YOON&YANG
Hyung Rok Kim Partner
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Hyung Rok Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC, and his main practice areas are criminal, finance·capital market, fair trade, and tax matters.
Mr. Kim was commissioned as a prosecutor at the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office in 2002, and served as the deputy prosecutor at Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office and as the legal advisor for the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) in 2023 before retiring from public office. During his employment at the prosecutors’ office, he served in key positions for several years as the investigating proseuctor or general manager of special investigation divisions, such as the financial investigation division, where he accumulated experience investigating various cases involving the financial/securities and virtual currency fields as well as public & corporate matters. While serving as the legal advisor for the BAI, he was in charge of providing in-depth legal advisory service related to a wide range of fields related to public inspections, public agency audits, and administrative adjudication cases.
Also, Mr. Kim has experience as a professor at the Judicial Research & Training Institute where he taught classes on the Financial Investment Services & Capital Markets Act and Special Investigation Practice for professionals affiliated with government bodies. He also actively engaged in activities related to the financial/securities sector, such as publishing the Commentary on Penal Provisions of the Financial Investment Services & Capital Markets Act and participating in financial-related academic seminars of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, for which he obtained recognition as a Certified Prosecutor by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.

Experience

  • 2023-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2022-23 Legal Advisor, Board of Audit & Inspection
  • 2022 Deputy Senior Prosecutor 2, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2021-22 Head, Investigative Direction & Support Team, Anti-Corruption Crime Division, Surpeme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2020-21 Head, Anti-Corruption Investigation Division, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2019-20 Head, Special Investigation Division, Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2018-19 Head, Financial Investigation Division 2, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2017-18 Head, Yeongdeok Branch, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2016-17 Deputy General Prosecutor, Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2014-16 Vice Spokesperson, Ministry of Justice
  • 2012-14 Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2008-12 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2006-08 Prosecutor, Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2004-06 Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2002-04 Prosecutor, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office

Education

  • 2011 Leiden Law School, Visiting Scholar
  • 2002 Judicial Research & Training Institute
  • 1998 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law, LL.M. in Corporate Law
  • 1997 Seoul National University, B.A. in Economics

Awards

  • Blue Belt, Finance; Securities, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2021)
  • Economic Prosecutor Award, The Maeil Business Newspaper (2019)
  • Commendation, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office General (2013)