朴泫奎

朴泫奎

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-5872
  • F. +82-2-3404-0801
  • E. hyeongyu.park@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Hyeon Gyu Park’s practice mainly focuses on investigations into various regulatory institutions, and advice and litigation involving criminal cases, as well as corporate, securities/finance, virtual assets, and tax matters.

Mr. Park was appointed as a prosecutor in 2005 and served for 20 years until February 2025 at various frontline prosecution offices, including the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, where he handled a wide range of investigations and trials in areas such as special investigations, finance, securities, taxation, food, and pharmaceuticals. In particular, through his roles as a prosecutor at the Financial Investigation Department of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, legal advisor at the Korea Exchange, chief prosecutor of the Tax Crime Investigation Department at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and capital market investigation planning director at the Financial Services Commission, he has developed a high level of expertise in financial and securities crime investigations, taxation, and virtual assets.

Representative Experience

2025-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2024-2025 Capital market investigation planning director, Financial Services Commission
2023-2024 Chief prosecutor, Tax Crime Investigation Division, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
2022-2023 Chief prosecutor, Anti-Corruption Investigation Division, Busan District Prosecutors' Office
2022 Chief prosecutor, Anti-Corruption and Violent Crime Investigation Division, Busan District Prosecutors' Office
2021-2022 Director, Human Rights Investigation Division, Ministry of Justice
2020-2021 Branch chief, Uiseong Branch, Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
2019-2020 Deputy chief prosecutor, Criminal Division 2 (Food and Drug Affairs), Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
2018-2019 Prosecutor, Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office
2016-2018 Legal advisor (Seconded), Korea Exchange
2014-2016 Prosecutor, Financial Investigation Division 2, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office
2013 Visiting scholar, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France
2005-2014 Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors' Office, Changwon District Prosecutors' Office, Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, and Incheon District Prosecutors' Office
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2026-Present Member, Discipline Committee, Korea Exchange
2026-Present Member, ESG Management Advisory Committee, Korea Securities Depository
2025-Present Legal Advisor, Financial Services Commission
2025-Present Committee Member, Virtual Asset Exchange A

Education

2019 Sogang University (M.A.)
2005 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2001 Kyungpook National University (LL.B.)

Qualifications

2005 Korea