Dr. Young-Moo Shin is a Managing Partner of S&L Partners, a law firm based in Korea specializing in finance, securities, corporate, and dispute resolution, among others. One of the leading finance, corporate, and securities lawyers in Korea, he founded the law firm of Shin & Kim some 30 years ago. Following his retirement from Shin & Kim, Young-Moo launched Citizens Coalition for Social Justice, a non-governmental organization devoted to addressing governance, rule of law, and anti-corruption issues.

In 2014, Young-Moo received Mugunghwa Medal, the highest honorary award by the Korean government to citizens. This award, also known as the Order of National Service Merit, was for his dedication to promoting the rule of law and advancing the Korean legal sector as a whole. Among his many achievements, Young-Moo was the Chairman of the Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center, President of the Korean Bar Association, and of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association.

Young-Moo is the first Korean lawyer to study and practice securities law and regulations and has represented numerous multinational corporations in various international transactions, including cross-border investments, M&A, fair trade, introduction of technology, recapitalisation and restructuring, and other financial transactions. Young-Moo has also represented major Korean companies on corporate governance issues and participated in the Corporate Governance Reform Project of the Korean Government, sponsored by the World Bank, following the 1997 Asian financial crisis. In recent years, Young-Moo has focused on reviewing and proposing legislation for enactment and amendment of various laws, among others.

He has also served on a number of public and private boards and commissions, including the Prime Ministerial Policy Advisory Committee, the Fair Trade Commission, the Financial Development Advisory Committee, the Korean Arbitrators’ Association, the Steering Committee on the Development of Futures and Options Market, the Insurance Inspection Commission, Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., DongA One Co., KT&G, Hanil Bank, Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation, Samsung Press Foundation, IlYoung-Moo Spinning, and LG Foundation.

Finance, Securities, Corporate, International Arbitration

1977
1976
1970
1967 Yale University Law School (JSD)
Yale University Law School (LL.M.)
Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.M.)
Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)

2014 - Present
2014 - Present
2013 - 2014
2013 - 2015
2012 - 2014
2012 - 2016
2011
2011
2011
2011 - 2013
2011 - 2013
2009 - 2010
2006 - 2008
2006 - 2010
2004 - 2016
1999 - 2000
1997 - 2000
1999 - 2005
1999 - 2001
1998 - 1999
1997 - Present
1995 - 2005
1994 - 1997
1994 - 1994
1993 - 1998
1989 - 1998
1981 - 2010
1980
1978 - 1980
1975 - 1978
1973 - 1975
1970
1968 Standing Representative, Citizens Coalition for Social Justice
Managing Partner, S&L Partners (formerly Shin & Park)
President, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Chairman, Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center
President, Seoul National University, College of Law Alumni Association
Council Member, the International Bar Association
Organized LAWASIA Annual Conference in Seoul, Korea
Advisor, Presidential Advisory Committee for Unification
Advisory Counsel, the Constitutional Court of Korea
Vice President and President-Elect, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
President, the Korean Bar Association
Director, Korean Bar Association Training Center
Chairman, National Police Agency Advisory Committee on Assembly
Jurisdictional Council Member, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Present Member, US-Korea Business Council
Member, Prime Ministerial Policy Advisory Committee
Member, the Steering Committee on the Development of Futures and Options Market
Vice-President, Korean Arbitrators Association
Chairman, the Membership Committee, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Chairman, the Financial Institutions and Transactions Committee, the InterPacific Bar Association
Council Member, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
Co-Chair and Coordinator, the Asia Markets Subcommittee, Committee Q5, the International Bar Association
Non-Standing Commissioner, the Fair Trade Commission
Member, the Prime Ministerial Committee on the Globalization of Korea
Member, the Financial Development Advisory Committee
Commissioner, the Insurance Inspection Committee
Founding & Managing Partner, Shin & Kim
Admitted to the New York Bar
Foreign Associate, Coudert Brothers LLP, New York, NY.
Recipient of U.S. State Department Fulbright Scholarship
Judge, Daejeon District Court
Admitted to the Korean Bar
Passed the 9th National Bar Examination

Insider Trading and Civil Liability (Study of Commercial Law Vol. 8, 1990)
Liability of Compensation for Damage under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and Its Limits (Study of Commercial Law Vol. 7, 1989)
Trends in Insider Trading - Focused on U.S. Law (Seoul Bar Association, 1988)
Summary of U.S. Trade Policy and Trade-related Laws (1988)
Review on Industrial Damage under the Trade-related Laws in the U.S. (1988)
Ways to Widen the Boundary of Functions in Out-Of-Court-Activities (Korea Bar Association, 1988)
Supplementation of Applicable Legal System in Preparation for Capital Liberalization (Korea Listed Companies Association, 1988 Spring Edition, 1987)
Securities Regulations in Korea (The Seoul National University Press, 1987)
Securities Regulations in Korea (The University of Washington Press and the Seoul National University Press, 1983)
Regulation of Take-over Bids (Business Law in Korea ed. Chan-Jin Kim, 1982)
Regulations of Disclosure and Insider Trading in Korea: A Comparative Analysis (Korean Journal of Comparative Law, 1981)
Regulations of Proxy Solicitation in Korea (1979)

Honorary Seoul Law Alum Award (2017)
The Order of National Service Merit (Mugunghwa Medal) (2014)
The Honorary Seoulite Award (2011)

New York Bar Association (admitted in 1980)
Korean Bar Association (admitted in 1970)

Korean, English