Tak-Kyun Hong
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 2 : Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime
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Practice Areas
Mr. Tak-Kyun Hong is currently a partner at Shin & Kim, where he specializes in advising companies on government investigations, criminal trials, and regulatory matters. Mr. Hong also advises clients on anti-corruption or anti-money laundering compliance, along with corporate internal investigations. Mr. Hong has extensive experience handling a variety of government investigation cases, addressing issues such as bribery of public officials; fraud, embezzlement, or breach of trust by executives of large corporations; financial market crimes including accounting fraud, stock market manipulation, or fraudulent financial transactions; theft of trade secrets involving the semiconductor, automotive, or battery industries; criminal competition law violations such as collusion or unfair practices; and violations of trade or foreign exchange transactions regulations. Additionally, Mr. Hong has advised Korean companies in the World Bank’s investigation and sanctions proceedings, as well as in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He has also been involved in matters related to mutual legal assistance treaties and extradition between Korea and other countries.
Career
Partner, Shin & Kim; Board member of International Association of Korean Lawyers (2017-Present); Member of Publication Distribution Deliberation Committee (2013-2018); Public Prosecutor at Cheongju District Prosecutor’s Office, etc. (2002-2006); Public-Service Judge Advocate, Korea Legal Aid Corporation (1999-2002).
Professional Memberships
Korean and New York Bar.
Publications
Anti-corruption and Anti-Bribery Regulations and Corporate Ethics, Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, January 2024; Anti-Corruption Law, Parkyoungsa, 2023; Business Crime and Investigations in South Korea: Overview, Thomson Reuter Practical Law, 2022; Korea Chapter in the International Investigations Review, The Law Review, 2017-2022; Korea Chapter in the GIR Know How Extradition, GIR Insight, 2019-2021; Review of Legal Issues re KFTC’s Authority in the Criminal Prosecution of Competition Law Violation, The Journal of Comparative Private Law, August 2018; A Study on the World Bank Sanctions System, Business Law Review, June 2018, etc.
Education
University of California Irvine School of Law
Visiting Researcher
2022
Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Law
Ph.D.
2010
New York University School of Law
LL.M.
2006
Seoul National University, College of Political Science
B.A.
1997
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
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.
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Element of Plea Bargaining Introduced in the Criminal Investigation Procedure for Cartel Cases
On December 10, 2020, the so-called “Guidelines for Reduction of Penalty in Cartel Cases and Investigation Procedures” (the “Criminal Leniency Guidelines”) became effective. As such, the Korean Prosecutors’ Office has formally introduced a criminal “leniency program” in cartel cases, allowing
South Korea Set to Launch Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials & Its...
Despite strong protests by the main opposition party and conservative groups, on January 14, 2020, the Korean National Assembly passed a controversial bill setting up an independent investigation agency dedicated to investigating corruption among high-ranking public officials (the “Corruption...
Korean Supreme Court Reaffirms Prior Ruling on Illegal Search Warrants
Recently, the Korean Supreme Court held that the seizure is unlawful if a government investigator only shows the cover page of a warrant when seizing an item, such as a mobile phone from a suspect, despite the suspect’s request to see the other parts of the warrant. This decision is in line with the
Element of Plea Bargaining Introduced in the Criminal Investigation Procedure for Cartel Cases
On December 10, 2020, the so-called “Guidelines for Reduction of Penalty in Cartel Cases and Investigation Procedures” (the “Criminal Leniency Guidelines”) became effective. As such, the Korean Prosecutors’ Office has formally introduced a criminal “leniency program” in cartel cases, allowing
South Korea Set to Launch Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials & Its...
Despite strong protests by the main opposition party and conservative groups, on January 14, 2020, the Korean National Assembly passed a controversial bill setting up an independent investigation agency dedicated to investigating corruption among high-ranking public officials (the “Corruption...
Korean Supreme Court Reaffirms Prior Ruling on Illegal Search Warrants
Recently, the Korean Supreme Court held that the seizure is unlawful if a government investigator only shows the cover page of a warrant when seizing an item, such as a mobile phone from a suspect, despite the suspect’s request to see the other parts of the warrant. This decision is in line with the
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