Gye-Jeong Kim
FinTech Guide 2024
Band 2 : FinTech Legal
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About
Provided by Gye-Jeong Kim
Practice Areas
Fintech & IT Compliance, Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Financial Regulation & Compliance, Privacy & Data Security, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications.
Career
Gye-Jeong Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang who specializes in Fintech & IT Compliance, Metaverse, Blockchain & Digital Assets, Financial Regulation & Compliance, and Privacy & Data Security. Throughout her career, Ms. Kim’s practice has primarily focused on matters where law intersects with technology. Ms. Kim has been actively involved in advising on some of the most cutting-edge and cross-border legal issues in the areas of fintech, privacy and data security.
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar and California Bar.
Publications
‘Practical Summaries of Crypto Regulation and Law - South Korea’ (Co-author, The Elliptic Crypto Compliance Hub, 2022);
‘An Introduction to FinTech Legal: South Korea, Chambers Professional-Advisers FinTech 2022’ (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2021);
‘Practical Law - FinTech in South Korea: Overview’ (Co-author, Thomson Reuters, 2021);
‘The Korean Premium: Cryptocurrency - Arbitrage Phenomenon in Korea, NYSBA International Law Practicum, Vol. 31’ (Co-author, New York State Bar Association, 2018).
Personal
Harvard Law School (Visiting Scholar, 2020);
Sungkyunkwan University Law School (J.D., 2013);
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (“KAIST”) (M.S., Computer Science, 2005);
KAIST (B.S., Computer Science, 2003).
Chambers Review
FinTech
Gye-Jeong Kim has a regulatory focused practice, particularly for virtual asset exchanges. She is well regarded by her clients for her work in regulatory and product structuring advice for securities providers and international technology companies setting up in South Korea.
Contributions
Latest contributions provided by Gye-Jeong Kim
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ms Kim is highly specialised in the field of FinTech and financial regulation, and can be of great assistance in regulatory matters, especially as they relate to the technology sector."
"She is very sophisticated and has the ability to solve issues responsibly. Particularly in the blockchain and virtual asset industries, her expertise is very good."
"Ms Kim is highly specialised in the field of FinTech and financial regulation, and can be of great assistance in regulatory matters, especially as they relate to the technology sector."
"She is very sophisticated and has the ability to solve issues responsibly. Particularly in the blockchain and virtual asset industries, her expertise is very good."