Seogon Kim is a distinguished industrial security expert with over 30 years of experience at Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), where he specialized in technology protection and economic security. He has extensive expertise in preventing and responding to corporate technology leakage incidents and advising on the export of National Core Technologies (NCT) and defense technologies.

Mr. Kim played a pivotal role in developing Korea’s national technology protection and economic security framework. His leadership contributed to the enactment and amendment of key legislation, including the Act on Prevention of Divulgence and Protection of Industrial Technology, the Defense Technology Security Act, and revisions to the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act.

He has provided comprehensive security consulting and compliance advisory services to leading corporations, government-funded research institutes, and university laboratories on a wide range of issues, including industrial technology protection, trade secret management, and corporate information security. His recent work includes advising on cross-border technology transactions, defense industry compliance, and strategic information protection measures.

Since joining Lee & Ko in 2025, Mr. Kim has been a key member of the Industrial Technology & Economic Security Practice Group, where he provides specialized counsel on industrial technology protection, trade secret and corporate information security, defense industry regulations, NCT compliance, data privacy and cybersecurity.