Hyun Choi

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0318
  • F. +82-2-3404-0806
  • E. hyun.choi@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Hyun Choi was admitted to the Korean Bar and passed the National Higher Civil Service Examination on Government Administration, was specially appointed as chief criminal investigator (chief superintendent) with the police where he has worked for 23 years. Mr. Choi served as the commissioner of Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency, the investigation director and director for planning and coordination of the National Police Agency, the chief investigator of the Seoul and Gyeonggi Metropolitan Police Agency, the information section chief of the National Police Agency and other major positions in the information and planning divisions. He has accumulated the experience of superintending and directing the Seoul, Gyeonggi and National investigation police.

Representative Experience

2020-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2017-2020 Representative Partner, Basis Law Firm
2013-2017 Commissioner General, Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency / Chief Investigator and Director for Planning and Coordination, National Police Agency (Senior Superintendent General)
2010-2013 Investigation Director, Seoul and Gyeonggi Metropolitan Police Agency / Deputy Commissioner, Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency (Superintendent General)
2003-2010 Superintendent, Seoul Suseo Police Station / Administrator, Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs / Head, Information Department, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (Senior Superintendent)
1994-2003 Information Section Chief, National Police Agency / Chief Criminal Investigator (Chief Superintendent), Masanjungbu Police Station
1991-1994 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army

Representative Matters

Investigated violations by major construction companies of the Act on the Improvement of Urban Areas and Residential Environments in connection with housing reconstruction projects in Gangnam area
Investigated violations of the Trucking Transport Business Act in the metropolitan area, etc.
Investigated violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, Etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement, breach of trust, fraud)
Investigated opening of internet gambling sites on the internet
Investigated violations of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act
Investigated violations by major construction companies of the Act on the Improvement of Urban Areas and Residential Environments in connection with housing reconstruction projects in Gangnam area
Investigated violations of the Trucking Transport Business Act in the metropolitan area, etc.
Investigated violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, Etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement, breach of trust, fraud)
Investigated opening of internet gambling sites on the internet
Investigated violations of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act
Investigated bribery cases by senior government officials
Investigated illegal game rooms
Investigated frauds relating to site development in the Gyeonggi Area
Investigated fabrication of ranking charts in a contest program

Education

2008 Dongguk University (Ph.D.)
1998 Sungkyunkwan University (M.P.A.)
1991 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1985 Sungkyunkwan University (B.S.)

Selected Activities

Publications
Research on Introduction of Private Investigation Business (Doctoral Dissertation, Dongguk University, 2008)
Research on Direction of Development of the Korean Police (Master's Thesis, Sungkyunkwan University, 1998)
Awards
Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes, 2015)
Presidential Citation (2005)

Qualifications

1991 Korea