Kim, Hak Seok
Introduction
Hak Seok Kim is a Yulchon partner whose primary areas of expertise include Corporate/White Collar Crimes, Criminal (Prosecution), Financial Regulations, Construction/Real Estate Disputes, Tax Crimes, Unfair Competition, Healthcare Disputes and Securities/Finance Disputes. Mr. Kim served as a prosecutor for over 22 years through July 2014 at various posts including the corruption crime division in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the corruption crime division in the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office, Bucheon District Prosecutors’ Office, and Cheonan District Prosecutors’ Office. During this time Mr. Kim handled corporate/white collar crimes including those of public officials, financial crime, and tax evasion. He also investigated crimes related to a wide array of real estate and construction dealings such as those relevant to remodeling, redevelopment, and planned real estate. During his time as a prosecutor for the 2nd criminal cases division of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office and as the deputy mayor for Legal Affairs with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Mr. Kim investigated medical, pharmaceutical, food-related, and environment crimes. Mr. Kim has also served as the chief prosecutor at the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, Department of Narcotics and Organized Crimes, and as the section chief of the Human Rights Support Division in the Ministry of Justice. Mr. Kim obtained a doctorate degree focusing on the Capital Markets Act, rare for a practitioner, and co-authored “Practice of Financial Crime Investigations I”, a reference material for investigators in the prosecutors’ office. During his time as the director of Construction Headquarters for Legal Research and Training Institute in the Ministry of Justice and the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, Mr. Kim was directly involved in the actual building design, bidding, and construction, obtaining even deeper knowledge of laws and regulations related to constructions as well as first-hand experience in the field. Mr. Kim currently serves as the president of the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration and Law, the vice president of the Korean Securities Law Association, the vice president of the Korean Arbitrators Association, the vice president of the Korean Association of Victimology, the advisor for the Securities Financing Investigation Team of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office, a member of the Policy Advisory Committee, a member of the Audit Claim Review Committee of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and a Member of the Financial Law Committee of the Korean Bar Association, etc.
- 2011 Korea University, Graduate School of Law, LL.D.
- 2007 Stanford University, Visiting Scholar
- 2004 Korea University, Graduate School of Law, M.A. (Intellectual Property)
- 2001 Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Visiting Scholar
- 1992 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
- 2014-present Yulchon LLC
- 2018-present President of the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration and Law, Vice president of the Korean Securities Law Association, Vice president of the Korean Arbitrators Association, Vice president of the Korean Association of Victimology, Advisor for the Securities Financing Investigation Team of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors Office
- 2018-present Member of the Policy Advisory Committee, Member of the Audit Claim Review Committee of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, Member of the Financial Law Committee of the Korean Bar Association
- 2014 Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office
- 2013-2014 Deputy Mayor, Legal Affairs, Seoul Metropolitan Government
- 2012-2014 Editorial Staff, Research of Advanced Mercantile Laws, Ministry of Justice
- 2011-2013 Director (Senior Prosecutor), Construction Headquarters, Legal Research & Training Institute, Ministry of Justice and Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2011 Adjunct Professor, Korea University, Graduate School of Law (Capital Markets Act)
- 2011 Adjunct Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Law School (Capital Markets Act)
- 2010-2011 Researcher, Institute of Justice
- 2014 Admitted to Bar , Republic of Korea
Korean, English, German
Awards/Recognition
- 2018-2026 Leading Lawyer, Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime, Chambers AP
- 2012 Hongjo Compliments Medal
- 1997 Attorney General’s Medal
News/Publications
Unfair Trading under Capital Markets Act, SFL Group (2 co-authors)(2015)
Practice of Financial Crime Investigations I (9 co-authors, primary author)(2011)
Research on Unfair Trading of Financial Investment Products (Doctoral dissertation)(2011)
Research on Expedited Procedure of Germany (Future Planning Team, Prosecutors’ Office)(2006)
Contemplation on Parallel Importation of Genuine Goods (Master’s thesis)(2004)
Commentary on German Criminal Procedure Act (6 co-authors)(2001)
