Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : South Korea
Band 3
About
Provided by Shin & Kim
The Corporate Investigation & White Collar Crime team at Shin & Kim is staffed with attorneys and other professionals with market-leading expertise in criminal defense and white collar crime. The team consists of former judges, former prosecutors, and specialists with substantial experience in the police department. Each team member holds a wealth of experience in connection with criminal investigations and trial-level and appellate-level litigation proceedings. Professionals of the team work in close collaboration with the firm’s accomplished experts in various practices and industry specialists including CPAs and tax accountants. The team has represented clients in highly complex anti-corruption, financial crimes, antitrust, unfair labor practices, tax evasion, trade secrets, privacy law violations and other general corporate criminal matters. The team is committed to providing the best legal service and advice that are specifically tailored to each client at all stages of respective investigations and enforcement processes in the areas of corporate investigations and white collar defense.
Chambers Review
Shin & Kim is fully equipped to represent major corporations and high-profile individuals facing prosecution for corruption, embezzlement and accounting fraud. It houses a deep bench of criminal litigation lawyers with broad experience in handling white-collar cases as well as former judges and prosecutors. The firm also handles cross-jurisdictional matters including extraditions. The team has extensive experience handling defence industry corruption cases and is also notably active in the construction, financial services, automotive, medical, pharmaceutical and real estate sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shin & Kim actively and creatively defended our complex case involving many related parties."
"Shin & Kim have excellent problem-solving abilities. The teamwork is good and they are quick and very cooperative. Each lawyer has excellent expertise."
"Shin & Kim actively and creatively defended our complex case involving many related parties."
"Shin & Kim have excellent problem-solving abilities. The teamwork is good and they are quick and very cooperative. Each lawyer has excellent expertise."
Notable Practitioners
Hong Tak-Kyun has a wide-ranging white-collar criminal practice spanning financial crime, anti-corruption investigations and criminal IP infringement matters. He has a broad practice, with significant knowledge of antitrust issues.
Yeom Dong-Shin offers significant experience defending clients in criminal mandates, with recent activity covering embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent accounting cases.
Byun Ok-Sook offers substantial expertise, backed by her experience as a former prosecutor, in investigations into bribery, occupational negligence, embezzlement and other white-collar criminal issues.
"Ok-Sook strives to resolve issues aggressively, analytically, elaborately and quickly. Also, she is always kind, warm and sincere and always does her best."
"She cares about her clients and gives feedback on the client's needs as quickly and accurately as possible."
Ranked Lawyers at
Shin & Kim
South Korea
Members
Provided by Shin & Kim
Euisu Lee
Ho Chul Shin
Jai Hoon Lee
Jin Tae Kim
Joo Hyeong Kim
Keonjoo Lee
Head of Department
Kyoung Sik Lee
Ok-Sook Byun
Seong-Jin Choi
Yong-Sung Lee
Industries
Provided by Shin & Kim
Aerospace & Defence
Banks
Chemicals
Construction & Materials
Government
Industrial Engineering
Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Private Clients / Individuals
Retail
Technology, Hardware & Electronics
Transportation