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+82-2-772-5957 |
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Yu Deok Kim is an attorney in Lee & Ko’s Criminal Defense Practice Group. His practice focuses on criminal investigations and trials, corporate criminal risk, serious industrial accidents, trade secrets and corporate information protection, anti-corruption, data protection and privacy, and regulatory compliance.
Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Kim served as a police officer for approximately 14 years, gaining extensive experience in criminal investigations and field operations at major police agencies across Korea. His experience includes financial and economic crime investigations, internal affairs, intelligence, and community policing. Based on his deep understanding of investigative procedures and criminal proceedings, Mr. Kim represents individuals, corporations, executives, and employees in a wide range of criminal matters arising from business activities, including embezzlement, breach of trust, fraud, trade secret infringement, data protection and privacy, defamation, industrial safety, anti-corruption, and compliance matters. Mr. Kim advises clients throughout the entire criminal process, including initial fact-finding, development of defense strategies, preparation for and attendance at investigative interviews, communications with investigative authorities, and preparation of legal briefs.
Education
| 2017 |
Kyungbook National University Law School – J.D. |
| 2004 |
Korean National Police University – LL.B. |
Work Experience
| 2026-Present |
Lee & Ko |
| 2026 |
Advisory Committee Member, Human Rights Center, Konkuk University |
| 2024-2026 |
Corporate Alignment (CA) Council, Kakao |
| 2021 |
Task Force Member, Promotion of Electronic Criminal Justice Procedures, National Police Agency |
| 2020 |
Visiting Professor, Police Investigation Academy Development Committee |
| 2018-2024 |
Lee & Ko |
| 2004-2018 |
Korean National Police Agency |
Expertise
| Criminal Defense (Investigations) |
| Criminal Defense (Litigation) |
| Digital Assets Center |
| Occupational Safety · Serious Accidents |
| Labor Compliance |
| Trade Secret · Company Information Protection |
| Responding to Unfair Competition |
| Regulatory Compliance |
| Corporate |
Admissions & Qualifications
| Admitted to the Korean Bar (2017) |
Languages
Representative Matters
[Industrial Safety and Serious Accidents]
- Represented clients in connection with an oil storage tank explosion.
- Represented clients in connection with a serious accident caused by falling objects at a manufacturing plant.
[Criminal (Investigation, Trial) Field]
- Represented clients in connection with an arson incident at a factory.
- Represented clients in a fraud case involving goods supplied to a port authority.
- Represented clients in cases involving abuse of authority and disclosure of official secrets by law enforcement officials.
- Represented clients in cases involving violations of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act and bribery.
- Represented clients in numerous sexual crime cases, including sexual assault involving victims who were unconscious or unable to resist, and sexual harassment by public officials.
- Represented clients in cases involving disputes over media company management rights.
- Represented clients in fraud cases involving voice phishing and violations of the Foreign Exchange Transactions Act.
- Represented clients in cases involving violations of the National Sports Promotion Act relating to the establishment of online gambling sites.
- Represented clients in cases involving reconstruction associations, including violations of the Act on the Improvement of Urban Areas and Residential Environments.
- Represented clients in cases involving defamatory online posts concerning executives and employees of large corporations.
- Represented clients in criminal disputes between celebrities and their agencies.
- Represented clients in cases involving fuel subsidies for commercial vehicles.
- Represented clients in cases involving violations of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry in connection with prohibited subcontracting in subway facility construction.
- Represented clients in cases involving corporate slush funds.
- Represented a client in a case involving alleged violation of the Narcotics Control Act relating to marijuana use.
- Represented clients in cases involving violations of the Interest Rate Limitation Act and the Money Lending Business Act by P2P companies.
- Represented clients in numerous criminal cases relating to religious organization disputes, including embezzlement of church offerings and defamation among congregants.
- Represented clients in an insurance fraud case involving intentional arson at a livestock farm.
- Represented clients in a case involving embezzlement of university research funds.
- Represented clients in breach of trust cases involving corporate officers and employees in connection with the payment of legal fees.
- Represented clients in criminal disputes relating to IPOs of large corporations.
- Represented clients in fraud cases relating to government procurement.
[Trade Secrets and Corporate Information Protection]
- Represented a client in a trade secret infringement case involving a diagnostic kit manufacturer
[Virtual Asset Regulation and Investigation Response]
- Represented clients in an investment fraud case relating to a virtual asset ICO.
- Represented clients in an investigation involving alleged fraud targeting virtual asset developers.
- Represented a client in litigation concerning defamatory posts relating to the listing process of a virtual asset exchange.
Awards & Recognitions
| 2012 and 2015 |
Commendation from the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency |