Criminal Litigation

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Shin & Kim’s highly regarded Criminal Litigation team is comprised of attorneys who have extensive experience in the criminal justice system, including, but not limited to former judges who presided over numerous criminal trials, former prosecutors, and specialists with experience in the police department. Shin & Kim’s attorneys provide clients with comprehensive and strategic defense with the support of various professionals including foreign legal consultants with international criminal law experience, CPAs, certified tax accountants, certified customs brokers, patent attorneys and certified labor consultants, all of whom have relevant experience in the criminal justice system.

With significant experience and expertise in the Korea1n criminal justice system, professionals in Shin & Kim have successfully represented many clients in all stages of various criminal cases, such as embezzlement, bribery, securities and finance, tax, fair trade law, trade secrets, construction and real properties, medical and pharmaceutical, environmental, labor, and defense industry.

Key Services

Shin & Kim has successfully represented clients on criminal cases, including but not limited to the following:

Corporate criminal cases such as embezzlement and breach of duty
Corruption cases such as bribery
Securities and finance cases such as unfair trade
Tax evasion cases
Unfair competition cases such as leakage of trade secrets
Medical and pharmaceutical cases such as kickbacks
Food hygiene and environment and related cases
Defense industry corruption and related cases
Other general criminal cases

Experience

An acquittal in a case of embezzlement and breach of duty involving officers and employees of a company
An acquittal in a case of breach of trust related to loans involving officers and employees of a financial institution
An acquittal in a case of bribery involving employees of the government and a financial institution
An acquittal in a case of unfair trade of securities products involving officers and employees of a securities firm
An acquittal or penalty abatement in a case of market price manipulation or use of confidential and important information
An acquittal in a case of breach of trust and violation of the Capital Markets Act in relation to bond parking transactions by securities brokers
An acquittal in a tax evasion case involving officers and employees of a company
An acquittal in a case of technology leakage during an M&A involving officers and employees of a company
An acquittal in a case of a kickback involving officers and employees of a pharmaceutical company
An acquittal in a case of violation of the Marine Environment Management Act
An acquittal of a company in a copyright infringement case