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Sangrok SHIN
Financial Compliance
Sangrok Shin is a financial legal expert with approximately 20 years of experience at major Korean government agencies, including the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and the Ministry of Finance and Economy. He has extensive experience advising on a broad spectrum of financial regulatory matters, including capital markets investigations, electronic finance, credit information, insurance, anti-money laundering (AML), and banking. His expertise covers sanctions and enforcement, licensing and approvals, regulatory reform, statutory interpretation, and overall financial regulatory compliance.
主要事例
- Participated in deliberations on alleged unfair trading by controlling shareholders of listed companies (Member of the Capital Market Investigation and Deliberation Committee).
- Participated in the announcement of practical measures to eradicate unfair trading in the capital market (Launch of the joint task force to eliminate stock price manipulation).
- Participated in the announcement of support measures for developing finance-specialized AI, including the provision of specialized AI training corpora for the financial sector.
- Participated in the announcement of support measures for utilizing generative AI in the financial sector, including measures to support the use of open-source AI.
- Advised on the amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Electronic Financial Transactions Act, including the introduction of separate management obligations for prepaid funds.
- Participated in the announcement of the MyData 2.0 promotion plan, including measures to enable MyData utilization through offline branches.
- Participated in the establishment and operation of the Financial Sector AI Council.
- Advised on measures to enhance accountability and professionalism in anti-money laundering operations, including measures to strengthen the independence of reporting officers.
- Supported deliberations on key disciplinary actions, including internal control violations related to the Lime incident involving three securities firms, violations of insurers' obligations to comply with basic documentation requirements, and timely corrective measures (with grace periods) for insurance companies
学歴
| 2020 | Humboldt University – Visiting Scholar |
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| 2006 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2002 | Hanyang University Graduate School – LL.M. |
| 1997 | Yonsei University – B.A. in Public Administration |
経歴
| 2026-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2025-2026 | Director, Capital Market Investigation Coordination Division, Financial Services Commission |
| 2023-2025 | Director, Financial Data Policy Division, Financial Services Commission |
| 2022-2023 | Director, Financial System Division, Korean Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU), Financial Services Commission |
| 2021-2022 | Head of the Deliberation Support Team, Financial Services Commission |
| 2015-2018 | Insurance Division, Financial Services Commission |
| 2013-2015 | Financial Dispute Response Team (Lone Star ISDS), Financial Services Commission |
| 2012-2013 | Planning and Administration Office, KoFIU, Financial Services Commission |
| 2008-2012 | Tax Tribunal, Office of the Prime Minister |
| 2006-2008 | National Tax Tribunal, Ministry of Finance and Economy |
言語
| Korean, English and German |
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