Jinwon Choi

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Overview

Jinwon Choi has handled major high-profile criminal cases, with his practice focused on corporate and economic crimes, intellectual property rights, fair trade, human resources and labor, criminal cases related to serious industrial accidents, internal compliance investigations, and ESG.

Mr. Choi earned his LL.B. from Seoul National University, completed the 38th Judicial Research and Training Institute course, and later received his LL.M. from Emory University School of Law. He has served in various capacities from a) judge advocate at the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office to b) member of the Investigation Performance Evaluation Committee of National Police Agency to c) lecturer of the Expert Training Course on Serious Industrial Accidents Prevention at Korea Enterprises Federation. Mr. Choi’s expertise has been recognized by the media and the legal community, earning him the honors of being selected as among i) Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers (criminal defense), ii) Outstanding Lawyer in Serious Industrial Accidents by Law Times/Korea In-house Counsel Association, iii) Leading Lawyer by Legal Times, and last but not least, iv) Rising Star in Compliance and ESG by Joongang Ilbo/Korea In-house Counsel Association.

Representative Experience

2012-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2009-2012 Judge Advocate for Public Service, Ministry of Justice
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2020 Member, Investigation Performance Evaluation Committee, National Police Agency

Representative Matters

Defended Company A in multiple serious industrial accident cases including a fire outbreak at its warehouse in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province
Defended Company B in the case of merger-related accounting fraud
Defended Company C in the complaint regarding infringement of trade secret on batteries
Defended Company D in the alleged violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving fraudulent transactions
Defended Company A in multiple serious industrial accident cases including a fire outbreak at its warehouse in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province
Defended Company B in the case of merger-related accounting fraud
Defended Company C in the complaint regarding infringement of trade secret on batteries
Defended Company D in the alleged violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act involving fraudulent transactions
Defended Company E in the alleged violation of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act involving agency transactions
Defended Company F in the case of humidifier disinfectant
Defended Company G in the alleged violation of the Act on the Protection, etc. of Temporary Agency Workers of domestic corporations
Defended Company H in the tax evasion case
Defended Company I in the alleged violation of the Food Sanitation Act
Defended Company J in the alleged violation of the Customs Act
Defended Company K in the bribery case related to reconstruction projects
Defended Company L in the alleged violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act related to the provision of rebates
Defended Company M in the alleged violation of the Banking Act
Defended Company N in the compliance affairs related to the representative of a domestic corporation
Defended multiple cases involving embezzlement and breach of duty by representative directors
Defended multiple complaints involving breach of duty by officers/employees and customer frauds

Education

2018 Emory University School of Law (LL.M.)
2009 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2007 Seoul National University (LL.B.)

Selected Activities

Activity
Lecturer, Expert Training Course on Serious Industrial Accidents Prevention, Korea Enterprises Federation (2022-Present)
Awards
Legal Times - Leading Lawyer (2023)
Joongang Ilbo/Korea In-house Counsel Association - Rising Star, Compliance and ESG (2023)
Thomson Reuters - Stand-out Lawyers (2023)
Law Times/Korea In-house Counsel Association - Outstanding Lawyer, Serious Industrial Accidents (2022)

Qualifications

2009 Korea

Awards and Recognition