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Kong, Jun Hyuk
Practice Areas
Introduction
Jun Hyuk Kong began his career as a prosecutor at Busan District Prosecutors’ Office in 2006. He subsequently served at Hongseong Branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office, Bucheon Branch of the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office. In 2020, he was seconded to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) under the Financial Services Commission, after which he served as Chief Prosecutor of Criminal Division 2 at Gimcheon Branch of the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office, Chief Prosecutor of Trial Division at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, Chief Prosecutor of Anti-Corruption Investigation Division at the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office, and finally as Chief Prosecutor of the Joint Investigation Division on Finance and Securities Crimes at Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, before joining Yulchon LLC in 2025 as a partner in the Dispute Resolution Group. As a prosecutor, Mr. Kong handled numerous investigations and criminal trials involving antitrust, finance, securities, and virtual assets. In particular, his secondment to the Financial Services Commission further solidified his expertise in financial regulation and related investigation matters.
- 2012 Visiting Researcher, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo, Japan
- 2006 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
- 2004 Seoul National University, B.A. in Political Science
- 2025-present Yulchon LLC
- 2024-2025 Director Prosecutor, Joint Investigation Division on Finance and Securities Crimes, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2023-2024 Director Prosecutor, Anti-Corruption Investigation Division, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2022-2023 Director Prosecutor, Trial Division, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office (Team Leader, Criminal Asset Recovery Task Force)
- 2021-2022 Director Prosecutor, Criminal Division 2, Gimcheon Branch, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2020-2021 Seconded to Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Financial Services Commission
- 2020-2020 Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2017-2020 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (Senior Prosecutor, Fair Trade Investigation Division and Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1)
- 2015-2017 Prosecutor, Jeju District Prosecutors’ Office
- 2013-2015 Prosecutor, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office (primary practice area: finance and taxation)
- 2006 Admitted to Bar , Republic of Korea
Korean, English, Japanese
Awards/Recognition
- 2014 Commendation from the Minister of Justice for Outstanding Anti-Corruption Prosecution Work
- 2014 Level 2 Certified Specialist Prosecutor “Blue Belt” in the field of Taxation
