Shin & Kim LLC (Managing Partner Oh Jong-han) has strengthened its capabilities in responding to corporate criminal matters and financial and securities investigations.
Shin & Kim said on the 13th that it hired former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Cheonan Branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office Kim Tae-hyung and former Head of Criminal Division 3 of the Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office Shin Seung-ho. The two will be in charge of corporate and international criminal matters, and financial, securities and taxes investigations, respectively.
Attorney Kim worked as a prosecutor for 17 years, handling criminal cases related to management of corporations such as embezzlement and breach of trust, as well as violations of the Customs Act, the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act and the Foreign Trade Act. While at the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kim handled National Assembly responses related to prosecution investigations, special pardons and parole affairs.
Kim also has experience in international criminal justice. Kim handled extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, and participated in the launch of the Ministry of Justice's international legal affairs bureau. Kim was also involved in responses to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases filed against the Republic of Korea.
Attorney Shin worked as a prosecutor for 14 years, covering financial, securities and taxes, and anti-corruption and corporations investigations. At the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office and elsewhere, Shin handled capital markets crimes, accounting irregularities and fiscal crime cases, and, while at the special investigations division of the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office and as head of Criminal Division 3 at the Seongnam Branch, investigated economic and corruption crimes such as embezzlement, breach of trust and public-sector corruption.
Shin also served as legal adviser at the Financial Services Commission. Shin took part in key meetings of the Financial Services Commission and the Securities and Futures Commission, reviewing financial regulation and sanction agendas. At Shin & Kim, Shin will handle corporate and general criminal matters; responses to inspections and sanctions on financial institutions; capital market investigations and sanctions; accounting oversight; accounting fraud investigations; virtual assets; and anti-corruption and internal investigations.
Shin & Kim Managing Partner Oh Jong-han said, "Recently, criminal risks surrounding corporations have grown more complex as international issues combine with regulations such as finance, capital markets and fair trade," adding, "With the addition of Attorneys Kim Tae-hyung and Shin Seung-ho, Shin & Kim will respond more precisely to corporate criminal cases."
Shin & Kim's criminal practice group includes more than 80 experts, including Managing Partners Moon Moo-il and Jang Young-soo, who come from the prosecution and police. Recently, Shin & Kim also hired adviser Nam Gu-joon, who served as the inaugural head of the National Office of Investigation (NOI).