Suk-Hyun Hong, Esq.
Partner, JOOWON
Suk-Hyun Hong is a partner at Joowon Law Firm, which he joined in 2022. His practice focuses on financial regulation, fintech and white-collar crime. He practised at Kim & Chang from 2018 to 2022, advising on financial services, capital markets and fintech regulation. In 2021, he also served as on-site legal counsel to Google Payment Korea. Prior to joining Kim & Chang, he served for three years as a legal officer and military prosecutor in the Republic of Korea Army.
His experience includes advising on responses to Financial Supervisory Service investigations concerning algorithmic trading and private fund distribution, representing clients in criminal matters involving virtual asset exchanges, advising on the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information and the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users, and handling shareholder and management disputes.
He holds an LLB from Seoul National University (cum laude) and a JD from Korea University School of Law (summa cum laude), was admitted to the Korean bar in 2015, and is a member of the Korean Bar Association's Financial Lawyers Association.