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Si Mok Kim
Partner
- TEL 82 2 6003 7022
- FAX 82 2 6003 7009
- E-MAIL kimsimok@yoonyang.com
Biography
Si Mok Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include financial regulations, fintech, anti-money laundering, financial laws and regulations & licensing, and internal control of financial companies.
Prior to joining our law firm, Mr. Kim served as the Deputy Director at the Financial Services Commission (FSC), where he accumulated extensive hands-on experience in financial regulatory matters, including licensing and permits, administrative sanctions, enactment and amendment of financial laws and regulations, and statutory interpretations. Thereafter, Mr. Kim worked at major domestic law firms where he primarily advised financial companies and handled corporate M&A deals. He possesses ample hands-on experience across the financial sector, with particular expertise in fintech and electronic financial transactions, virtual assets and digital assets, foreign exchange transactions, internal control of financial companies, and anti-money laundering (AML). In addition, Mr. Kim has developed in-depth expertise in financial policies and systems by serving on advisory committees and panels for key financial authorities and institutions, including the FSC, the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and the Korea Exchange (KRX).
Leveraging his extensive experience and expertise accumulated at working for financial regulatory bodies and leading law firms, Mr. Kim provides practical and strategic legal advice on financial licensing and regulatory compliance, internal control and compliance, anti-money laundering, fintech, and digital finance.
Prior to joining our law firm, Mr. Kim served as the Deputy Director at the Financial Services Commission (FSC), where he accumulated extensive hands-on experience in financial regulatory matters, including licensing and permits, administrative sanctions, enactment and amendment of financial laws and regulations, and statutory interpretations. Thereafter, Mr. Kim worked at major domestic law firms where he primarily advised financial companies and handled corporate M&A deals. He possesses ample hands-on experience across the financial sector, with particular expertise in fintech and electronic financial transactions, virtual assets and digital assets, foreign exchange transactions, internal control of financial companies, and anti-money laundering (AML). In addition, Mr. Kim has developed in-depth expertise in financial policies and systems by serving on advisory committees and panels for key financial authorities and institutions, including the FSC, the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and the Korea Exchange (KRX).
Leveraging his extensive experience and expertise accumulated at working for financial regulatory bodies and leading law firms, Mr. Kim provides practical and strategic legal advice on financial licensing and regulatory compliance, internal control and compliance, anti-money laundering, fintech, and digital finance.
Practice Areas
- Finance ∙ Capital Markets
- Financial Company Licenses ∙ Permits
- Financial Compliance
- Financial Consumer Protection Regulations
- Financial Company M&A
- Banks ∙ Financial Holding Companies
- Financial Investment Companies
- Specialized Credit Finance Companies ∙ Savings Banks
- AML & Internal Control Solution Center
- Digital Finance Center
Experience
- 2026-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2021-present Member of the Statutory Interpretation Deliberation Committee, Financial Services Commission (FSC)
- 2017-present Member of the Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA)
- 2023-26 Member of the Disciplinary Committee, Korea Exchange (KRX)
- 2021-23 Auditor, Korea Fintech Industry Association
- 2020-25 Member of the Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
- 2019-22 Member of the Investment Deliberation Committee, Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation
- 2019-21 Director of Legal Affairs, Seoul Bar Association
- 2018-25 Legal Advisor, Financial Services Commission (FSC)
- 2018-22 Member of the KOSDAQ Market Listing Committee, Korea Exchange (KRX)
- 2018-20 Member of the AML Sanctions Deliberation Committee, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
- 2014-20 Member of the Regulatory Deliberation Committee, Korea Federation of Banks
- 2020-26 Yulchon LLC
- 2015-19 Saehan LLC
- 2012-13 Kim & Chang
- 2009-12 Deputy Director, Financial Services Commission (FSC)
- 2007-09 HMP Law
- 2004-07 Public Service Advocate
Education
- 2006 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.D.)
- 2004 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 2002 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
- 1999 Seoul National University (LL.B.)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea (2004)
Awards
- Commendation from the Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (2010, 2017, 2024)
- Best Lawyer, Finance, Korea Economic Business (2024-2025)
- Lawyer of the Year, Finance, Legal Times (2017)
Publications
- Enactment of the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users and Key Legal Issues: Legal Issues undre the Virtual Asset Act I, BFL Vol. 122 (Seoul National University Center for Financial Law (2023)
- Study on the Risks and Countermeasures of Money Laundering and Misuse of Terrorist Financing by Corporations and Trusts, etc., Research Report for the Financial Services Commission (Korea Financial Intelligence Unit) (2019)
- Online Commentary on the Financial Consumer Protection Act, Thomson Reuters (Co-author, 2021)
- Online Commentary on the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies, Thomson Reuters (Co-author, 2020)
- Online Commentary on the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, Thomson Reuters (Co-author, 2019)
- Enactment Process of the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies and Practical Issues in Application, BFL No. 79 (Seoul National Universify Center for Financial Law, 2016)
- Improvement Directions for Domestic Private Microfinance through Overseas Case Studies, Research Report for the Financial Supervisory Service (Co-author, 2015)
- Annual Report under the Best Practice Guidelines on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies, (Monthly) Non-Life Insurance (2015)
- Legislative Progreess of the Proposed Bill on the Act on Corporate Governance of Financal Companies, (Monthly) Non-Life Insurance (2013)
- Key Details of the Proposed Bill on the Act on Corporate Governance of Financial Companies, (Monthly) Non-Life Insurance (2012)
- Terrorist Financing and Financial Transaction Authorizations, The Law Times (2009)
- Review of the Newly Established “Regulations on Overseas Expansion of Financial Institutions,” The Law Times (2008)
- Constitutional Court Decision on the Depositor Preferential Payment System, The Law Times (2007)
- Gebrauch von Siegeln in Korea, Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Co-author, 2007)
Languages
Korean and English
