Yulchon LLC (Managing Partner Kang Seok-hoon) announced on July 8 that it has hired Han Won-hyung, a former chief of the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency's Special Investigation Unit. This move aims to enhance the firm's capabilities in handling increasingly sophisticated corporate criminal cases and investigations.
Han graduated from Korea University with a degree in law and obtained a master's degree in tax law from the same university's law school. After completing the Judicial Research and Training Institute in 2005, he was appointed as a police officer with the rank of inspector and began his career in investigative work as the head of the investigation division at the Northern Busan Police Agency.
He subsequently held key investigative positions, including in the Investigation Structure Reform Team at the National Police Agency, head of the investigation division at the Guro Police Station in Seoul, and head of the Criminal Investigation Division at the Yeongdeungpo Police Station. After being promoted to superintendent in 2015, he served as the head of the Investigation Division 1 at the Jeonnam and Incheon Police Agencies, and as the chief of the Ansan Danwon Police Station, broadening his expertise in policy and management.
Notably, Han has held critical investigative roles, including head of the Criminal Investigation Division and Cyber Investigation Division at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and head of the Special Investigation Unit at the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency. With over 20 years of unique practical experience, he has led investigations into serious crimes, major industrial accidents, and sophisticated cybercrimes.
Yulchon has noted the increasing intensity of investigations targeting corporations, particularly by the Special Investigation Units of provincial police agencies. The firm expects Han's expertise in corporate investigations and criminal risk management to play a pivotal role in responding to investigations related to major industrial accidents and workplace safety.
A Yulchon representative stated, "Based on Han's extensive field command experience, we will strengthen our comprehensive legal services, from establishing preventive compliance systems for corporations to initial investigation responses in the event of unexpected incidents, and through to criminal trials."
Previously, Yulchon has been operating a Tax and Financial Criminal Response Center in line with the trend of increasing regulations and investigations related to tax evasion crimes, including tax and customs evasion and the formation of illegal overseas assets. In tax criminal cases, expertise in various fields, including tax, foreign exchange transactions, and money laundering investigations, is essential, making the organic collaboration of specialists in each area crucial.
The team consists of investigative experts with rich experience in tax criminal matters and collaborates with attorneys knowledgeable in tax, foreign exchange transactions, and money laundering investigations as needed, providing comprehensive services from police or prosecution investigations to court trial stages.
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