Tae-Hyeon Kim is a partner at Shin & Kim whose practice focuses on white collar crime, international criminal law, information security, digital technology and data law, and digital forensics.

Mr. Kim graduated from Yonsei University College of Law and graduated from the 44th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He also holds an LL.M. in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law from the University of Sussex, UK and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Mr. Kim worked as a Public-Service Judge Advocate at the Korea Legal Aid Corporation, where he handled a variety of civil, criminal and family cases, and at the National Litigation Division of the Ministry of Justice, where he conducted and supervised numerous administrative proceedings. Since joining Shin & Kim, Mr. Kim has focused on white-collar criminal cases, including breach of trust, embezzlement and capital market violations, and has successfully represented a number of Korean companies in cases involving the Information and Communication Network Act and the Personal Information Protection Act. He has also achieved successful results in other areas, including cases on antitrust violations involving price-fixing, violations involving labor unions and dispatching, violations of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act and the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act of a Korean pharmaceutical company, and preliminary investigations and digital forensic investigations for Korean and foreign companies.

• Represented clients in cases involving breach of trust and embezzlement by employees of major Korean companies and public institutions
• Represented clients in cases involving violations of the Capital Markets Act by representatives of a Korean securities firm and a KOSDAQ-listed firm
• Represented a Korean legal technology startup L in a case involving violations of the Attorney-At-Law Act and the Personal Information Protection Act
• Represented a client in a case involving violations of the Information and Communication Network Act and the Personal Information Protection Act by employees of a national broadcasting agency
• Represented a client in a case involving violations of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, such as leakage and misappropriation of trade secrets, by employees of a major Korean conglomerate
• Represented a Korean pharmaceutical company in a case involving violations of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act and the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act
• Represented a highway management company in a case involving violations of the Temporary Workers Protection Act
• Represented a private kindergarten in a case involving violations of the Private Schools Act
• Represented a professor at a university hospital in a case involving violations of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act in connection with kickbacks
• Represented an artist affiliated with a global entertainment company in an action for violation of the Information and Communication Network Act
• Represented a global automobile company in a case involving violations of the Motor Vehicle Management Act
• Advised and represented a major Chinese media group in a dispute over its investment in Korea
• Advised and represented a major Hong Kong shipping company in a dispute over its investment in a joint venture in Korea
• Represented a virtual asset operator in a case against unauthorized users in connection with the listing of virtual assets