Sangbum Ko focuses his practice on unfair trading matters under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, inspections and sanctions of financial institutions, and related administrative litigation, drawing on his extensive experience at the Financial Supervisory Service.

Mr. Ko worked at the Financial Supervisory Service for 15 years as a working-level official and team head, where he conducted investigations into unfair trading practices such as insider trading, market manipulation, and fraudulent and unfair transactions, and handled inspections and sanctions of financial institutions including securities firms, asset management companies, banks, and savings banks. He was also in charge of responding to the Securities and Futures Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service Sanctions Review Committee.

Mr. Ko further handled administrative litigation involving the mis-selling of DLFs and other private funds, managed the overall operations of the Financial Dispute Settlement Committee, and contributed to the enactment of the Financial Consumer Protection Act during by providing legal advice and delivering lectures. Prior to his tenure at the Financial Supervisory Service, he practiced as a lawyer at a law firm and as in-house counsel at financial institutions, where he handled a wide range of financial-related civil litigation and reviewed financial agreements, building a broad base of practical experience across all aspects of financial cases.