Members

Education

• Computer science, Yonsei University
• Law School, Yonsei University

Credentials

• 5th Korean Bar examination
• IT specialized lawyer, Korean Bar Association

Experience

• Supervisor, NAVER Search Engine Development Center

Key experience

• IT specialized lawyer, Korean Bar Association / Member of the IT Blockchain Special Committee
• Outside Director, The Pinkfong Company, Ltd.
• Member of the Curriculum Innovation Committee of Yonsei University's College of Artificial Intelligence Convergence
• Korea Startup Forum Legal Support Team
• Attorney in charge of legal services for start-up support of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups

M&A / Investment key work case

• Advised on raising 60 billion won in Series A investment for a compute express link specialist
• Advised on a 21 billion won seed overseas investment contract for Silicon Valley company C
• Advised on M&A for Indonesian companies and Korean e-commerce companies
• Advised on investment in blockchain companies in Korea by US Web3 investors
• Advised on a 32 billion won pre-series C investment contract for a proptech company by venture capital firm A
• Advised on a 50 billion won Series B investment contract for a bio company by venture capital firm S

Key work case

• SAFE, Convertible Note Investment Structure Design and Contract Preparation
• Drafting and reviewing software development contracts
• Preparation of a report on the securities and legality of a specific virtual currency (legal opinion)
• Review of the possibility of intellectual property rights infringement during the acquisition and training of AI model learning data
• Review of the legality of medical information and personal information utilization services of bio/healthcare startups
• Software Development Disputes and Billing Litigation
• Virtual Asset Services and Hacking-Related Litigation, Incident Response Team Activated

Patent

• System and methods for determining document priority (Patent filing No. 1020100073660; Invented by Dong-jin Kim and Il-wun Ahn)

Thesis

• Blocking of Internet access by "Zombie PC" Regarding a bill concerning the prevention of diffusion of malicious programs <Yonsei Medicine, Scientific Technology and Law> Vol. 5 No. 1 (2014), pp.73-102

Awards

• 7th Place (Silver Award), International Collegiate Programming Contest (ACM-ICPC) 
• '2020 Shared Works and Open Source SW License Conference' Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award
• Legal Times 2022 Rising Stars (M&A, IT)

Education

• Korean Bar Association ‘2020 Venture Startup Investment Academy’ Lawyer Training Instructor
• Korea Copyright Commission 2024 Open Source SW License Training Instructor