Moosung Jin

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0675
  • F. +82-2-3404-7305
  • E. moosung.jin@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Moosung Jin mainly practices in financial institutions, licensing, financial regulations, capital markets, corporate financing, corporate governance and holding companies, and other general corporate matters. Mr. Jin earned a B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University and completed the 33rd Judicial Research and Training Institute course. Afterward, he worked at Hanul Professional Law Corporation and advised and represented clients in cases on construction and real estate. He also worked at the Judicial Affairs Office of Daewoo Securities as an in-house counsel and worked on securities-related litigation.

From 2012, Mr. Jin worked as an in-house counsel of Financial Supervisory Service. During his service, he gained extensive experience in legal issues in various areas including investigation of unfair trade in capital markets (use of undisclosed information, market price control, illegal dealing, etc.), audit review to detect and impose sanctions against accounting frauds of corporations required to submit business reports, and financial disputes. Based on these experiences, he gave many lectures at the Korea Listed Companies Association, KOSDAQ Listed Companies Association, and academies in Financial Supervisory Service.

Representative Experience

2019-Present Bae, Kim & Lee, LLC
2018-2019 Audit Inspection Department, Financial Supervisory Service
2016-2018 Consumer Complaints Center, Financial Supervisory Service
2013-2016 Capital Market Investigation Department 1, Financial Supervisory Service
2012-2013 Dispute Resolution Bureau (Insurance, Bank), Financial Supervisory Service
2008-2012 Daewoo Securities
2004-2008 Hanul Professional Law Corp.

Representative Matters

Advised clients in response to the Financial Supervisory Service's investigations into unfair trade allegations (e.g., Company A's use of undisclosed information, Company AB's price manipulation, Company AC's unlawful transactions)
Advised clients including casino business operator and others on response to the inspection and sanctions by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, Financial Services Commission
Advised clients in response to the Financial Supervisory Service's accounting inspection and regarding the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies
Advised Bank B, Securities Companies BA and BC on their response to inspection and sanctions involving private equity funds' mis-selling
Represented Securities Company C and others in responding to inspection and sanctions in connection with compensation for the loss from trust and wrapaccount
Advised clients in response to the Financial Supervisory Service's investigations into unfair trade allegations (e.g., Company A's use of undisclosed information, Company AB's price manipulation, Company AC's unlawful transactions)
Advised clients including casino business operator and others on response to the inspection and sanctions by the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, Financial Services Commission
Advised clients in response to the Financial Supervisory Service's accounting inspection and regarding the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies
Advised Bank B, Securities Companies BA and BC on their response to inspection and sanctions involving private equity funds' mis-selling
Represented Securities Company C and others in responding to inspection and sanctions in connection with compensation for the loss from trust and wrapaccount
Advised an asset management company and a real estate trust company on their respective sales activities and response to sanctions
Advised a credit-specialized financial company on its new establishment and registration
Advised clients on the Financial Holding Companies Act and the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies
Advised clients on the financial regulations including the Act on Real Name Financial Transactions and Confidentiality
Advised, as secretary to the task force, on the response to the investigation into financial securities crime

Education

2004 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2002 Seoul National University (B.A.)

Selected Activities

Publications
A Case Study on Capital Market Unfair Trading & Disclosure (Co-author, Financial Supervisory Service, 2015)
Manual for the Investigation of Unfair Trade Practices (Co-author, Financial Supervisory Service, 2014)
A Case Study on Capital Market Unfair Trading (Co-author, Financial Supervisory Service, 2013)
Legal issue about Liability for Warranty against Defects of Aggregate Building, Human Rights and Justice Vol. 356, pp.161-184 (Korean Bar Association, 2006)
Activity
Lecture at the Accounting Academy, Financial Supervisory Service (2018)
Lecture at the Unfair Trade Investigation Academy, Financial Supervisory Service (2015-2016)
Awards
Citation (Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, 2016)

Qualifications

2004 Korea