Shin & Kim, a major South Korean law firm, announced Wednesday that it has appointed six partner attorneys as new managing partners in recognition of their expertise and leadership in key practice areas.
The newly appointed managing partners are Choi Chang-young, Jang Young-soo, Lee Dong-gun, Jang Jae-young, Jang Yun-seok, and Kang Shin-wook. They possess extensive practical experience in core legal market areas including corporate litigation, criminal law, finance, and ICT. With these appointments, Shin & Kim now operates under a 13-member managing partner structure, led by Oh Jong-han as the chief managing partner.
In the litigation practice, Choi Chang-young, an expert in corporate litigation and criminal trials, and Jang Young-soo, former chief prosecutor of the Daegu High Prosecutors' Office, were appointed as new managing partners.
Choi is a prominent attorney in corporate litigation and criminal trials who served as presiding judge of the criminal division at Seoul Central District Court, criminal policy review officer at the National Court Administration, and presiding judge at Daejeon High Court. He joined Shin & Kim in April last year and currently leads the firm's Corporate Litigation Group. Jang accumulated investigative experience in financial securities crimes, taxation, and corporate management cases while serving at major departments including the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.
In the advisory practice, Lee Dong-gun, Jang Jae-young, Jang Yun-seok, and Kang Shin-wook—who have been active in M&A and corporate finance, core areas for Shin & Kim—were named managing partners.
Lee is an M&A specialist who has advised on various corporate transactions including inbound and outbound M&A, hostile M&A defense, and pre-IPO investments. He currently serves as head of the Corporate Governance Strategy Center and is actively engaged in corporate governance and shareholder dispute matters. Jang Jae-young currently heads the Corporate Advisory & M&A Group and has advised on M&A and joint venture transactions across various industries, representing domestic and international corporations and funds for over 20 years.
Jang Yun-seok has built extensive practical experience and expertise by advising on major acquisition financing transactions, including financial advisory for EQT's acquisition of SK Shieldus and SKC's film business unit acquisition. Kang provides advisory services on digital regulatory compliance, data protection, and platform policy to domestic and international platform companies, telecommunications carriers, and content and media companies, drawing on his policy design experience at government agencies including the Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea Communications Commission, and Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.
Shin & Kim explained that the additional managing partner appointments represent a strategic governance enhancement to respond more swiftly to rapidly changing domestic and external environments and increasingly sophisticated client needs with consolidated capabilities.
"This expansion of our managing partner team is aimed at enabling key partners who will drive continued growth in their respective practice areas to listen more closely to client needs and provide integrated solutions," Oh emphasized.
