


YoungKon CHO Chief Managing Attorney
Chief Managing Attorney
Chief of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Career as Chief of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
Chief Managing Attorney
Chief of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Career as Chief of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
"Even in the dominance of high algorithms, let us preserve the heart of humanism"
Attorney YoungKon CHO, who holds career experience working as prosecutor, Senior Prosecutor, and Deputy Chief Prosecutor at all levels of prosecutors' offices nationwide, served as Chief Prosecutor of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office, Chief Prosecutor of Ulsan District Prosecutors' Office, and Chief of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. While serving at the Prosecutors' Office, he accumulated investigation experience by performing major cases including civil and criminal cases of large corporations as well as tax, finance, fair trade, patent, capital markets, and anti-corruption/compliance. In particular, he has provided legal services based on investigation through forensic techniques and trial response, as well as various dispute resolution capabilities such as arbitration and mediation. He also holds experience performing work related to human rights policy, human rights structure, and victim human rights protection while serving as Director-General of the Human Rights Bureau of the Ministry of Justice. In addition, while working as Representative Attorney of Yulchon LLC, he performed legal advisory and investigation response work in various fields such as abuse of market dominant position, unfair trade practices, and business combinations for leading foreign companies and many domestic corporations. Attorney YoungKon CHO is producing satisfactory results for customers by demonstrating his prowess in corporate crime, financial, tax, and criminal cases.
Experience
- (Former) Chief of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office [Overall work]
- (Former) Chief of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office [General Affairs]
- (Former) Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office [General Affairs]
- (Former) Chief of Wonju Branch, Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office [General Affairs]
- (Former) Chief of Uiseong Branch, Daegu District Prosecutors' Office [General Affairs]
- (Former) Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office [Finance, Organized Crime, Drugs]
- (Former) Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office [Fair trade, intellectual property rights, taxation]
- (Former) Daegu District Prosecutors' Office 2nd Deputy Chief Prosecutor [Elections, labor, industrial accidents]
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office’s Violent Division [Drugs, Organized Crime]
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office [Drugs, Taxes]
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor of the Narcotics and Organized Crime Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office [Drug investigation, organized crime]
- (Former) Head of Violent Division, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (Chief Prosecutor) [Drug investigation, organized crime, violent crime]
- (Former) Chief Prosecutor of Drug and Organized Crime Investigation Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office [Drug investigation, organized crime]
- (Former) Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office Criminal Division 3 Chief Prosecutor [Special crimes, violent crimes]
- (Former) Busan District Prosecutors' Office Violent Division Chief Prosecutor [Organized crime, violent crime, detective]
- (Former) Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office [Fair Trade, Finance]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office [Tax, organized crime, drugs]
- (Former) Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the Ministry of Justice [Human rights policy, human rights structure, victims' human rights protection]
- (Former) Yoon & Yang Law Firm
- (Current) Vice President, Korea Crime Prevention Foundation
- (Current) Daeryun Law Firm (Limited)
Key Activities
- Korea Institute for Security Affairs (KINSA) Academy (International Security Policy)
- Selected as 2019 Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Leading Lawyer
- Legal advisor to the National Research Foundation of Korea
- Seoul Transportation Corporation Legal Advisor
- Advisory member of the National Police Agency's victim protection policy
- Criminal policy research advisory committee member, Korea Institute of Criminology
- 7th President of the Korean Victims Association
- Korean Criminal Law Association Activities
- Korea Securities Law Association activities
- Prosecutor General Commendation (1996)
- Exemplary Prosecutor Award (1998)
Key Achievements
- Investigation response and lawsuit against a leading domestic distribution company group for violation of the Personal Information Protection Act
- Responding to and advising on investigations by the National Tax Service and prosecutors regarding double imposition of corporate tax on famous overseas conglomerates and their owners
- Legal advice on hostile M&A
- Criminal representation case for violation of the Capital Markets Act related to large-scale securities crimes
- Investigation response, defense, and advice by the Securities Crime Joint Investigation Group in relation to violations of the Capital Markets Act
- Response and legal advice on criminal cases related to projects entrusted to the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation
- Civil and criminal cases of mid-sized companies in the automobile industry
- Case filed by the Financial Supervisory Service and the prosecution on charges of fraudulent lending on behalf of a KT ENS partner company
- Advocacy and legal advice on financial accident resolution and criminal case investigation procedures for Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, etc.
- Representation in patent injunction litigation
- Legal advice for a large financial asset management company
- Investigation response and legal advice in areas such as abuse of market dominance and unfair trade practices for leading foreign companies and many domestic companies
- Litigation and legal advice on numerous civil cases for hotel companies, mid-sized real estate companies, etc.
- Legal advice provided in cooperation with Samsung Electronics Legal Department
- Kiwoom Group legal advice on capital market law
- Advised on CJ Logistics major disaster case
- SK Hynix corporate legal advice
- Advised on cases related to Hyosung Group’s governance structure
- Group-level criminal case response and legal advice for a large company in the materials sector
- Company H criminal case investigation response and legal advice
- Represented the owner of a large real estate company and provided legal advice and response to criminal cases such as taxation and breach of trust.
- Response to prosecution investigation into violation of Homeplus Personal Information Protection Act
- Legal advice on tax evasion, embezzlement, and breach of trust cases related to Booyoung Group owner’s title trust stocks
- Defense against Shinil Industrial’s hostile M&A and representation of securities broker in violation of Capital Markets Act
- Stock price manipulation/market manipulation case
- Korindo Group (overseas large corporation) National Tax Service tax response and prosecution investigation defense work
- Legal advice and response to criminal issues related to the establishment of a PEF for the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation
- Case of JCC Group (Chinese) owner violating the Farmland Act and Real Name Transaction Act
- Represented NUPL in an industrial design rights injunction lawsuit
- Represented civil and criminal cases related to mid-sized automobile parts companies and sub-band companies.
- Representation in cases of overseas flight fraud, violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, and smuggling cases
Education
- Graduated from Seoul National University, Department of Law
- Graduated from Seoul National University Law School (Criminal Law)
- Graduated from Korea University Graduate School of Law, Department of Tax Law
- Graduated from Korea University Graduate School of Technology Management, Department of Technology Management (Ph.D.)
Publications and Papers
- A study on contempt of court (1983, Master of Laws thesis, Seoul National University)
- Supreme Prosecutors' Office research report (2003~, regular series)
- Korean Economy Hankyung Essay Part 8
- Analytical study on the ban on the use of similar names under domestic laws (2021, Korea Intellectual Property Institute Intellectual Property Research Volume 16, No. 2)
- Legal theoretical analysis and consideration to establish a basic data law system (2022, Korea University Graduate School of Technology Management, PhD thesis)
Certifications
- Attorney
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