Sejong Recruits Former Prosecutor Kim Taehyung to Strengthen Criminal Response Capabilities

Former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Cheonan Branch, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office
Expertise in International Criminal Affairs, International Legal Affairs, and ISDS Response

Sejong, a law firm, announced on the 13th that it has recruited former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Cheonan Branch of the Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office, Kim Taehyung, to strengthen its expertise in corporate criminal law.

Attorney Kim Taehyung. Sejong

As the management environment surrounding corporations has recently become more complex and various regulatory and dispute issues have grown in scale and sophistication, Sejong aims to further enhance its ability to handle large-scale complex cases that combine civil, administrative, regulatory, and criminal issues through this recruitment.

Attorney Kim Taehyung (35th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute) served as a prosecutor for about 17 years, starting from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. He built extensive experience not only at major prosecutors' offices such as the Seoul Eastern, Busan, and Incheon District Prosecutors' Offices, but also at various institutions including the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. He is well known as an 'international affairs expert,' having been the first prosecutor to serve as both Director of the International Criminal Affairs Division and Director of the International Legal Affairs Division at the Ministry of Justice.

He has expertise in numerous criminal cases related to corporate management, such as embezzlement and breach of trust, as well as in foreign affairs cases involving violations of the Customs Act, the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act, and the Foreign Trade Act. While at the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was responsible for National Assembly affairs related to prosecutorial investigations, special pardons, and parole. He also gained extensive experience in the international criminal field, including extradition and mutual legal assistance cases related to major domestic and international criminal matters. He is regarded as having successfully led the establishment of the International Legal Affairs Bureau within the Ministry of Justice and won several investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases filed against the Republic of Korea.

Oh Jonghan, Managing Partner of Sejong (18th class), commented, "Recently, the criminal risks facing corporations have become even more complex as they are intertwined not only with domestic but also international issues, and combine with financial, capital markets, fair trade, tax, and labor regulations. With the addition of Attorney Kim Taehyung, who brings a wealth of experience, Sejong will respond to the full spectrum of corporate criminal cases in a more sophisticated and multidimensional manner."

The Sejong Criminal Group consists of over 80 experts with backgrounds in the prosecution and police, including Co-Managing Partners Moon Mooil and Jang Youngsoo (18th and 24th classes), as well as Lee Junghwan (29th class), Park Jinwon (30th class), Jo Jooyeon (33rd class), and Lee Jaehun (36th class). The firm has also recently strengthened its organization both quantitatively and qualitatively by recruiting advisors such as Nam Gujun, the inaugural Commissioner of the National Investigation Headquarters. Based on this, Sejong is recognized for providing a one-stop solution covering the full range of criminal issues, from the initial investigation response to the trial stage.

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