Attorney Lee Chang-min is a versatile legal professional with outstanding capabilities in managing regulatory risks for technology-driven services. He is an all-round litigator capable of handling civil, criminal, and administrative disputes in an integrated manner.

After graduating from Yonsei University Law School in 2017, Mr. Lee served as a Public Service Advocate at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, where he was responsible for healthcare-related administrative litigation involving the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the National Health Insurance Service, and the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service. His performance was recognized through commendations for exemplary case handling. He joined Barun Law LLC in 2020, and in 2024, he was seconded to fintech startup Finda Co., Ltd., where he gained hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and the regulatory frameworks governing them.

His major representations include: 
- advisory and regulatory response in connection with applications to the Financial Regulatory Sandbox; 
- defense in multiple cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets (including software and production process diagrams) under the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act;
- investigation-stage defense in a Country-of-Origin Labeling Act violation case involving the smuggling of Chinese seaweed by a food company;
- a criminal complaint concerning violations of the Patent Attorney Act relating to services such as infringement evidence investigations conducted by a patent search service provider;
- trial-stage representation in connection with the Gwangju Hwajeong-dong apartment building collapse;
- criminal complaints alleging breach of trust in connection with the exercise of convertible bonds;
- dispute resolution, including injunction proceedings, concerning the status of land use right holders in real estate development projects; and
- administrative litigation challenging sales suspension measures imposed on SMEs by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups.

Drawing on his engineering background, Mr. Lee excels at structuring complex technical issues and applying such structured analysis to business decision-making and dispute resolution across a broad spectrum of legal matters.

Criminal

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

- Violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (Breach of Trust) involving improper loans by financial institution executives and employees

- Intellectual property crimes, including violations of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act relating to trade secret misappropriation

- Financial crimes involving breaches of trust in connection with the exercise of conversion rights under convertible bonds

- Sex crimes, including indecent assault and (quasi-)rape

- Cybercrimes, including defamation and violations of the Information and Communications Network Act

Civil / Administrative

- Construction litigation relating to apartment defects

- Management control disputes, including actions to invalidate shareholders' resolutions and injunctions suspending directors' exercise of duties

- Disputes over land ownership and usage rights in real estate development projects

- Administrative litigation concerning disciplinary measures such as dismissal and demotion, as well as public official status

- Land compensation cases (loss compensation and claims for increased compensation)

IT / Startups

- Regulatory responses for fintech startups in connection with applications to the Financial Regulatory Sandbox

- Advisory and regulatory responses relating to medical device approval and notification for healthcare startups

- Defense in criminal complaints involving cryptocurrency price manipulation

- Cases involving violations of the Personal Information Protection Act