Mr Dong-Shin Yeom > Shin & Kim > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Litigation.

Position

Partner.

Career

Shin & Kim (2010-Present); Chief Prosecutor, 5th Criminal Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office; Deputy-Chief Prosecutor, Eastern Branch, Pusan District Prosecutors’ Office (2009); Chief Prosecutor, General Affairs Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2008); Head of Preparatory Group for the Establishment of the Korean Government Legal Service (2007); Head of Litigation Division, Ministry of Justice (2006); Deputy-Chief Prosecutor, Goyang Branch, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office (Dispatched to the Constitutional Court as Constitution Research Officer) (2004); Deputy-Chief Prosecutor, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office (2003); Public Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (2000); Public Prosecutor, Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (1998); Public Prosecutor, Suncheon Branch, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office (1996); Public Prosecutor, Pusan District Prosecutors’ Office (1994).

Languages

Korean, English and German.

Memberships

Korean and Seoul Bar Association.

Education

Korea University, Graduate School of Law (Criminal Law, 2004-2006); Study at Max Plank Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (1999-2000); Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea(1989-1991); Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B., 1989).

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.