Seoungho Lee

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-6520
  • F. +82-2-3404-0006
  • E. seoungho.lee@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Seoungho Lee is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Mr. Lee's practice mainly focuses on corporate crime, finance, securities, narcotics and organized crimes, and other criminal cases. He was commissioned as a prosecutor in 2001.

He continued his career working as a prosecutor researcher at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, chief prosecutor at the Financial and Tax Crime Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, and prosecutor researcher (Joint Investigation Team for the Corruption in Savings Bank) at the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, respectively. He also served as senior prosecutor of the Seobu Branch of Busan District Prosecutors' Office and chief of the Narcotics Crimes Division and Organized Crimes Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. He earned an LL.B. from Yonsei University and completed the 30th Judicial Research and Training Institute course. He joined BKL in 2019.

Representative Experience

2019-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2018-2019 Senior Prosecutor, Organized Crimes Division, Anti-Corruption & Organized Crimes Department, Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
2017-2018 Senior Prosecutor, Narcotics Crimes Division, Organized Crimes Department, Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
2017-2017 Senior Prosecutor, Criminal Department 3, Seobu Branch of Busan District Prosecutors' Office
2015-2017 Deputy Senior Prosecutor, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
2013-2015 Senior Prosecutor, Finance and Tax Investigation Department 1, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
2012-2013 Prosecutor Researcher, Central Investigation Department, Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea (Joint Investigation Team of the Corruption Scandal in Savings Bank)
2011-2012 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
2009-2011 Prosecutor Researcher, Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea
2007-2009 Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors' Office
2005-2007 Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
2003-2005 Prosecutor, Gangneung Branch of Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office
2001-2003 Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors' Office

Education

2013 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (M.A.)
2001 Judicial Research and Training Institute course, Supreme Court of Korea
1993 Yonsei University (LL.B.)

Qualifications

2001 Korea