Cheon Su KIM - D&A LLC

Cheon Su KIM
Partner
T. +82 2 3456 7603
F. +82 2 3016 5201
E. cskim@draju.com

Mr. Cheon Su KIM is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Corporate, Tax, and Distribution/Logistics.

Profile

Experience
- - D&A LLC (2026-Present)
  - Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, Hyosung Group (2021-2025)
  - Visiting Scholar, University of Hamburg, Germany (2015-2016)
  - Professor, Logistics and Distribution Law, Inha Law School (2012-2020)
  - Managing Partner, YungPyeong Law Firm (2010-2012)
  - Presiding Judge, Incheon District Court and Seoul Western District Court (2004-2010)
  - Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (2004-2005)
  - Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea (2002-2004)
  - Judge, Seoul High Court (2001-2002)
  - Visiting Scholar, Hitotsubashi University, Japan (2000-2001)
  - Judge, Busan/Ulsan/Suwon District Court (1992-2001)
  - Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1989-1992)
  - Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1989)
Education
- - Korea University Graduate School Department of Law (PhD in Commercial Law, 2024)
  - Inha University Graduate School of Logistics (PhD in Logistics, 2017)
  - Inha University Graduate School of Logistics (MS, 2008)
  - Seoul National University College of Law (LLB, 1986)
  - Jeonju Haesung High School (1982)
Qualifications
- - Admitted to Bar, Korea (1989)
Languages
- - Korean
  - Japanese

Representative Activities

- - Vice President, Korea Distribution Law Association
  - Director, Korean Payment & Settlement Association
  - Former Operating and Standing Committee Member, The Peaceful Unification Advisory Council
  - Former Chair, Unification Law Subcommittee, The Peaceful Unification Advisory Council
  - Former Member, Statutory Interpretation Review Committee, Ministry of Government Legislation
- - Former Member, Administrative Appeals Review Commission, Incheon Metropolitan City
  - Former Legislative Advisory Committee Member, Incheon Metropolitan City Council
  - Former Member, Franchise Business Dispute Mediation Committee, Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency
  - Former Public Interest Member, Special Sales Mutual Aid Association, Korea Fair Trade Mediation Agency
  - Former Member, Penalty Review Committee, NTS Jungbu Regional Office
Publications
- - A Legal Study on the Structure of Profit and Loss in Capital Transactions: Focusing on Enhancing the Coherence of the Taxation System (Doctoral Dissertation, 2024)
  - Five publications on tax evasion, including “A Study on the Meaning of the Supreme Court’s Cases on the Purpose to Evade Tax”
  - An Analytical Study on Direct Transportation Regulations for Freight Motor Vehicles; Focusing on the Prohibition of Paid Transportation by Private Freight Vehicles (Doctoral Dissertation, 2017)
  - Nine additional publications on distribution and logistics, including “Legal Study on the Issue of Whether Rented Stores in Large Retail Discount Stores Belong to the Scope of Business Restriction,” along with two translated volumes and numerous commissioned research projects
Press Coverage
- The Asia Business Daily
  Former Hyosung Legal Chief Cheon Su KIM Joins D&A LLC
  Jan-28-2026
D&A News
- New Hires
  Former Hyosung Group Legal Chief Cheon Su KIM Joins D&A
  Jan-28-2026

Practice Areas

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