Kim & Chang

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense; Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance; Privacy & Data Security; Life Sciences and Healthcare; Industrial Security and Export Control

Myungsuk Sean Choi is an attorney who is leading Kim & Chang’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice and the Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance Practice.

Mr. Choi’s practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, anti-corruption, and regulatory compliance issues. He also has extensive experience in advising clients on compliance, internal corporate audits, crisis management, and digital evidence discovery. Mr. Choi also assists and advises clients on internal investigations to determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations (including issues regarding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).

Mr. Choi joined the firm after a distinguished 12-year career as a prosecutor. He was involved in many complex criminal investigations including white collar crime and intellectual property infringement cases. He represented the Korean Government at the Working Group Conferences for the OECD Anti-Corruption Convention. In addition to his experience as a prosecutor, Mr. Choi worked at several law firms serving as a counsel for major domestic and foreign corporations in regulatory disputes and criminal cases.

Mr. Choi frequently gives presentations and delivers speeches at many international anti-corruption conferences, including the Second Asia Anti-Corruption Congress in 2009 and Singapore Summit on Anti-Corruption Compliance in 2012. In July of 2013, Mr. Choi gave a presentation titled “Localizing Your Gifts and Entertainment Policy to Match Market Risks in ASIA: Gift and Entertainment Policies in South Korea” at the Fourth Global Forum Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk Markets. In 2015, Mr. Choi was recognized as one of the leading individuals in the area of White Collar Defense practice by Chambers Asia-Pacific, a law firm directory published by Chambers and Partners. For eight consecutive years since 2015, Chambers Asia-Pacific has listed Mr. Choi as a top-tier White Collar Defense attorney.

Mr. Choi received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 1996 and his LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law in 1985. He completed his two-year training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea in 1989. Mr. Choi is admitted to practice in Korea and the State of New York.

Korean and English

Admitted to bar, Korea, 1989; New York, 2005

Harvard Law School (Visiting Scholar, 2003-2005) College of Law, Seoul National University (Internet and Law Program for Professionals, 2001) Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1996) Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1989) Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, LL.M., 1987) Seoul National University (LL.B., 1985)