YOON&YANG

Hee Sik Yoon Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7573
FAX 82 2 6003 7023
E-MAIL hsyoon@yoonyang.com

Hee Sik Yoon is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas include finance, tax, and antitrust related criminal law.
As a prosecutor at various districts and leading roles in the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Financial Services Commissions and Anti-corruption Department of the Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office, Mr. Yoon investigated and directed large-scale matters relating to public office corruption, corporate crimes, and financial and tax crimes. Furthermore, during his service as an Inspector General of the Ministry of Justice, Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Seoul Western District, and Chief Prosecutor at the Yeongwol Branch of the Chuncheon District, he demonstrated outstanding capabilities in corporate compliance monitoring and drug and food-related investigations. He is currently active as the vice president of the Korean Academic Society of Accounting, councilor at Konkuk University, and the vice president of the Konkuk University Alumni Association.

Experience

2017-present Yoon & Yang LLC
2022-present Legal Advisor, Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation
2019-present Vice President, Korean Academic Society of Accounting
2017-present Advisor, Fostering Young Merchants Project Legal Advisory Group, Small Enterprise and Market Service
2016-17 Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Western District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2015 Senior Research Officer (Investigations), Anti-corruption Department, Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office
2014-15 Inspection Officer, Ministry of Justice
2013 Examination & Analysis Department Head, Financial Intelligence Unit of the Financial Services Commission
2012-13 Senior Prosecutor, Criminal Department I, Daegu District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2011-12 Senior Prosecutor, Finance & Tax Investigation Department III, Seoul Central District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2010-11 Senior Prosecutor, Special Investigation Department, Incheon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2009-10 Chief Prosecutor, Yeongwol Branch, Chuncheon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2007-09 Senior Prosecutor, Inspection Office, Ministry of Justice
2006-07 Deputy Senior Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch, Suwon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2005-06 Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch, Suwon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2002-05 Prosecutor, Seoul District Public Prosecutors’ Office
2002-03 Research Scholar, Peking University
2000-02 Prosecutor, Jeju District Public Prosecutors’ Office
1998-00 Prosecutor, Changwon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
1996-98 Prosecutor, Tongyeong Branch, Changwon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
1994-96 Prosecutor, Daegu District Public Prosecutors’ Office

Education

1994 Judicial Research and Training Institute
1990 Konkuk University, B.A. in Public Administration

Representative Matters

Represented major commercial banks and financial supervisory institutions in hiring corruption cases (acquitted and released on bail)
Represented a mid-sized company against allegations of breach of trust related to transfer of business to affiliates (acquitted)
Represented securities companies and mid-sized asset management companies against allegations of breach of trust and Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act violations (acquitted)
Represented a KOSDAQ listed company against allegations of use of nonpublic information (acquitted)
Represented client against charges of abuse of status by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (acquitted)
Represented clients in drug-related cases, including a major pharmaceutical company against charges of providing rebates (acquitted)