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Members’ Profiles

Lim, Jin-sung Partner
Mr. Lim provides a wide array of legal services concerning civil, criminal, and administrative matters, with special focus on shareholder class action suits, securities, financial frauds, and corporate governance counseling. Utilizing his former extensive background in accounting, auditing profession and projects on corporate finance, Mr. Lim provides integrated legal services related to investment, criminal and administrative matters to individuals and corporations. He values client involvements through communications and connections, which brings better outcome for his clients. Prior to joining Hannuri law, Mr. Lim worked as a Senior Associate CPA at Samil PWC, where he conducted accounting compliance, disclosure consultations, internal corporate controls and general corporate matters for high-profile customers. To effectively address the clients’ business needs, he decided to go to law school. And since his admission to Bar in 2014, Mr. Lim has been working with Hannuriplaying his part in representing individuals against corporate misconducts. Mr. Lim received his B.A. in Business Management from Yonsei University and passed the Korean CPA exam. He received his J.D. from Chung-Ang University Law School in 2014.

CREDENTIALS

Education

Graduated Hanyoung Foreign Language High School ('98)
B.A., Yonsei University, Business Management ('07)
J.D., Chung-Ang University Law School ('14)

Experience

Passed the 42nd CPA Exam (‘07)
Associate, Senior Associate CPA, Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers ('07~'10)
Passed the 3rd Korean Attorney Exam (‘14)
Hannuri('14~present)
Financial Affairs Committee, Korean Bar Association ('17~present)

Certifications/Admissions

Certified Public Accountant, Korea (‘07)
Admitted to Bar, Korea ('14)

Work Highlights

Litigations and consultations related to financial misconducts such as fraudulent disclosures, accounting fraud, use of undisclosed information and stock price manipulation (Supreme Court 2018da215664, Seoul High Court 2020na2012804, Seoul Central District Court 2016na22133, etc.)
Handled incomplete sales, mismanagement in financial investment products cases (Seoul High Court 2020na2004797, Seoul High Court 2015na2069295, etc.)
Represented in securities-related class action suits (Seoul Western District Court 2016gahap30418, etc.)
Representation and consultation in companies’ management struggles related to shareholder meetings, solicitation of proxy votes and provisional remedies (Daejeon District Court 2018gahap102922, Seoul Central District Court 2017kahap80385, etc.)
Represented minority shareholders in derivative suits, inspection of shareholder list, board of directors’ minutes and accounting books, etc. (Seoul Southern District Court 2020kahap20040, Seoul Southern District Court 2018gahap109524, Seoul Central District Court 2015kahap81590, etc.)
General civil, criminal, family related litigations and consultations

Activities/Awards

Completed the Securities and Finance Training Institute Program, Seoul Bar Association (’15)
Completed the Bankruptcy Law Training Institute Program, Seoul Bar Association (’16)

Publications


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