The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Oh Young-joo) and the Korea Institute for Startups and Entrepreneurship Development (President Yoo Jong-pil) announced that they held an appointment ceremony for the '2025 Startup Legal Advisory Group' at the Daejeon Startup Park on the 29th and appointed 42 new lawyers to serve as the new advisory group.
This appointment ceremony was held with the meaningful purpose of declaring a cooperative system in which the government and private sector experts will work together to respond to complex legal and regulatory issues faced by startups, and reaffirming the role and responsibility of the legal advisory group.
“We have established a system where legal support can be received anywhere in the country, centered on an advisory group with expertise and regional representation,” said Yoo Jong-pil, president of the Startup & Entrepreneurship Development Institute. “We will continue to strengthen effective support methods for the sustainable growth of startups.”
The '2025 Startup Legal Advisory Group' consists of a total of 100 people, including newly appointed members, and is planned to be operated as a nationwide advisory group so that startups not only in the metropolitan area but also in non-metropolitan areas such as Gangwon, Chungcheong, Honam, and Yeongnam can quickly receive legal support.
In particular, starting this year, we will be newly promoting the 'On-site Legal Consultation' program, which will be a regional on-site consultation, and will hold 10 customized consultations this year by visiting startups in each region. In the first on-site consultation held together with the appointment ceremony, the new advisory team lawyers will provide 1:1 legal advice to 50 startups.
Attorney Lim Ju-young of the law firm Gyeonggi Law Firm, who was newly appointed to the '2025 Startup Legal Advisory Group', expressed his aspiration, saying, "As a strong partner to startups, I will support innovation based on my expertise."
The 'Startup Legal Support' project is an online 1:1 consulting support project to resolve legal difficulties experienced by startups during the commercialization process. It provides free consulting services for 1,000 cases (750 domestic, 250 overseas) annually in various fields such as contract law, personal information protection, and intellectual property rights. Online consulting applications are available year-round at the K-Startup website (www.k-startup.go.kr).
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