Seok Beom Hong > Kim & Chang > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Kim & Chang Offices
39 SAJIK-RO 8-GIL
JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03170
South Korea
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Seok Beom Hong
Work Department
Criminal Defense Litigation; Technology, Media & Telecommunications Litigation; Antitrust & Competition; Litigation; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes; Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense; Banking; Maritime; Technology, Media & Telecommunications; Antitrust & Competition Litigation; Banking, Securities & Finance Litigation; Shareholder Activism
Career
Seok Beom Hong is an attorney in Kim & Chang’s Litigation Practice. Mr. Hong specializes in Broadcasting & Telecommunication, White Collar Crime Defense, Antitrust and Competition and Corporate Governance.
Before joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Hong served in the judiciary for 17 years. From 1989 to 2000, he served as a judge in district courts and as a deputy director general for Registry & Judges at the Seoul High Court from 2001 to 2004 and as a Chief Judge at the Chuncheon District Court, Sokcho Branch from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Hong also taught as a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 2005-2006.
Reflecting his extensive experience as a judge, Mr. Hong has a wide range of practices in civil, administrative and criminal litigation at the firm. In his civil litigation practice, Mr. Hong specializes in communications-related regulation and professional liability for IT, telecommunication and media companies. He regularly represents companies before the Korea Communications Commission.
As a member of the firm’s Antitrust & Competition Practice, Mr. Hong specializes in advising and representing clients on antitrust cases, investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission and administrative litigation, focusing on cartel and merger cases.
He also has broad experience in white collar crime, corporate governance and general advice practices.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1989
Education
University College London (Visiting Scholar, 2001)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1989)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1986)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Dispute resolution: local firms
Housing a team of ‘outstanding professionals’, Kim & Chang’s market leading practice covers civil disputes and administrative litigation, in addition to cases concerning antitrust and competition, M&A and white collar crime. Esteemed litigators Sang Ho Han and Jin Yeong Chung co-lead the team, which includes former judge Chang Hoon Baek and senior attorney Seok Beom Hong, both of whom are notable practitioners in criminal and civil litigation, representing major corporate Korean clients. Former judge Yong Sang Kim is recommended for real estate and administrative litigation, often handling shareholder disputes, while senior attorney Chul-Won Lee regularly advises international clients on insolvency and restructuring cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms