Sung Won 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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Sung Won Hong
Work Department
Labor & Employment; Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense
Career
Sung Won Hong is an attorney in the firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Labor and Employment Practice Group.
Before joining the firm in 2014, Mr. Hong served as a public prosecutor for 8 years and as staff of the Secretary to the President for Civil Affairs for 1 year. Throughout his career, Mr. Hong developed expertise in a wide range of criminal law matters including white collar crime, election and labor law offenses.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2002
Education
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2002)
Department of Political Science, Seoul National University (2000)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘first-class‘ team at Kim & Chang is active across a range of sectors, including manufacturing, telecoms, and aviation. Practice head Kook Hyun Yoo is recommended for his extensive criminal defence and crisis case experience, while Myungsuk Sean Choi specialises in government investigations, acting for a diverse range of corporate clients. Key figures within the team include Ho Keun Ryu and Sung Won Hong, who stands out for his experience in handling matters concerning unfair labour practices and illegal strikes. Praised for his ‘exceptional and unwavering dedication‘, Jong-Won Jeon routinely acts for both domestic and global corporate clients in a wide range of corporate and criminal investigation, and is noted for his strong focus on the life sciences and tech sectors. Miji Song has since left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners South Korea > Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
- Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms South Korea
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: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms