Hyeong-Min Yoo recently joined our Financial Securities Practice Group as a partner. He served at the Financial Supervisory Service for over 10 years in various capacities and brings valuable experience and insight to our financial regulatory practice. His primary practice is in the areas of capital markets including securities, asset management, unfair trade regulation, and licensing. He also advises financial institution clients such as banks, insurance, and mutual savings banks on regulatory and compliance matters.

Mr. Yoo served at the Financial Supervisory Service from 2011 to 2020, where he acquired a wealth of experience in dispute resolution, legal advice, litigation, investigations and examinations related to prosecution and sanctions, enactment and amendment of laws, authorization and permission, and no-action letter responses. While at the Dispute Settlement Department, he was responsible for the dispute settlement of subordinated bonds of mutual savings banks. At the Legal Affairs Department, he provided legal advice and performed litigation services concerning overall financial regulations including those concerning banks, non-banks, financial investments, and insurance. At the Capital Market Investigation Department, he investigated and reviewed unfair transactions and helped to enact/amend relevant laws. He also served at the Financial Investment Examination Department and the Asset Management Examination Department where he examined securities companies and asset management companies, helped to enact/amend relevant laws, and responded to no-action letters. He was also responsible for approval and review of financial investment business licenses, review of the approval of change of major shareholder, merger, business transfer, PEF investment, and business abolition.

Mr. Yoo also served as an executive officer at the Blue House in the Office of the President’s Legal Secretary from March 2016 to June 2017 where was responsible for providing legal advice and performing litigation matters related to the general administration of the country.