Jinwon Choi

  • Partner
  • T. +82-2-3404-0944
  • F. +82-2-3404-0006
  • E. jinwon.choi@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Jinwon Choi has been handling major cases attracting social attention in the criminal field, and his practice focuses on corporate and economic crimes, intellectual property rights, fair trade, human resources and labor, criminal cases related to industrial safety accidents, compliance and internal investigations.

Mr. Choi earned his LL.B. from Seoul National University, completed the 38th Judicial Research and Training Institute course, and earned his LL.M. from Emory University School of Law. He served as a judge advocate at the Prosecutors' Office and the Ministry of Justice, and a member of the Investigation Performance Evaluation Committee of National Police Agency.

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 the case of industrial accident arising out of fire at logistics warehouse in Icheon, Gyonggi 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 occupational accident involving CO2 leakage
Defended Company A in the case of industrial accident arising out of fire at logistics warehouse in Icheon, Gyonggi 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 occupational accident involving CO2 leakage
Defended Company F in the alleged violation of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act involving agency transactions
Defended Company G in the case of humidifier disinfectant
Defended Company H in the alleged violation of the Act on the Protection, etc. of Temporary Agency Workers of domestic corporations
Defended Company I in the tax evasion case
Defended Company J in the alleged violation of the Food Sanitation Act
Defended Company K in the alleged violation of the Customs Act
Defended Company L in the bribery case related to reconstruction projects
Defended Company M in the alleged violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act related to the provision of rebates
Defended Company N in the alleged violation of the Banking Act
Defended Company O 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, the 1st Expert Training Course of Serious Disaster Prevention, Korea Enterprises Federation (2022)
Awards
Thomson Reuters - Stand-out Lawyers (2023)

Qualifications

2009 Korea

Awards and Recognition