Ms Seung Hyun Lee > Yulchon > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Yulchon
PARNAS TOWER 38F, 521 TEHERAN-RO
GANGNAM-GU
SEOUL 06164
South Korea

Work Department

Regulatory: Compliance And Investigations

Position

Partner

Career

For ten years, Ms. Seung Hyun Lee served as a prosecutor and handled a number of criminal cases in various areas including environment, pharmacy and tax where she actively engaged both in investigations and trials. Before joining Yulchon, she was a lead prosecutor of Environment and Healthcare Crime Division at Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor’s Office.

  • 2020-present  Partner, Yulchon LLC
  • 2018-2020  Prosecutor, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2016-2018  Prosecutor, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2012-2016  Prosecutor, Western Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2010-2012  Prosecutor, Goyang Branch of Uijeongbu District Public Prosecutors’ Office

Languages

Korean, English

Education

  • 2016  Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M
  • 2010  Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
  • 2008  Yonsei University, LL.B.

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Seung Hyun LeeYulchon

The continuously expanding criminal defence team at Yulchon houses a deep bench of former regulatory specialists and prosecutors, handling the full depth and breadth of compliance and investigation work. Managing partner Dong Ryul Choi co-heads the practice alongside Il Bong Moon and Yong Pyo Yeom. Former prosecutor Hak Seok Kim handles the full range of corporate and white-collar crimes, and financial regulation and prosecution. Seung Hyun Lee, who is also a former prosecutor, specialises in environmental criminal investigations and trials.