institutions, financial institution inspections, electronic financial transactions, and fintech and financial security.

Mr. Kim worked at Samsung SDS for six years, where he carried out global ICT infrastructure consulting and implementation work. Thereafter, he worked at the Financial Supervisory Service for approximately 13 years in various departments, including the IT & Fintech Strategy Department, the Digital Finance Examination Department, and the IT Strategy Department, where he carried out digital finance supervisory duties (responding to supervisory issues under the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, ongoing IT monitoring, and reviews of applications for registration as electronic financial businesses) and conducted IT inspections of financial institutions (including comprehensive inspections and IT operational status assessments).

Based on this hands-on IT experience and his supervisory and inspection experience at the Financial Supervisory Service, Mr. Kim provides practical advice for resolving digital finance–related issues faced by financial institutions and electronic financial businesses.

Representative Experience

2026-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2025-2026 IT Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service
2022-2025 Personnel & Training Department, Financial Supervisory Service
2021-2022 Digital Finance Examination Department, Financial Supervisory Service
2019-2021 IT & Fintech Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service
2013-2019 IT Strategy Department, Financial Supervisory Service
2007-2013 Global ICT Infrastructure, Samsung SDS

Representative Matters

Practice of Registration of Electronic Financial Business Operators and Review of Terms and Conditions
Practice of IT Inspections of Financial Investment Companies
Practice of Designation under the Financial Regulatory Sandbox

Education

2024 Korea University, Graduate School of Information Security (M.S.)
2007 Sungkyunkwan University (B.S.)

Selected Activities

Awards
Citation (Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, 2017)

Qualifications

2011 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
2010 Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)