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Kim, Dae Hee Attorney (Partner)

Professionals Introduction

Mr. Kim Dae-hee has extensive experience and practical expertise in corporate criminal matters and management control disputes. He completed the 45th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and served at the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, the Central Administrative Appeals Commission (Labor Division) under the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, and as a public-interest attorney at the Seoul Eastern Branch of the Korea Legal Aid Corporation, before joining Barun Law in 2019.

He subsequently earned an LL.M. in Corporate Law from Kyung Hee University Graduate School in 2022, and further strengthened his professional expertise through a secondment to the Investment Banking Division of Daishin Securities in 2023.

His representative matters include injunction cases involving inspection and copying of shareholder registers and accounting books, injunctions to suspend the validity of board resolutions, unjust enrichment claims involving convertible bonds (CBs), capital markets law violations related to investments in listed companies (including fraudulent unfair trading), breach of trust cases related to transfer of CB call options, violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes involving intra-group transactions among affiliates of listed companies, and forgery of private documents arising from management control disputes.

Attorney Kim further enhanced his professional competitiveness in tax and accounting matters by passing the Certified Financial Manager (Korea) examination in 2018.

Education

  • 2018Passed the National Certified Finance Manager Examination (68th)
  • 2018Graduate School of Law, Kyung Hee University (Corporate Law)
  • 2016Judicial Research and Training Institute (45th)
  • 2015Passed the Korean Bar Exam (55th)
  • 2014Department of History, Kyung Hee University (Double majored in law)
  • 2007Bucheon High School

Experience

  • 2025 ~ PresentPartner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2024 ~ PresentLegal Advisor, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul Metropolitan Government
  • 2024Completed the 13th Corporate Law Training Program, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2023 ~ 2024Seconded to the Investment Banking Division, Daishin Securities
  • 2020Completed the 18th Securities and Finance Training Program, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2019 ~ 2024Associate, Barun Law LLC
  • 2018 ~ 2019Public Service Advocate, Eastern Seoul Chapter of Korea Legal Aid Corporation
  • 2018[M&A Masterclass] Completed the 10-week course on Mergers and Acquisitions Transactions and Practices (Co-organized by KL Partners and Thomson Reuters Law & Business)
  • 2018Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commissioner’s Award (for outstanding ruling)
  • 2017 ~ 2018Public Service Advocate, Central Administrative Appeals Commission (Labor) under the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
  • 2016 ~ 2017Public Service Advocate, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office

Practice Areas and Representative Matters

Corporate / Management Control Disputes

- Injunctions for inspection and copying of shareholder registers and accounting books

- Applications for court permission to convene shareholders' meetings

- Injunctions prohibiting issuance of new shares

- Injunctions confirming shareholder status

- Injunctions suspending the validity of board resolutions

- Injunctions prohibiting disposition of bonds with warrants (BW)

- Litigation seeking confirmation of invalidity of bonds with warrants (BW) issuances

- Litigation seeking payment of redemption amounts for redeemable convertible preferred shares (RCPS)

- Unjust enrichment litigation involving convertible bonds (CBs)


Criminal Matters

- Breach of trust case involving transfer of convertible bond (CB) call options

- Capital Markets Act violation related to investments in listed companies (including fraudulent unfair trading)

- Violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement and breach of trust) arising from intra-group transactions among affiliates of listed companies

- Tax offense case under the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act related to a car rental business

- Forgery of private documents and related offenses arising from a management control dispute

- Violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement and breach of trust) in a hospital joint venture business

- Child abuse cases involving teachers

- Violation of the Insurance Fraud Prevention Act involving a medical institution

- Indecent assault and abduction/unlawful confinement case


Civil Litigation

- Litigation involving settlement payments for associations

- Trademark and trade name infringement litigation

- Litigation seeking return of consulting fees

- Litigation seeking return of provisional payments

- Claims for assigned receivables

- Collection claims

- Building delivery and eviction litigation


Administrative Litigation

- Revocation of decisions denying survivor benefits under industrial accident insurance

- Land compensation litigation (purchase of remaining land, compensation for losses, claims for increased compensation)

- Revocation of refusal to approve a housing construction project plan

- Revocation of a management and disposition plan for a reconstruction association

Profile

02-3479-7539

daehee.kim@barunlaw.com

Recent Cases

[Tax·Civil Execution] A decision that the claim for collection (made in the name of the Republic of Korea as plaintiff by the Seoul National Tax Service) was denied in the lawsuit filed in relation to the alleged tax claim of about KRW2.24 billion, on the ground that the plaintiff did not have a claim subject to attachment against the defendant

[Corporate · Finance] A case in which we successfully overturned the district court’s decision and obtained a decision from an appeal court that the claims made by a plaintiff should be dismissed for the reason that the requirement of obtaining a prior consent from certain shareholders to key management matters of a company was ineffective because it violated the equal shareholder principle in a lawsuit filed by a holder of redeemable convertible preferred shares for the redemption payment of KRW4.3 billion and a penalty for the violation of a share purchase agreement

[Finance] Barun Law obtains the decision that the issuance of a bond with warrant is null and void in the lawsuit filed to invalidate the issuance of the bond on the ground that it infringes of the existing shareholder’s preemptive right and this decision is conclusively entered as rendered by the district court.

[Criminal] Representing a plastic surgeon who was found guilty of embezzlement of about KRW900 million from a company under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, which he incorporated for a medical tourism project, Barun Law overturns the original decision and obtains an acquittal.

[Corporate Criminal] Achieving Dismissal of All Charges for the Reason of Insufficient Evidence for Company Executives Accused of Violating Capital Markets Act and Special Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes

[Civil] Overturning a Lower Court's Decision that Misinterpreted Corporate Shares and Assets as Partnership Property in a Partnership Agreement Where a Joint Business is Operated under the Corporation's Name and Obtaining a Decision that the Assets of the Corporation Cannot be Considered as the Assets of the Partnership Unless all the Parties are Shareholders

[Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes] Barun Law Successfully Dismisses Detention Warrant for the Head of a Bank's Credit Review Division Accused of Breach of Trust Involving a KFW19.4 Billion Illegal Loan to a Relative of the Chairman of a Financial Holding Company

[Construction & Real Estate] A Case Where the Owner of a New Elderly Care Facility Sued the Contractor, Architect, and Supervisor for Damages in Lieu of Defect Repairs, and the Claim Against the Contractor was Entirely Dismissed with the Contractor Successfully Represented

[Corporate Criminal] Case in Which We Overturned a Police Decision Not to Forward the Case (No Charges) Regarding Allegations of Private Document Forgery, Use of Forged Private Documents, and Breach of Trust by an Inside Director, Leading to Prosecutorial Indictment