Byungsoo Lee

With extensive expertise in special investigations, high-tech crimes, and unification legislation gained during his tenure as a prosecutor, Attorney Byungsoo Lee has maintained a long track record of success in financial and economic criminal cases since entering private practice.

He continues to focus on financial and economic criminal cases at WINS & CO Law Firm.

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Profile

Qualifications

Attorney-at-Law

Languages

Korean, English

Education

Seoul Serabeol High School (1985)
Korea University, College of Business Administration, B.A. in Business Administration (1992)

Career

Passed the 37th Bar Exam (1995)
Completed the 27th class of Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) (1998)

Prosecutor, Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office (Violent Crimes Division, Feb. 1998 - Feb. 2000)
Prosecutor, Namwon Branch of Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office (Special Investigations, Feb. 2000 - Feb. 2002)
Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (High-Tech Crime Investigation Division, Feb. 2002 - Feb. 2004)
Seconded to Ministry of Unification (Overseas Assignment, Feb. 2004 - Aug. 2004)
Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Internal Affairs, Aug. 2004 - Feb. 2005)
Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice, Special Legislation Division (Unification Preparedness Research, Feb. 2005 - Feb. 2006)
Prosecutor, Jeju District Prosecutors' Office (Special Investigations, Feb. 2006 - Jul. 2006)
Attorney, Law Firm Hwawoo (Finance, Corporate, Criminal Law, Jul. 2006 - Nov. 2022)
Member, Ministry of Justice Inter-Korean Special Legislation Research Committee (Unification Preparedness, Feb. 2018 - Feb. 2019)
(Current) Managing Partner, WINS & CO Law Firm (Dec. 2022 - Present)

Key Cases

Litigation Track Record

○ Bribery case (Aggravated Punishment Act) involving Vice Chairman of Financial Supervisory Service

• Successfully defended the Vice Chairman arrested in the so-called "Kim Heung-ju Gate" bribery case (approx. KRW 200 million), securing full acquittal from trial through final appeal

○ Violations of the Aggravated Punishment Act and Capital Markets Act involving Chairman of Sejung Group

• In connection with the so-called "Park Yeon-cha Gate," successfully quashed the arrest warrant for the Sejung Group Chairman and secured acquittal on most charges from trial through final appeal

○ KRW 1.2 trillion market manipulation case (Capital Markets Act violation) involving a major bank

• Defended the Managing Director of a securities firm in the so-called "Options Shock" case involving KRW 1.2 trillion in index arbitrage/futures-spot linked market manipulation, securing full acquittal at the appellate court level

○ KRW 360 billion Aggravated Economic Crimes Act violation (LBO-related) involving Daesun Distilling

• Defended in a KRW 360 billion LBO breach of fiduciary duty case arising from the Daesun Distilling M&A, securing full acquittal from trial through final appeal

○ Capital Markets Act violation involving Kolon Life Science

• In connection with the so-called "Invossa Scandal," represented Kolon Life Science executives from the prosecutorial investigation stage onward in Capital Markets Act violation charges

○ Criminal complaint for breach of fiduciary duty (Aggravated Economic Crimes Act) related to SK Corp.'s golf course

• Represented SK Corp. in filing a criminal complaint for embezzlement and breach of fiduciary duty (tens of billions of KRW), resulting in prosecution of the opposing party

○ KRW 20 billion breach of fiduciary duty case (Aggravated Economic Crimes Act) involving Vice Chairman of Daehan Electric Wire

• After the Vice Chairman was sentenced to imprisonment at trial and appellate courts (by other counsel), took over at the Supreme Court and secured a full reversal and remand with acquittal on all charges

○ KRW 50 billion unjust enrichment claim against Lotte E&C

• Represented the plaintiff in a KRW 50 billion unjust enrichment claim against Lotte E&C, winning the full amount at trial

○ KRW 15 billion embezzlement case involving commercial building near Hongdae intersection

• Defended a real estate development company CEO against charges of embezzling approximately KRW 15 billion related to a commercial building, securing a full no-charge disposition at the prosecutorial investigation stage

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