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Do Kyung Kim
Partner
- TEL 82 2 6182 8153
- FAX 82 2 6003 7021
- E-MAIL kimdk@hwawoo.com
Biography
Do Kyung Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice areas include corporate criminal matters, virtual assets and financial crimes, serious accidents, and anti-money laundering.
Mr. Kim is a criminal law expert who entered the Korean National Police Agency as an inspector through the special recruitment program for attorneys and served as the Head of the Metropolitan Investigation Division and the Inaugural Head of the Serious Accidents Investigation Team at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA), where he directed investigations into major, high-impact cases, including market manipulation at virtual asset exchanges. Thereafter, Mr. Kim served as the Investigation Review Officer at the Investigation Review Office under the Investigation Bureau at SMPA, and the Head of the Planning Team under the Common Criminal Justice System Operation Group under the Ministry of Justice. He later served as the Analysis Officer at the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Financial Services Commission (FSC) where he oversaw the planning and analysis of investigations into anti-money laundering and virtual asset-related unlawful activities.
Leveraging his extensive practical experience in police investigations and in-depth expertise in financial and corporate crimes, Mr. Kim provides practical and strategic legal advice on corporate criminal cases, violations of the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users and the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, serious accidents and anti-money laundering regulatory risks, and responses to investigative agency interrogations and warrant proceedings.
Mr. Kim is a criminal law expert who entered the Korean National Police Agency as an inspector through the special recruitment program for attorneys and served as the Head of the Metropolitan Investigation Division and the Inaugural Head of the Serious Accidents Investigation Team at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA), where he directed investigations into major, high-impact cases, including market manipulation at virtual asset exchanges. Thereafter, Mr. Kim served as the Investigation Review Officer at the Investigation Review Office under the Investigation Bureau at SMPA, and the Head of the Planning Team under the Common Criminal Justice System Operation Group under the Ministry of Justice. He later served as the Analysis Officer at the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Financial Services Commission (FSC) where he oversaw the planning and analysis of investigations into anti-money laundering and virtual asset-related unlawful activities.
Leveraging his extensive practical experience in police investigations and in-depth expertise in financial and corporate crimes, Mr. Kim provides practical and strategic legal advice on corporate criminal cases, violations of the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users and the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, serious accidents and anti-money laundering regulatory risks, and responses to investigative agency interrogations and warrant proceedings.
Practice Areas
Experience
- 2026-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2025-26 Analysis Officer (secondment), Korea Financial Intelligence Unit, Financial Services Commission (FSC)
- 2024-25 Head of Planning Team (secondment), Common Criminal Justice System Operation Group, Ministry of Justice
- 2023-24 Investigation Review Officer, Investigation Review Office, Investigation Bureau, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA)
- 2020-23 Head of the Serious Accidents Investigation Team and Head of the Metropolitan Crime Investigation Team, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA)
- 2016-20 Head & Deputy Head of the Economic Crime Investigation Team (currently the Integrated Investigation Team), Seoul Gangseo Police Station
Education
- 2016 Graduate School of Korea University (completed the Doctorate Course on Corporate M&A and Debt Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act)
- 2012 Kangwon National University School of Law (J.D.)
- 2009 Dongguk University (B.A. in Police Administration)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea (2012)
Languages
Korean and English