Sungwook Kim
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 5 : Dispute Resolution: Litigation
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About
Provided by Sungwook Kim
Practice Areas
Privacy Litigation, Technology, Media & Telecommunications Litigation, Product Liability & Consumer Claims, Criminal Defense Litigation, Corporate & M&A Litigation, Employment Litigation, Administrative & Public Law Litigation, and Litigation.
Career
Sungwook Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He practices in a wide range of litigation areas but primarily focuses on privacy, product liability, corporate litigation (civil & criminal), injunctive relief and labor relations litigation. Mr. Kim has extensive experience in dealing with various types of cases from his tenure as a judge for 15 years. He has experienced all the tasks of first trial, appellate trial and appeal by the Supreme Court of Korea. He also worked as a Senior Research Judge at the Supreme Court of Korea for two years (2012-2014) and is well informed of the procedures and know-how about dealing with cases at the Supreme Court level.
Professional Memberships
Korean Bar.
Publications
“Crime of Violating the Smuggling Control Act and the Suspension of the Statute of Limitations,” Interpretation of Supreme Court Precedents Vol.94 (Court Library, 2012).
Personal
Harvard Law School (Visiting Scholar, 2004-2005);
Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (1998);
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1996);
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1993).
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Sungwook Kim safeguards his position in the ranking table on account of his notable expertise in civil, criminal and administrative litigation. He focuses on privacy, product liability and labour cases. His track record of success in major litigation is evident, including in cross-border cases involving US or European entities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He always has a great sense for communication with courts and filing strategic affidavit statements or motion submissions."
"He always has a great sense for communication with courts and filing strategic affidavit statements or motion submissions."