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Mr. Tak-Kyun Hong is currently a partner at Shin & Kim, where he specializes in advising companies on government investigations, criminal trials, and regulatory matters. Mr. Hong also advises clients on anti-corruption or anti-money laundering compliance, along with corporate internal investigations. Mr. Hong has extensive experience handling a variety of government investigation cases, addressing issues such as bribery of public officials; fraud, embezzlement, or breach of trust by executives of large corporations; financial market crimes including accounting fraud, stock market manipulation, or fraudulent financial transactions; theft of trade secrets involving the semiconductor, automotive, or battery industries; criminal competition law violations such as collusion or unfair practices; and violations of trade or foreign exchange transactions regulations. Additionally, Mr. Hong has advised Korean companies in the World Bank’s investigation and sanctions proceedings, as well as in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) or Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He has also been involved in matters related to mutual legal assistance treaties and extradition between Korea and other countries.

Career

Partner, Shin & Kim; Board member of International Association of Korean Lawyers (2017-Present); Member of Publication Distribution Deliberation Committee (2013-2018); 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

Anti-corruption and Anti-Bribery Regulations and Corporate Ethics, Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, January 2024; Anti-Corruption Law, Parkyoungsa, 2023; 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, etc.

Education

University of California Irvine School of Law

Visiting Researcher

2022

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

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Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime - South Korea
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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.

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