韓廷和

韓廷和

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0283
  • F. +82-2-3404-0801
  • E. junghwa.han@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Junghwa Han’s main practice areas include advisory and litigation services in various areas of criminal law, including corporate criminal matters, white-collar crime, capital markets, fair trade, serious accidents, labor, elections, and political funding. He also provides legal advice in the areas of ant-corruption and compliance management.

Mr. Han has built extensive investigative experience and expertise, including handling major high-profile cases, through his service in key positions such as Senior Prosecutor at the Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office, Director of Criminal Intelligence at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and Deputy Senior Prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. He also has a wealth of experience in legal administration, having served as a prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, as well as Legal Secretary to the President at the Office of the President.

Representative Experience

2025-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2024 Legal Secretary to the President, Office of the President
2018-2024 Lee & Ko LLC
2017-2018 Senior Prosecutor, Public Security Division, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
2016-2017 Senior Prosecutor and Director, Criminal Intelligence Division 2, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
2015-2016 Branch chief, Miryang Branch, Changwon District Prosecutors' Office
2014-2015 Senior Prosecutor, Inspection Office, Ministry of Justice
2012-2014 Deputy chief prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
2010-2012 Prosecutor Researcher, Supreme Prosecutors' Office Republic of Korea
2008-2010 Prosecutor, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
2007 Visiting Scholar, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2005-2008 Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
2003-2005 Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
2000-2003 Judge Advocate for Public Service, Ministry of Justice
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2024 Member, Policy Research Deliberation Committee, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
2023 Member, Advisory Committee to the 21st National Assembly
2022 Personnel Committee Member, Korea Center on Gambling Problems, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Representative Matters

Advised and represented major companies in investigations involving the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act and the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, including a case concerning unfair preferential treatment of affiliates within Group A
Advised and represented Company B in connection with investigations into its merger and financial audit
Advised and represented clients in investigations involving virtual assets, including a case concerning Company C’s alleged fraud in violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes in connection with virtual assets (cryptocurrency)
Advised and represented major banks in investigations involving violations of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act, fraud, and other offenses, including a case concerning Bank D’s sale of derivative securities and funds
Advised and represented major companies in investigations into serious accidents, including a worker fatality case involving Construction Company E
Advised and represented Company F in responding to an investigation concerning the creation of slush funds
Advised and represented major companies in labor law cases, including a case involving Company G’s violation of the Worker Dispatch Act and engagement in unfair labor practices
Internal investigation and audit of Company H
Advised and represented clients in election law violation cases involving members of the National Assembly, Cabinet members, and heads of cooperatives

Education

2000 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1994 Seoul National University (LL.B.)

Selected Activities

Publications
Commentary on Penal Provisions of the Public Official Election Act (Co-author, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, 2010)
Special Collapse (Co-editor, Central Investigation Bureau, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, 2010)
Effective Measures for Addressing Overseas Election Offenses (Co-author, Ministry of Justice, 2009)
Awards
Prosecutor General’s Commendation (2009)
Minister of Justice’s Commendation (2002)

Qualifications

2000 Korea