Criminal Defense Litigation

"It was a complex and difficult case to prove, but BKL found all the relevant facts, analysed the matter and argued persuasively for us in court."

- Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific

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We have successfully represented clients in a full spectrum of complex criminal matters under the leadership of former senior judges and prosecutors with vast experience and deep expertise in criminal litigation.

Collective expertise and experience of our group are formidable and enable us to provide the best legal advice in all types of criminal litigation. Notably, our group is comprised of former judges and former prosecutors, including former Supreme Court justices, former chief judges and former presiding judges of district courts, and former research judges of the Supreme Court, former prosecutors general, former directors of the Institute of Justice, and former chief prosecutors as well as former deputy prosecutors general of high and district prosecutors’ offices. Corporations increasingly face more diverse and specialized criminal issues in conducting their businesses relating to securities, finance, tax, real estate, election, fair trade, patent and M&A, and in line with such trend, we engage in a full-scale effort to produce successful results in criminal cases in close collaboration with our attorneys and experts in each field. We have obtained successful outcomes in high-profile criminal cases of national significance. We also have conducted precedent-setting trials in criminal cases involving challenging legal issues, by raising novel issues and developing new legal theories, beyond merely relying on the existing legal principles. Through these cases, we contributed to shaping the legal landscape in this area and brining out socially significant changes.

In corporate criminal cases, non-criminal issues often simultaneously arise, and we understand the needs for the services of a law firm which can provide comprehensive, unified advice to both criminal and non-criminal issues. We provide a comprehensive legal service in defending clients in criminal cases as well as in all relevant matters, including administrative and civil disputes, in close cooperation with relevant practice groups.

We are also sensitive to the emotionally charged nature of a criminal case and strive to assist clients and their family members to the best of our ability.

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Obtained a judgment of acquittal in the second and third instances of a case involving bribery to senior officials, overturning the first instance judgment of conviction.

Obtained a judgment of acquittal in the first and second instances of a case where certain representatives of securities companies were indicted on suspicion of violating capital markets laws for providing information in the interest of scalpers in connection with the distribution of equity-linked warrants.

Obtained a judgment of acquittal in the second and third instances of a case involving bribery to senior officials, overturning the first instance judgment of conviction.

Obtained a judgment of acquittal in the second and third instances of a case involving bribery to senior officials by engaging in a fierce battle of legal principles and conducting an elaborate verification, overturning the first instance judgment of conviction.

Obtained a judgment of acquittal in entirety in the first instance of a tax evasion case involving officers and family members of large shareholders of a conglomerate.

Successfully defended clients including CEOs of conglomerates in a number of criminal cases involving allegations of stock manipulation relating to foreign investment in resources, violation of capital markets laws, embezzlement and malpractice.

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