Practice Areas
Corporate Governance, Banking, Private Equity, Audit & Inspection, Criminal Defense (Investigations)
Career
Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2015, Mr. Yu served for over 16 years as a public prosecutor, during which time he has held key supervisory
positions at the Special Investigation Department (SID) of the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office and at the Central Investigation Department
(CID) of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office. These two departments wield significant investigatory authority to conduct investigation of high-profile
cases, such as embezzlement of corporate funds by senior executives and officers, corruption of senior government officials, trade secrets
misappropriation involving large public and private enterprises, antitrust violations, data breach of personal information, and various violations by
pharmaceutical companies. As the Director of SID and CID, Mr. Yu was the primary architect responsible for numerous high-profile cases against
high-ranking government officials and against Korean conglomerates.