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Hong Jun Choi
Partner
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seoulTEL 82 2 6003 7050FAX 82 2 6003 7009E-MAIL choihj@yoonyang.com
Biography
Hong Jun Choi is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice areas include financial regulation, as well as handling inspections & sanctions against financial companies, and finacial disputes.
Prior to joining our law firm, Mr. Choi was at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), during which he served in key divisisions – namely, the Financial Services Improvement Bureau, Special Inspection Bureau, Foreign Exchange Supervision Bureau – and other divisions dedicated to banking, non-banking financial institutions, and financial consumer protection, where he handled regulatory inspections and administrative sanctions against financial companies as well as regulatory compliance and statutory interpretation matters.
Thereafter, at Kim & Chang and Yulchon LLC, he accumulated extensive practical experience across a broad spectrum of financial-related legal matters for major fianancial institutions and conglomerates, such as advising on financial regulations, responding to inspections and adminsitrative sanctions by the FSS, delivering advisory service pertaining to foreign exchange transactions as well as financial-related civil and criminal disputes. In particular, based on a profound understanding of foreign exchange regulations, Mr. Kim demonstrated his caliber by delivering outstanding performance in mitigating foreign exchange risks on behalf of financial institutions and successfully defending clients against administrative sanctions by regulatory authorities.
Drawing on extensive experience accumulated at the FSS and major law firms, Mr. Choi provides strategic legal solutions across the full spectrum of financial matters, including responding to regulatory inspections and sanctions against financial companies, advising on foreign exchange transactions, managing financial regulatory risks, and handling related civil and criminal disputes.
Prior to joining our law firm, Mr. Choi was at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), during which he served in key divisisions – namely, the Financial Services Improvement Bureau, Special Inspection Bureau, Foreign Exchange Supervision Bureau – and other divisions dedicated to banking, non-banking financial institutions, and financial consumer protection, where he handled regulatory inspections and administrative sanctions against financial companies as well as regulatory compliance and statutory interpretation matters.
Thereafter, at Kim & Chang and Yulchon LLC, he accumulated extensive practical experience across a broad spectrum of financial-related legal matters for major fianancial institutions and conglomerates, such as advising on financial regulations, responding to inspections and adminsitrative sanctions by the FSS, delivering advisory service pertaining to foreign exchange transactions as well as financial-related civil and criminal disputes. In particular, based on a profound understanding of foreign exchange regulations, Mr. Kim demonstrated his caliber by delivering outstanding performance in mitigating foreign exchange risks on behalf of financial institutions and successfully defending clients against administrative sanctions by regulatory authorities.
Drawing on extensive experience accumulated at the FSS and major law firms, Mr. Choi provides strategic legal solutions across the full spectrum of financial matters, including responding to regulatory inspections and sanctions against financial companies, advising on foreign exchange transactions, managing financial regulatory risks, and handling related civil and criminal disputes.
Practice Areas
Experience
- 2026-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2026-present Advisory Member of the Financial Supervisory Advisory Committee, Fnancial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2020-26 Yulchon LLC
- 2018-20 Kim & Chang
- 2017-18 Banking & Non-Banking Consumer Protection Bureau, Fnancial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2015-17 Foreign Exchange Supervision Bureau, Fnancial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2014-15 Special Inspection Bureau, Fnancial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2013-14 Financial Services Improvement Bureau, Fnancial Supervisory Service (FSS)
- 2011-13 DOUM Law Firm
Education
- 2011 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 2009 Sungkyunkwan University (LL.B.)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea (2011)
Awards
- Commendation from the Minister of Economy and Finance (2016)
Languages
Korean and English