Barun Law Expands Financial Regulation Team With Hire of Moo Sung Jin
Barun Law, a prominent Korean law firm, has successfully recruited Moo Sung Jin, a financial regulation expert and former senior investigator at South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the country’s key financial regulator.
“Barun Law is renowned as a law firm traditionally strong in litigation,” said Do Hyung Kim, one of the managing partners at Barun Law. “Based on this strength, the firm plans to enhance its capabilities in financial regulation by recruiting experts well-versed in the field.”
Jin will join Barun Law’s financial regulation response team, where he will play a key role in strengthening the firm’s capacity to provide advisory services on various financial regulations and manage litigation related to financial authorities.
Licensed to practice law in Korea since 2004, Jin dedicated seven years to the FSS from 2012 to 2019, with his final role being senior investigator. During his tenure at the FSS, Jin investigated major capital market issues, including insider trading, market manipulation, fraudulent transactions, and market misconduct. He also oversaw accounting audits to detect and address fraud in companies required to submit business reports and managed financial disputes in the banking and insurance sectors.
Jin was most recently a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee after leaving the FSS in 2019. “His track record at Bae Kim & Lee includes advising major commercial banks, securities firms, and savings banks on responding to comprehensive, ad-hoc, and sector-specific inspections by the FSS,” the firm stated. “He also provided counsel on responses to unfair trading investigations involving listed companies on the KOSPI/KOSDAQ markets and handled short-selling investigations targeting foreign investment banks.”