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Ms Seung Hyun Lee

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Work Department

Criminal (Anti-corruption) ,Criminal (Tax), Criminal (Industrial Technology, Trade Secrets), Criminal (Labor, Industrial Accidents, Serious Accidents), Financial Assets Investigation Center, Global White-Collar Defense

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

Memberships

  • 2010  Republic of Korea

Education

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

Personal

  • 2023-2024  Future Star, White-collar crime, Benchmark Litigation
  • 2023-2024  Next Generation Partner, Regulatory: Compliance And Investigations, Legal 500
  • 2014  Attorney General Award for Excellent Service (Criminal Investigation using DNA )

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Regulatory: white-collar, compliance and investigations: local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Seung Hyun Lee – Yulchon

Dong Ryul Choi, Il Bong Moon, and Yong Pyo Yeom all jointly lead the ‘exceptional and outstanding‘ team at Yulchon handles a wide variety of disputes arising within the automobile, IT, ad defence sectors. Choi is noted for his broad knowledge of corporate and electoral crime, while the ‘professional, persuasive and logical‘ Sang June Uhm focuses on corporate investigations and financial crime, in addition to tax evasion-related matters. Seung Hyun Lee has broad expertise, particularly in relation to environmental law and the pharmaceutical industry.

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