[Law Firm Now] Law Firm Robaeks Specializing in Corporate, Finance, and Advanced (IT) Fields... Three Former Heads of the Central District Prosecutors' Office Special 1st Division

Claiming a 'Vaccine' for Legal Risk Prevention and Response
Chief Prosecutors and Court Presidents Lead and Execute Directly... Excelling in the Virtual Asset Sector
'LawVax Technology Protection Center' Provides One-Stop Technology Protection Services

From the left, Lawyer Lee Seon-hyeok of Law Firm Robaeks (former Chief of Criminal Division 1 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office), Chief Lawyer Lee Dong-yeol (former Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office), Chief Lawyer Yoo Sang-jae (former Director of the Court Library), Chief Lawyer Kim Ki-dong (former Chief Prosecutor of Busan District Prosecutors' Office), Chief Lawyer Kim Hu-gon (former Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office).
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Law firm LawVax combines the words ‘Law’ and the abbreviation of vaccine ‘Vax.’ True to its name, it is a specialized law firm in corporate, financial, and advanced (IT) sectors that acts as a ‘vaccine’ for preventing and responding to legal risks.

The representative attorneys of LawVax, Kim Ki-dong, former Chief Prosecutor of Busan District Prosecutors' Office (Judicial Research and Training Institute class 21), Lee Dong-yeol, former Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office (class 22), and Kim Hu-gon, former Chief Prosecutor of Seoul High Prosecutors' Office (class 25), all served as heads of the Special Investigation Division 1 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and possess top expertise in corruption and financial investigations. The head of the Special Investigation Division 1 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office is widely recognized as the top ace position, appointed to the most capable prosecutor among peers from the same training class.

Leading this team, veteran attorney Lee Seon-hyeok, former head of the Criminal Division 1 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (class 31), has joined to provide outstanding legal services ranging from legal risk response to solution provision. Additionally, the litigation team led by Yoo Sang-jae, former Director of the Court Library with 30 years of judicial experience (class 21), perfectly handles civil, criminal, administrative, and application trials.

Representative attorney Kim Ki-dong served as a prosecutor for over 25 years, leading major corruption investigations such as the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and accounting firm’s large-scale accounting fraud case, defense industry corruption involving famous arms brokers and defense contractors, and nuclear power plant corruption cases involving former Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power president and Korea Electric Power Corporation executives. He held key positions including head of the Nuclear Power Plant Corruption Investigation Unit, head of the Joint Defense Industry Corruption Investigation Unit at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, head of the Special Corruption Investigation Unit considered a revival of the Central Investigation Department, and head of Special Investigation Divisions 1 and 3 at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

Representative attorney Lee Dong-yeol served as a prosecutor for 24 years, directing major corporate, financial, and anti-corruption investigations such as the SK accounting fraud case, Lone Star case, Hyundai Motor slush fund case, and Lotte Group slush fund formation case at the Special Investigation Division of Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office and the Central Investigation Department of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. He also served as head of the Advanced Crime Investigation Division, Crime Information Officer 1, Senior Research Officer of the Anti-Corruption Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and Third Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office.

After opening their law practices, these representative attorneys have distinguished themselves in numerous corporate cases, including representing Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, then vice chairman of the group, in the Samsung Biologics accounting fraud case, successfully securing a non-prosecution decision from the investigation review committee.

Representative attorney Kim Hu-gon served as a prosecutor for 27 years, commanding cases involving corporate corruption such as group commercial paper fraud and demolition corruption, bribery cases involving members of the National Assembly, defense industry corruption, overseas leakage of national core technologies, and personal information infringement. He is recognized as the top domestic expert in advanced crimes and IT technology. His career includes roles as head of the Special Investigation Division at Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, Senior Research Officer of the Anti-Corruption Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, head of the Trial and Litigation Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Director of Planning and Coordination at the Ministry of Justice, Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office, and Chief Prosecutor of Daegu District Prosecutors' Office.

Representative attorney Lee Dong-yeol served as spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice in 2012, and Kim Hu-gon served as spokesperson for the Supreme Prosecutors' Office in 2016, gaining experience in media relations.

Despite being led by former chief prosecutors and court presidents, these representative attorneys personally oversee and perform all aspects of work from client consultations, case reviews, drafting documents, to prosecution and courtroom advocacy, creating a true ‘one team’ with their affiliated attorneys. This meticulous approach is LawVax’s secret weapon that makes a difference in results.

LawVax particularly excels in the virtual asset sector, successfully handling numerous cases related to virtual assets.

Furthermore, LawVax has launched the ‘LawVax Technology Protection Center’ by recruiting former department heads Kim Seo-gon and Park Jeong-ho, who were responsible for industrial secret protection and economic security at national intelligence agencies. The LawVax Technology Protection Center has established a ‘Mid-sized and Small Business Technology Protection Organization Agreement’ to provide one-stop technology protection services to domestic companies by preventing trade secret infringement and offering judicial support in case of trade secret leakage in the era of economic security.

In addition, LawVax has strengthened its expertise in taxation by recruiting former National Tax Service Commissioner Kim Dae-ji as an advisor in February. Advisor Kim is a ‘tax expert’ who oversaw all national tax administration at the National Tax Service. Moreover, various expert advisors from prosecution, police, national intelligence agencies, and public enterprises have joined LawVax.

Representative attorney Kim Ki-dong stated, “Leveraging my experience as a chief prosecutor, court president, and senior prosecutor handling numerous investigations and trials on the front lines, we can provide the highest quality legal services in corporate, financial, and advanced sectors. We plan to continuously recruit experts from prosecution, courts, police, as well as taxation, finance, and accounting fields.”