Kwangjun Kim

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0481
  • F. +82-2-3404-7308
  • E. kwangjun.kim@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Kwangjun Kim is a partner of Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (BKL). After completing the 23rd Judicial Research and Training Institute course, Mr. Kim worked as a prosecutor at Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, and Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office. Also, for four years from November 2008, he worked as head of the Legal Affairs Group at NHN Corporation, the largest internet portal company in Korea, where he led and supervised corporate legal affairs, fair trade, patents, intellectual property rights, and personal information protection issues.

Based on his 12-year prosecutor experience and the 4-year legal group leader experience that taught him the expertise on specific legal issues facing internet companies, now Mr. Kim advises and represents clients in all legal issues of internet portals, online game and shopping companies, and social commerce companies, including IP rights, fair trade, and personal information protection. In particular, after joining BKL, while directing and managing the Privacy Team, he advised on privacy policy and regulation, handled civil and criminal cases involving personal information leaks, and dealt with compliance issues. Currently, he leads the ENI (e-Discovery & Investigation) Team at BKL, and he handles e-discoveries using digital forensics, corporate internal investigations, trade secret leaks, and the accounting audits of listed companies and assists clients in responding to investigations conducted by investigation authorities and the Fair Trade Commission.

Representative Experience

2012-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2010-2012 Head & Vice President, Management Support Group, NHN Corporation
2008-2010 Head & Executive Managing Director, Legal Group, NHN Corporation
2007 Deputy Senior Prosecutor, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Korean Institute of Criminology, Secondment)
2006 Deputy Senior Prosecutor, Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office
2005 Hoover Institution, Stanford University, USA
2003-2006 Prosecutor, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
2001-2003 Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors' Office
1999-2001 Prosecutor, Pyeongtaek Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
1997-1999 Prosecutor, Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office
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2022-Present Member, Advisory Committee for Public Interest Audit Request, Board of Audit and Inspection
2017-Present Member, Digital Forensics Advisory Committee, Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
2015-Present Director, Korea Internet Society
2015 Member, Internet Address Dispute Resolution Committee, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2014-Present Member, Policy Research and Deliberation Committee, Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
2013-Present Director, Korean Bar Association Legal Aid Foundation
2013-Present Advisory Lawyer, Korea Internet Corporations Association

Representative Matters

Represented Company A in a lawsuit involving personal information leaks
Handled criminal case involving an incorporated foundation's violation of the Personal Information Protection Act
Represented Company B in an administrative suit involving personal information leaks
Provided Holding Company C and its affiliates with digital forensic compliance service
Conducted digital forensic investigation and evidence analysis in order for Company D to respond to investigation by Fair Trade Commission of collusion
Represented Company A in a lawsuit involving personal information leaks
Handled criminal case involving an incorporated foundation's violation of the Personal Information Protection Act
Represented Company B in an administrative suit involving personal information leaks
Provided Holding Company C and its affiliates with digital forensic compliance service
Conducted digital forensic investigation and evidence analysis in order for Company D to respond to investigation by Fair Trade Commission of collusion
Advised Electronics Company E on compliance in respect of smart TV personal information protection
Advised Home Shopping Company F on compliance with respect to personal information protection
Advised Financial Holding Company G on compliance with respect to personal information protection
Represented Insurance Company H in a criminal case involving illegal provision of personal information
Represented Company I in a criminal case involving illegal obtaining of personal information
Represented Company J in a complaint case involving trade secret leaks
Represented a telecom company in a criminal case involving the Mobile Device Distribution Improvement Act
Assisted Company K with responding to investigations by the Korea Communications Commission and the Prosecution in respect of personal information leaks
Conducted digital forensic investigation for Company L in connection with an audit on Company L
Conducted digital forensic investigation for Company M in connection with an re-audit on Company M after a disclaimer of opinion was given by auditor
Conducted digital forensic and internal investigations for Company N in connection with bribery cases involving its former and current officers and employees
Assisted Company O and the Korea Customs Services with conducting internal and external investigations of the Company O's officers and employees
Advised Company P on digital forensics in connection with coping with infringement by trade secret investigation
Advised Company Q on digital forensics of PC hard disks with respect to trade secret leaks committed by its former officers and employees
Advised Company R on digital forensics with respect to trade information leaks committed by its officers and employees
Conducted digital forensic investigation and evidence analysis for Company S for its trade secret management
Conducted digital evidence analysis for Company T with respect to an investigation by Fair Trade Commission on its collusion
Conducted digital forensic investigation and evidence analysis for Incorporated Association U with respect to misconduct committed by its officers and employees
Conducted e-discovery procedures for Construction Company V in an international arbitration case
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation of PCs of officers and employees of Manufacturer W in connection with fair trade issues
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation for Company X with respect to its response to the US Ministry of Justice
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation for Company Y with respect to trade secret leaks committed by its former officer/employee
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation for Company Z with respect to its response to digital forensic investigation by customs office
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation for foreign securities company for its internal audit of employees
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation for foreign distribution company with respect to its bid rigging case
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation in order for client to respond to investigation by Fair Trade Commission of its agents
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation for foreign company with respect to forgery of certification x-documents
Conducted and advised on digital forensic investigation in order for foreign company to manage its trade secret
Conducted digital forensic investigation in order for foreign pharmaceutical company to comply with personal information protection
Advised construction company on digital information security, prevention of digital information leakage, and digital forensics
Conducted internal digital forensic investigation for Company AA in connection with its response to investigation by Chinese regulators
Conducted internal digital forensic investigation for Company BB in connection with its response to investigation by U.S. regulators
Conducted digital forensic investigation for Company CC to confirm facts related a lawsuit in the United States
Conducted digital forensic investigation in order for Company DD to respond to investigation by financial authorities
Advised Company EE on digital forensics in response to prosecutors’ search and seizure

Education

1994 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1990 Seoul National University (LL.B.)

Qualifications

1994 Korea