Jeong Jin CHOI - D&A LLC

Jeong Jin CHOI
Partner
T. +82 2 3016 9518
F. +82 2 3016 5201
E. jjchoi@draju.com

Mr. Jeong Jin CHOI is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Tax Litigation, Criminal Defense Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Finance & Restructuring, Energy & Infrastructure, and Criminal & Compliance.

Profile

Experience
- - Legal Advisor, Financial Supervisory Service (2024-2026)
  - Co-chairperson, Office for Government Policy Coordination, Ministry of Justice (2015)
  - Member, Overseas Advance Support Team, Korea Engineering & Consulting Association (2015)
  - Member, National Tax Examination Committee, National Tax Service (Headquarters) (2013)
  - Member, Customs Appeal Committee, Korea Customs Service (Headquarters) (2010)
  - Member, Customs Administrative Development Committee, Korea Customs Service (Headquarters) (2010)
  - Member of Customs Appeal Committee and License Deliberative Committee, Seoul Regional Customs (2010)
  - Member, Commission on Verification and Support for the Victims of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Colonialism in Korea (2009)
  - Legal Advisor, National Tax Service (2009)
  - National Tax Examination Committee, Seoul Regional Office of National Tax Service (2009)
  - D&A LLC (2009-Present)
  - Member, Regulation Reform Committee (2008)
  - Deputy Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (Anti-Corruption Investigation Department) (2006)
  - Dispatched Prosecutor, Ministry of Justice (2005)
  - Deputy Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (2004)
  - Chief Prosecutor, Yeondong Branch Office of Cheongju District Prosecutors' Office (2002)
  - Dispatched Prosecutor, Korea Financial Intelligence Unit , Ministry of Economy and Finance (2000)
  - Dispatched Special Prosecutor or Furgate scandal (1999)
  - Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (Anti-Corruption Investigation Department) (1999)
  - Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (Foreign Affairs Department) (1996)
  - Prosecutor, Sangju Branch Office of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office (1995)
  - Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (1993)
  - Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (1990)
  - Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1990)
Education
- - Visiting Scholar, Stanford Law School (1998)
  - College of Law, Seoul National University (LLB, 1986)
  - Sungnam High School (1982)
Qualifications
- - Admitted to Bar, Korea (1990)
Languages
- - Korean

Representative Activities

Representative Matters
- - Represented a client accused of violating the Capital Markets Act for allegedly earning unjust enrichment of KRW 10 billion in a lawsuit where the court decided that it was impractical to calculate the unjust enrichment
  - Represented a client accused of professional breach of trust(in business for providing a hotel worth KRW 1 trillion to the parent company as collateral without any debt collection measures and received the decision on the absence of suspicion
  - Represented a company executive accused of breach of trust for a high-priced acquisition related to M&A and received the verdict of not guilty from the Supreme Court
Publications
- - Commentary on Act on Regulation of Criminal Proceeds
Awards & Recognitions
- - Commendation from the Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (2023)
  - Commendation from the Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (2022)
Representative Matters
- Finance & Restructuring
  DR & AJU Defends in a Criminal Case Where an Amount of Unjust Enrichment in Violation of the Capital Markets Act Calculated by the Prosecution Equal to KRW 10 Billion Was Ruled by the Court to Be Difficult to Calculate
  Dec-26-2019
  
  Labor & Employment
  DR & AJU Draws a Decision of Dismissal of Charge in the Case Where a Person Is Accused of a Crime of Professional Misappropriation for Collateralizing a Hotel in the Amount of KRW 1 Trillion to a Mother Company Without Measures to Recover Credits
  Jan-04-2019
  
  Mergers & Acquisitions
  The Supreme Court Finally Rules an Acquittal for a Company Executive Indicted on Charges of Misappropriation on the Grounds of High-Price Acquisition Relating to M&A
  Jul-16-2018
Press Coverage
- Sedaily
  [Expert-Led Law Firms] First Law Firm to Implement Case Assignment System … Assigning Cases Based on Expertise
  Mar-17-2024
D&A News
- Firm News
  DR & AJU’s Criminal & Compliance Group Expands from Two to Five Teams
  Mar-15-2024

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