YOON&YANG
Young Hyun Kim Partner
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Young Hyun Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice areas are criminal law and financial and capital markets.
After completing his training at the Judicial Research & Training Institute, Mr. Kim started his public service career as a prosecutor at the Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office. Thereafter, he served as a prosecutor at the Changwon District Prosecutor’s Office (Tongyeong Branch), Uijeongbu District Prosecutor’s Office, and Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, Busan District Prosecutor’s Office (Dongbu Branch), and Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor’s Office, etc. Mr. Kim also held various positions upon being dispatched, such as the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office (research officer), the Financial Supervisory Service (legal advisor), the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office (head of the Joint Investigation Team on Securities Crime), the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office (head of the 2nd Joint Investigation Team on Defense Industry Corruption), the Jeonju District Prosecutor’s Office (head of the Jeongeup Branch), and the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (chief prosecutor of the Foreign Criminal Affairs Division). After retiring from the public service as a prosecutor at the Daegu High Public Prosecutor’s Office, he joined Yoon & Yang LLC.

Experience

  • 2021-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2023-present Member, Warrant Deliberation Committee, Corruption Investigation Office For High-ranking Officials
  • 2020-21 Prosecutor, Daegu High Public Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2019-20 Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Bucheon Branch of Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2018-19 Human Rights Investigation Advisory Officer, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2017-18 Chief Prosecutor, Foreign Criminal Affairs Division, Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2015-17 Head of the Jeongeup Branch, Jeonju District Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2014-15 Head of the 2nd Joint Investigation Team on Defense Industry Corruption, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2014 Head of the Joint Investigation Team on Securities Crime, Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office
  • 2012-13 Legal Advisor, Financial Supervisory Service
  • 2011-12 Research Officer, Central Investigation Bureau, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office (concurrent position: prosecutor of the Joint Investigation Team on Savings Bank Corruption)
  • 2011 Prosecutor, Seoul Eastern District Prosecutor’s Office (IPR cases)
  • 2009-11 Prosecutor, Dongbu Branch, Busan District Prosecutor’s Office (special investigation cases)
  • 2006-09 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office (Foreign Criminal Affairs Division)
  • 2004-06 Prosecutor, Uijeongbu District Prosecutor’s Office (special investigation cases)
  • 2002-04 Prosecutor, Tongyeong Branch, Changwon District Prosecutor’s Office (special investigation cases)
  • 2000-02 Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office (environment-related cases)

Education

  • 2019 University of California, Irvine, (Visiting Scholar for Overseas Training)
  • 2000 29th class of Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 1991 Sungkyunkwan University College of Law, LL.B.

Awards

  • 2006 Commendation from the Public Prosecutor General
  • 2009 Exemplary Prosecutor Award

Publications

  • U.S. Human Rights Protection relating to Personal Detention, Journal of Overseas Training Inspection (2020)