Seung-Kyu Lee is an attorney at Kim & Chang and provides legal advice in diverse areas of corporate law, including corporate crimes and white-collar crimes, anti-corruption, compliance and fair trade. Some of Mr. Lee’s major customers include global automakers, pharmaceutical companies, IT firms, oil refiners and steel companies. In particular, he has extensive advisory experience with German and US clients.

Mr. Lee has been working at Kim & Chang for 13 years from 2008 to 2021 in response to investigations by Korean prosecutors and the police, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Korea Customs Service and other government agencies targeting various multinational companies. In particular, in cases where an investigation in Korea is conducted simultaneously with an investigation by authorities in the US, Europe, etc., he has extensive experience in cooperating with the head office of a multinational company and attorneys-at-law from overseas countries to jointly respond to the investigation process in each country.

In addition, Mr. Lee has been conducting internal investigations regarding various violations of laws, such as bribery, bribery in breach of trust, embezzlement, and breach of trust, as well as violations of company regulations against the officers and employees of the Korean branches of multinational companies.

Mr. Lee has also engaged in a number of investigations by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, related administrative litigations, prosecutors’ investigations, and related criminal litigations. Some of his major customers include domestic and foreign refiners, steel companies and food and beverage manufacturers.

During his service as a prosecutor in the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials from April 2021 to October 2022, Mr. Lee took the lead in investigating and indicting major cases and participating in trials.