Attorney Soon Young PARK accumulated years of practical experience in general civil, criminal, and administrative litigation at Law Firm Madang, and served as an in-house counsel at SK Group’s ICT affiliate for 11 years since 2014, building expertise in online platforms, electronic finance, fintech, data privacy, M&A, and corporate advisory. She is currently a partner at LIN LLC, and based on her extensive experience and knowledge in TMT, information security, M&A, corporate advisory, and litigation, she provides comprehensive, tailored legal services to our clients.
个人简介
经历
- Current) Partner, LIN LLC
- Former) In-House Counsel, SK Planet
- Former) Attorney, Madang
代表业绩
[TMT∙Information Security]
- Advised on drafting and revising terms and conditions for electronic financial transactions
- Advised on licensing and registration under the Electronic Financial Transactions Act (EFTA)
- Advised electronic financial institutions on outsourcing information processing and utilizing cloud computing services
- Advised electronic financial institutions on network separation for each service
- Advised electronic financial institutions on launching partnership bank account services
- Advised an e-finance company on issuing prepaid cards
- Advised on whether various types of corporate reward points quality as prepaid electronic payment means under the EFTA
- Advised online platform operators on whether they are engaged in financial product advertising or financial product sales agency/brokerage business
- Advised on the processing of personal (credit) information/(personal) location information for online platform services
- Advised on the scope of data utilization for marketing, related precautions, and compliance requirements for providing and using personal (credit) information
- Advised on legal procedures for pseudonymization of data and utilization, provision, and combination of pseudonymized information
- Advised on legal issues concerning the commercialization of pseudonymized information sales
- Advised MyData service providers on reporting procedures to the Financial Supervisory Services (FSS) under the Credit Information Use and Protection Act
- Advised on the status of AdIDs as personal information in online advertising and the related authoritative interpretations by the Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
- Advised on approval procedures and documentation for changing the major shareholders of MyData services
- Advised on e-commerce services such as open marketplaces
- Advised on the launch of apparel rental services
- Advised on the launch of chatbot services
- Advised on launch of advertising services using AR (augmented reality)
[M&A & Corporate Advisory]
- Advised on VC investments, issuance of new shares, and share transfers
- Advised on business and asset transfers
- Advised on spin-offs, split-offs, and mergers
- Advised on the acquisition of convertible bonds
- Advised on the operation of general shareholders' meetings and boards of directors
- Advised on the execution of pledges over employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) shares, repurchases, and acquisition of minority stakes- Advised on the cancellation of treasury shares and capital reductions
- Advised on corporate governance restructuring for exclusion from conglomerate affiliation- Advised on unfair support between affiliated companies
- Advised on the status of special-type workers (e.g. telemarketing counselors) as employees
- Advised on illegal dispatching and in-house subcontracting
[AML]
- Advised on drafting and revising internal AML regulations and guidelines
- Advised e-finance companies on AML compliance and implementation
- Advised on STR filings related to telecommunications financial fraud
[Litigation]
- Represented clients in defending against applications for relief regarding unfair dismissal/unfair personnel actions before the Labor Relations Commission
- Represented clients in criminal investigations concerning violations of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act (trade secret infringement)
- Represented clients in criminal investigations concerning violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes
- Handled numerous civil lawsuits, including claims for damages, loan recovery, and the revocation of fraudulent acts, etc.
- Handled numerous administrative lawsuits, including actions to cancel the imposition of development charges and refusals of information disclosure, etc.
教育背景
- College of Law, Ewha Womans University (LL.B.)
- Passed the 49th National Judicial Examination
- Completed the 39th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI)
执业领域
- TMT • Information Security
- M&A, Corporate Advisory
- General Civil∙Criminal∙Administrative Litigation