Tak-Kyun Hong
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime
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About
Provided by Tak-Kyun Hong
Practice Areas
Mr. Tak-Kyun Hong is a partner at Shin & Kim and his main areas of practice include corporate criminal disputes related to white-collar crime, anti-corruption investigation, technology leakages, and antitrust and competition. Mr. Hong has performed a number of corporate criminal investigations and litigations as a public-service judge advocate, a prosecutor and as a lawyer.
Career
Partner, Shin & Kim; Member of Publication Distribution Deliberation Committee (2013-2018); Board member of International Association of Korean Lawyers (2017-Present); Public Prosecutor at Cheongju District Prosecutor’s Office, etc. (2002-2006); Public-Service Judge Advocate, Korea Legal Aid Corporation (1999-2002).
Professional Memberships
Korean and New York Bar.
Publications
Country Q&A: South Korea - Business Crime and Investigations in South Korea: Overview, Thomson Reuter Practical Law, 2022; Korea Chapter in the International Investigations Review, The Law Review, 2017-2022; Korea Chapter in the GIR Know How – Extradition, GIR Insight, 2019-2021; Review of Legal Issues re KFTC’s Authority in the Criminal Prosecution of Competition Law Violation, The Journal of Comparative Private Law, August 2018; A Study on the World Bank Sanctions System, Business Law Review, June 2018; .
Education
Sungkyunkwan University, Graduate School of Law
Ph.D.
2010
New York University School of Law
LL.M.
2006
Seoul National University, College of Political Science
B.A.
1997
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Hong Tak-Kyun has a wide-ranging white-collar criminal practice spanning financial crime, anti-corruption investigations and criminal IP infringement matters. He has a broad practice, with significant knowledge of antitrust issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has excellent skill in giving in-depth legal advice to his clients regarding international sanctions cases."
"Hong Tak-Kyun is responsive and unfailingly addressed all my legal needs that relate to South Korea."
"He has excellent skill in giving in-depth legal advice to his clients regarding international sanctions cases."
"Hong Tak-Kyun is responsive and unfailingly addressed all my legal needs that relate to South Korea."
Articles, highlights and press releases
3 items provided by Shin & Kim
Element of Plea Bargaining Introduced in the Criminal Investigation Procedure for Cartel Cases
On December 10, 2020, the so-called “Guidelines for Reduction of Penalty in Cartel Cases and Investigation Procedures” (the “Criminal Leniency Guidelines”) became effective. As such, the Korean Prosecutors’ Office has formally introduced a criminal “leniency program” in cartel cases, allowing
South Korea Set to Launch Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials & Its...
Despite strong protests by the main opposition party and conservative groups, on January 14, 2020, the Korean National Assembly passed a controversial bill setting up an independent investigation agency dedicated to investigating corruption among high-ranking public officials (the “Corruption...
Korean Supreme Court Reaffirms Prior Ruling on Illegal Search Warrants
Recently, the Korean Supreme Court held that the seizure is unlawful if a government investigator only shows the cover page of a warrant when seizing an item, such as a mobile phone from a suspect, despite the suspect’s request to see the other parts of the warrant. This decision is in line with the
Element of Plea Bargaining Introduced in the Criminal Investigation Procedure for Cartel Cases
On December 10, 2020, the so-called “Guidelines for Reduction of Penalty in Cartel Cases and Investigation Procedures” (the “Criminal Leniency Guidelines”) became effective. As such, the Korean Prosecutors’ Office has formally introduced a criminal “leniency program” in cartel cases, allowing
South Korea Set to Launch Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials & Its...
Despite strong protests by the main opposition party and conservative groups, on January 14, 2020, the Korean National Assembly passed a controversial bill setting up an independent investigation agency dedicated to investigating corruption among high-ranking public officials (the “Corruption...
Korean Supreme Court Reaffirms Prior Ruling on Illegal Search Warrants
Recently, the Korean Supreme Court held that the seizure is unlawful if a government investigator only shows the cover page of a warrant when seizing an item, such as a mobile phone from a suspect, despite the suspect’s request to see the other parts of the warrant. This decision is in line with the
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