Kim & Chang‘s market-leading practice handles the full breadth of corporate investigations and white-collar defence work, and evidences broad sector expertise. Highly esteemed criminal defence lawyer Kook Hyun Yoo leads the practice, and continues to be involved in major corporate criminal investigations. Criminal defence expert Ho Keun Ryu handles occupational negligence and criminal investigations into tax evasion, while Sung Won Hong focuses on cases within industrials and manufacturing and consumer goods industries. Senior associate Miji Song advises on corporate investigations, anti-corruption prosecution, and compliance cases for both public and private companies.

Boasting a deep bench of former regulatory agency experts and attorneys, Lee & Ko‘s regulatory and compliance group provides a full service for international and domestic clients. Kyunghoon Lee and former prosecutor Tae Yop Lee lead the internal investigations and white-collar crime team, which handles various regulatory compliance mandates. Sedong Min heads the business compliance team focusing on cross-border and overseas investment, anti-corruption, and global corporate compliance work. Senior associate Jung Han Nam focuses on corporate embezzlement and professional misconduct. Senior associate Jae Woo Jung is also recommended.

Noted in particular for its strength in financial sector crime investigations, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC‘s large and experienced white-collar defence team handles cases across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions. Soo Bong Jung heads the practice. Sangchul Lee focuses on international arbitration and litigation. Foreign attorney Jiyoung Sohn advises multinational corporations in criminal investigations, white-collar criminal defence, and the full range of regulatory matters including industry regulations. Jinwon Choi‘s practice focuses on economic crimes, intellectual property rights, and industrial safety crimes.

Shin & Kim‘s experienced criminal defence and investigations team ‘perform outstandingly,’ in the full range of white-collar defence trials, industrial safety accident cases, and police investigations among others. Keonjoo Lee heads the practice. Former prosecutor Dong-Shin Yeom specialises in handling high profile financial criminal investigations and corruption decades, with over two decades of experience in the field. Tak-Kyun Hong is an expert in cross-border white-collar litigation and criminal IP infringements. Seong-Jin Choi heads the international criminal defence practice, and handles the full range of financial, high-tech, and corporate crimes.

The continuously expanding criminal defence team at Yulchon houses a deep bench of former regulatory specialists and prosecutors, handling the full depth and breadth of compliance and investigation work. Managing partner Dong Ryul Choi co-heads the practice alongside Il Bong Moon and Yong Pyo Yeom. Former prosecutor Hak Seok Kim handles the full range of corporate and white-collar crimes, and financial regulation and prosecution. Seung Hyun Lee, who is also a former prosecutor, specialises in environmental criminal investigations and trials.

Yoon & Yang LLC‘s white collar crime practice is renowned for its litigation expertise, and boasts major financial institutions and corporate conglomerates as clients. The practice is led by criminal law specialist Sun Bong Lee, who has experience in criminal allegations and investigations into medical malpractice. Former prosecutors Dong Gyu Lee and Hee Sik Yoon focus on criminal financial sector violations and trade secret disclosures within the industrial, banking, and energy industries.