


YoungHeum KIM Senior Partner
Senior Partner
Experience as a division chief prosecutor [corporate litigation] at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office · Attorney specializing in criminal law, sex crimes, and military criminal law
Senior Partner
Experience as a division chief prosecutor [corporate litigation] at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office · Attorney specializing in criminal law, sex crimes, and military criminal law
"I analyze matters meticulously. I thoroughly uncover evidence. In the end, a case can only be won by prevailing in logic and persuasiveness"
After being commissioned as a prosecutor at the Seoul Southern District Branch, he spent a long career as a prosecutor and division chief prosecutor at the Mokpo Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, the Busan District Prosecutors' Office, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, the Uijeongbu District Prosecutors' Office, the Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office, the Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office, the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, and the Busan High Prosecutors' Office, accumulating diverse investigative experience. In addition, during his many years as a private attorney, he took on and handled cases not only in the criminal field but also in civil, administrative, tax, and many other fields, and carried out broad activities such as serving as advisory counsel to Busan City and Pusan National University, chairman of the Investigation Objection Review Committee of the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, a criminal mediation member of the Busan District Prosecutors' Office, and an adjunct professor at Pusan National University Law School. He has abundant investigative experience, having initiated and investigated numerous cases involving economic offenders such as large-scale fraud and embezzlement, violent criminals such as sex crimes and murder, organized crime and narcotics offenders, tax offenders, pseudo-press offenders, medical offenders, and large-scale gambling offenders. He has also been involved in numerous court trials, handled appeal work pointing out errors in prosecutors' decisions not to indict for many years, and has deep research on recently frequent cases such as voice phishing, romance scams, cryptocurrency, and stock leading-room cases. With meticulous analysis, he accurately diagnoses the flow of a case, identifies the key to its resolution, and develops persuasive arguments in easy and elegant prose. Currently, at Daeryun LLC, he is preparing strategies to lead clients' cases to victory based on meticulous strategy and practical experience.
Experience
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office [Corporate litigation, property crime, violent crime]
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office [Organized violence, drugs]
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor, Hongseong Branch, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office [Criminal, Tax, Administrative]
- (Former) Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office Chief Prosecutor [Sex crimes, violent crimes]
- (Former) Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office Chief Prosecutor [Sex crimes, criminal, violent crimes]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office [Corporate litigation, fraud]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Southern Branch, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office [Administrative, Criminal]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office [Fraud, organized violence]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office [Criminal, Sex Crimes]
- (Former) Busan High Prosecutors’ Office Prosecutor [Detective, Narcotics]
- (Former) Busan District Prosecutors’ Office Prosecutor [Criminal, Sex Crimes]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Mokpo Branch, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office [Criminal, Sex Crimes]
- (Former) Military Judge Advocate
- (Former) Representative Attorney at Youngheum Kim Law Office
- (Former) Consulting attorney for Busan Metropolitan City
- (Former) Chairman of the Busan Police Agency Investigation Objection Review Committee
- (Former) Auditor of Busan International Foundation
- (Current) Criminal mediation committee member, Busan District Prosecutors' Office
- (Current) Daeryun Law Firm (Limited)
Key Activities
- Auditor of Busan International Foundation
- Personnel Committee Member, Busan Urban Corporation
- Chairman of the Busan Police Agency Investigation and Review Committee
- Criminal mediation committee member, Busan District Prosecutors' Office
Key Achievements
- Advised on corporate separation, including establishment and conversion of a global electronics company into a holding company.
- Representation in the case of suing the owner of a 2 billion won poker fraud gambling establishment and other related parties.
- Litigation on behalf of the Mayor of Busan Metropolitan City to cancel the disposition to reject the report of labor union establishment
- Violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, violation of the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, etc.
- Criminal case for violating customs laws by importing exported and imported goods without reporting
- Litigation on land sale contract compensation under the Land Compensation Act on behalf of Busan Urban Corporation
- A case in which most of the bank branch managers were acquitted in a case of breach of trust in an unfair loan worth 4 billion won.
- A case where a loan debt was repaid with 105 million won of company funds.
- Drug incidents such as drug trafficking and procuring of famous celebrities and teenagers
- A sexual crime case involving the rape of a drunken woman who was unconscious or unable to resist
- Bill payment case worth 150 million won
- Litigation for transfer of personal property regarding relics designated as tangible cultural assets by Busan Metropolitan City
- Sexual crime cases such as rape between incestuous relatives
- Criminal case for violating the Resident Registration Act by using someone else's name to prescribe a large amount of narcotics
- An international distribution company that violated the Labor Standards Act related to work, including wages, when concluding an employment contract.
- A case in which a woman who was on board as a passenger was raped despite having a history of sexual violence.
- Lawsuit claiming return of sale price for failure of construction company and financial company to fulfill their duty of arrangement
- Case of claim for contract fee regarding profit distribution and commission payment between used car partners
- A case in which the younger brother of a prominent politician was sentenced to hundreds of millions of real estate tax evasion cases and most of them were not guilty and were sentenced to probation.
- A case in which most of the damages were recovered by taking charge of a fraud case related to the sale of an ultra-luxury apartment worth 4.8 billion won.
- A case that resulted in the death of an elderly person due to negligence by the CEO of a nursing hospital
- Case where part of the land for sale was used as a road
- A case in which a woman who stayed at a beach motel accused her partner of rape and was acquitted.
- Litigation to cancel billions of won worth of value-added tax
- Representing a global fashion brand, litigating and providing legal advice on cancellation of imposition of corporate tax, etc.
Education
- Graduated from Donga High School in Busan
- Graduated from Pusan National University, College of Law, Department of Public Administration
Certifications
- Attorney
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