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Sung Wook Cho

Managing Partner · Yoon & Yang LLC

South KoreaCriminal Defense, Banking & FinanceKorean, English

About

Sung Wook Cho is Managing Partner at Yoon & Yang LLC (since 2019) and a former senior prosecutor and government official who has held roles including Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Justice and Chief Prosecutor at multiple district and high prosecutors’ offices. He also serves as an outside director of major corporations such as LG Corporation and SsangYong C&E.

Practice areas

Criminal DefenseBanking & FinanceTax, Customs & Foreign ExchangeElectionsEmployment & LaborWorkplace SafetyCorporate / M&AGovernance, Risk & Compliance

Office

Expertise

Prosecution & Criminal LitigationCorporate Governance & ComplianceGovernment & Public Sector AdvisoryInvestigations & White‑collar Crime

Education

  • Stanford University (overseas training, 2002)
  • Judicial Research & Training Institute (1988)
  • Seoul National University College of Law (LL.B., 1985)

Admissions

  • Admitted to bar, Korea (1988)

Languages

KoreanEnglish