Mr Seong-Jin Choi > Shin & Kim > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Shin & Kim
23TH FLOOR, D-TOWER (D2)
17 JONGNO 3-GIL, JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03155
South Korea
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Work Department

Litigation.

Position

Partner.

Career

Shin & Kim (2014-Present); Officer of Forensic Science Planning, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office (2014); Chief, Criminal Department 1, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2013); Head, Hongseong Branch, Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office (2012); Dispatched to Special Prosecutor Office of Cyber Terrorism against the Central Election Management Committee (2012); Chief, Criminal Department 3, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office (2011); Chief of Review and Analysis, Financial Services Commission (2010); Digital Forensic Science Officer, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2009); Prosecutor Professor, Legal Research and Training Institute (2008); Senior Prosecutor, Yeoju Branch, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2007); Planning and Management Director, Taskforce of Criminal Justice Integrative Intelligence, Ministry of Justice (2005); Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office; Researcher, Planning and Coordination Division at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2004); Researcher, Central Investigation Division at the Prosecutor-General´s Office (2003); Prosecutor, Northern Branch, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (2000); Prosecutor, Jecheon Branch, Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office (1999); Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (1997); Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1994 – 1997).

Languages

Korean and English.

Memberships

Korean and Seoul Bar Associations.

Education

Seoul National University, School of Law (Ph.D. coursework completed, Commercial Law, 2011); Santa Clara University, School of Law (LL.M., Property Rights, 2002); Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea(1992-1994); Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law (LL.M., Administrative Law, 1992); Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B., 1990).

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms

Shin & Kim‘s experienced criminal defence and investigations team ‘perform outstandingly,’ in the full range of white-collar defence trials, industrial safety accident cases, and police investigations among others. Keonjoo Lee heads the practice. Former prosecutor Dong-Shin Yeom specialises in handling high profile financial criminal investigations and corruption decades, with over two decades of experience in the field. Tak-Kyun Hong is an expert in cross-border white-collar litigation and criminal IP infringements. Seong-Jin Choi heads the international criminal defence practice, and handles the full range of financial, high-tech, and corporate crimes.