Seung Ho Lee is an attorney in the firm’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense, Corporate Governance, and Banking Practices. 

Mr. Lee received his LL.B. from the College of Law of Seoul National University in 1986. He also earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2004. 

After passing the bar exam and graduating the Judicial Training and Research Institute, he began serving as a prosecutor from 1991. During his years as a prosecutor, Mr. Lee worked in the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, which plays an overall supervisory role of white collar crime investigations in Korea. He has also taken part in many complex and high-profile white collar criminal investigations in person, and conducted research on the German legal system in 1997 in Germany. 

Mr. Lee joined Kim & Chang in 1999. Mr. Lee’s practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, particularly specializing in banking and securities transaction related cases. He also has extensive experience advising clients on the potential criminal risks of various transactions. 

Mr. Lee worked for the Presidential Office from 2002 to 2003, where he provided extensive legal advice to the Presidential Office as a legal staff for the President of Korea. After the administration changed, Mr. Lee rejoined Kim & Chang and has been working for high profile white collar crime cases as a senior counsel. Mr. Lee has been selected by Global Investigation Review 2015 Survey as a key lawyer in anti-corruption and compliance, and corporate investigations and white collar defense.