Mr. Ki Hong Lee is a partner at Shin & Kim whose main practice areas include corporate criminal defense, securities fraud defense, and criminal tax defense.

Mr. Lee worked at Samil PWC from 2002 to 2004, served as a prosecutor from 2010 to 2016, and practiced as an attorney at Lee & Ko from 2016 to June 2023 before joining Shin & Kim in July 2023.

As a certified public accountant at Samil PWC, Mr. Lee performed audits and advised on M&A and tax matters for various listed companies. He served as a prosecutor in charge of the investigation of corporate crimes, securities and financial frauds, tax crimes, and criminal offenses involving high-level public officials at the Busan District Prosecutors' Office (Tax Division), Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (Sewol Ferry Disaster Investigation Team, Special Division), and Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (Securities Fraud Investigation Unit).

After joining Lee & Ko in 2016, Mr. Lee successfully handled many criminal cases, including embezzlement by heads of major corporate groups, frauds against executives of a virtual asset exchange, violations of the Capital Markets Act involving a co-founder and developer of a virtual currency, violations of the Capital Markets Act involving a major bank relating to a private equity fund, and many other financial and securities frauds and violations of the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act involving multiple companies.

Based on his unmatched expertise and work experience, Mr. Lee now practices at Shin & Kim in the areas of corporate criminal defense, financial and securities fraud investigation defense, criminal tax defense, general criminal defense and criminal litigation, compliance, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, and capital market investigations and sanctions.

• Represented the Vice Chairman of Group S in a criminal case involving bribery, a violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement), etc.
• Represented the Chairman of Group L in a criminal case involving bribery
• Represented the Chairman of Group H in a criminal case involving tax evasion, a violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement), etc.
• Represented the Chairman of Group B in a criminal case involving violations of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (taxation) and the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement and breach of trust)
• Represented the Vice Chairman of Bank A in a criminal case involving a violation of the Attorney-At-Law Act
• Represented the Vice Chairman of a Commission in a criminal case involving bribery
• Represented the Chairman of a stock company in a criminal case involving abuse of authority and obstruction of exercise of rights, bribery, and a violation of the Attorney-At-Law Act
• Represented the management of a virtual asset exchange in a criminal case involving fraud
• Represented Bank A in a criminal case involving violation of the Capital Markets Act relating to a private equity fund crisis
• Represented a representative of Fund D in a criminal case involving a violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (fraud) and a violation of the Capital Markets Act
• Represented a founder and developer of Virtual Currency A in a criminal case involving a violation of the Capital Markets Act
• Represented the Chairman of Group D in a criminal case involving a violation of the Capital Markets Act (insider trading)
• Represented Stock Company D in a criminal case involving a violation of the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act
• Represented Stock Company G in a criminal case involving a violation of the Punishment of Tax Offenses Act