Kyson Keebong Paek

Practice Areas

Anti-Corruption & Corporate Compliance, Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense, Serious Accidents Punishment Act, Economic Sanctions, and Industrial Security and Export Control.

Career

Kyson Keebong Paek is a senior attorney at Kim & Chang. His practice focuses on criminal defense, internal investigations, corporate compliance and cross-border litigations. He has represented a number of entities and individuals before various investigating authorities, including the Prosecutors’ Office, National Police, Korea Customs Service, Labor Office, National Tax Service and Korea Fair Trade Commission. He also conducts internal investigations relating to various potential criminal and regulatory matters, and advises companies on compliance issues. Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Paek served as a Public Prosecutor and State Attorney in the Ministry of Justice, and also served in the United Nations Secretariat.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar.

Publications

Commentary on Serious Accidents Punishment Act (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2022);

Practice of International Criminal Tribunals (Co-author, Institute of Justice, 2011);

Jurisprudence of International Criminal Evidence (Pakyoungsa, 2008).

Personal

Graduate School, Hanyang University (LL.D., 2008);

Columbia Law School (LL.M., 1998);

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1992);

Seoul National University (LL.B., 1987).