You Chull JUNG has joined Lee & KO in 2013, as a partner in the White Collar Crime Group with thirteen years of experience as a financial regulator and prosecutor. He is a leading expert in the areas of white collar crime, anti- corruption & regulatory compliance, financial services & compliance, capital market regulation & compliance, and tax fraud.

Mr. Jung started his career in 2002, as a deputy director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at the Financial Services Commission. He managed some of the most important tasks, such as revising and concluding MOUs with overseas financial intelligence units, revision work of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), South Korea’s application to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and revision work of twenty recommendations for AML-CTF (Anti- money laundering – combat terrorist financing). He especially attended the meetings of the FATF related to the revision of the twenty recommendations, held by the OECD in Paris from 2002 to 2004 as a member of the Korean delegation.

In 2005, Mr. Jung had worked at the Financial Policy Bureau at the Financial Services Commission. He served as deputy director of the bureau supervising financial institutions like KHFC (Korea Housing Finance Corporation), KAMCO (Korea Asset Management Corporation) and financial holding companies. He was also in charge of revising such laws as Financial Holding Companies Act as well as establishing related policies.

From 2006, Mr. Jung, has been accumulating legal experiences as a prosecutor in the areas of securities fraud, tax avoidance, money laundering, intellectual property infringement, and anti-terrorist financing. Furthermore, he received ‘The most excellent Prosecutor Award 2009’ from the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

After 2010, Mr. Jung was in charge of investing major financial and tax crimes at the Financial and Tax Investigation Division in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, which is the only organization that takes full charge of finance and tax related crimes in Korea. For example, he led the most important financial and tax crime cases in Korea, like the KIKO (Knock-In Knock-Out) fraud case, Equity-Linked Warrant Security fraud, and the Si-DO maritime offshore tax fraud case.

Mr. Jung also works from Lee & Ko PanGyo Office and provides comprehensive and focused advice to meet the progressive needs of industrial innovation and IT companies.