Wan Sik LEE - Kim & Chang

Bio

Wan Sik Lee is an attorney at Kim & Chang, who advises clients on corporate crimes, tax, antitrust & competition, and financial crimes, among others.

During his time at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office and other front-line Public Prosecutors’ Offices, Mr. Lee mostly managed an array of cases including special crime, tax, antitrust & competition, and construction-related crime. Mr. Lee also developed strategies and conducted analysis on money laundering at Korea Finance Intelligence Unit (“KoFIU”). While serving in the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, Mr. Lee oversaw general and administrative litigations and criminal cases including safety accidents and intellectual property rights.

Mr. Lee was the first in the country to complete the legal part of the Mutual Evaluation Assessor for Money Laundering program co-organized by the International Monetary Fund and the Asia-Pacific Group in August 2008, and in 2009, he contributed to South Korea’s joining the Financial Action Task Force, an international organization to prevent money laundering. He also published research work on large-scale safety accident TF based on his experiences as the head of the Criminal Division I at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in 2014. He possesses a wide range of experiences in investigations and other practices in a variety of fields by having worked for the Ministry of Law, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, KoFIU, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office, among others.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2017-Present)

Senior Prosecutor/Director of the Second Criminal Department, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2016.1.-2017.2.)

Senior Prosecutor/Director of the Eighth Criminal Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2015.2.-2016.1.)

Director of Criminal Division I, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2014.1.-2015.2.)

Director of Litigation Division, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (2013-2014)

Senior Prosecutor/Head of Euseong Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2012-2013)

Senior Prosecutor/Director, Cheonan Branch of Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office (2011-2012)

Deputy Senior Prosecutor, Third Special Investigation Department and Seventh Division of Criminal Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2010-2011)

Prosecutor, Crime Prevention Planning Division, Ministry of Justice (2009-2010)

Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (2007-2009)

Prosecutor, Sungnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (2004-2007)

Prosecutor, Second Special Investigation Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2003-2004)

Prosecutor, Eastern Branch of Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (2002-2003)

Prosecutor, Kimcheon Branch of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2000-2002)

Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (1998-2000)

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Awards

Korea Super 30 Lawyers, Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters, 2022)

Publications/Activities

Adult Crimes in Austria and Diversion (Thesis for prosecutor overseas training program, 2006)
Analysis on Tenant Rights in Housing Contracts (Masters graduation thesis, Korea University, 1997)