YOON&YANG
Sun Bong Lee Partner
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Sun Bong Lee is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice area is criminal law.
Prior to joining Yoon & Yang, Sun Bong Lee served as a prosecutor at the Gwangju District Public Prosecutors' Office, Nonsan Branch of the Daejeon District Public Prosecutors' Office, Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors' Office, Incheon District Public Prosecutors' Office, and Busan District Public Prosecutors' Office, and a research officer at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. Mr. Lee also served as the chief prosecutor at the Haenam Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, the Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors' Office, the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office, and retired from public office as the chief of the Gunsan Branch of the Jeonju District Prosecutor's Office. As an attorney, Mr. Lee was involved the alleged collusion between Hyundai Steel and financial institutions in connection with Lime Fund, Optimus Fund, Heritage Fund, Pop Fund and related consulting companie sand savings banks. Mr. Lee has also advised numerous domestic companies including SK Eco Plant, Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, Ssangyong E&E (Ssangyong Cement), Poonglim PNP, and Inkel on criminal and transactional matters. Finally, Mr. Lee has advised large domestic hospitals in criminal allegations of medical malpractice.

Experience

  • 2019-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2016-21 Lecturer, Corporate Crime and Criminal Liability, Compliance Support Training Center, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2018-19 Chief, Gunsan Branch, Jeonju District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2017-18 Human Rights Supervisor, Daegu District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2016-17 Chief Prosecutor, 2nd Criminal Division, Suwon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2015-16 Chief Prosecutor, 3rd Criminal Division, Daejeon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2014-17 Lecturer, Legal Research and Training Institute and Judicial Research and Training Institute (Special investigation theory, Account Tracking, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Crime Theory, Tax)
  • 2014-15 Chief Prosecutor, 3rd Financial Tax Investigation Division, Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2013-14 Chief Prosecutor, 6th Criminal Division, Special Investigation Team, Seoul Eastern District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2012-13 Chief, Haenam Branch, Gwangju District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2010-12 Research Officer, Central Inspection Division, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2009 Prosecutor, Special Investigation Division, Busan District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2009 Research Officer, Central Investigation Division, Supreme Prosecutors' Office
  • 2006-09 Prosecutor, Special Investigation Division, Customs Team, Incheon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2004-06 Prosecutor, 3rd Special Investigation Division, Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2003-04 Prosecutor, Nonsan Branch, Daejeon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2001-03 Prosecutor, Gwangju District Public Prosecutors’ Office

Education

  • 1998 27th Class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 1993 Sungkyunkwan University, College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

[Finance]
  • Criminal case in connection with Lime Fund related financial institutions including banks
  • Criminal case in connection with Optimus Fund related financial institutions including banks
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged violation of the Capital Markets Act (Irregular Transactions) by a savings bank
  • Criminal case in connection with Heritage Fund related financial institutions
  • Criminal case in connection with Pop Fund and consulting firm related financial institutions
  • Criminal cases in connection with mergers and acquisitions of large construction companies
  • Criminal cases in connection with accounting firms and consulting firms
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged violation of the Capital Markets Act by a textile company

[Antitrust & Competition, Finance, Others]
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged violation of the Fair Trade Act by Hyundai Steel
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act and property evasion overseas by a sound company
  • Criminal case in connection with import declaration by Poonglim PNP
  • Advised a cement company on a contract dispute
  • Criminal case in connection with food importation by a food company
  • Criminal case in connection with information leaks related of a chemical substances consulting company

[Medical Malpractice and Others]
  • Advised and represented an ophthalmic hospital on alleged insurance fraud
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged medical malpractice related to clinical trials by large hospital H
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged medical malpractice related to heart disease by large hospital S
  • Criminal case in connection with alleged medical malpractice related to intestinal disease by large hospital G
  • Advised a Hong Kong entrepreneur on litigation relating to medical malpractice during plastic surgery

[Others]
  • Criminal case in connection with bidding by large construction companies
  • Criminal case in connection with investigation of a hamburger patty company
  • Criminal case in connection with dispute regarding distribution of an educational foundation’s property

Publications

  • Discussion on the Establishment of Breach of Trust During Corporate Takeover - Focusing on Leveraged Buyouts (Financial and Securities Research Society, 2014)