Ms. Hyosin Kim, a partner at Shin & Kim, provides legal services in the field of criminal law, with a particular focus on financial and economic crimes.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Kim served at the Financial Crimes Investigation Unit of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Metropolitan Investigation Division and the Economic Crimes Investigation Division of Yeongdeungpo Police Station, where she directly investigated a wide range of financial and economic crime cases. These included violations of the Capital Markets Act, aggravated economic crimes involving listed companies under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes, organized crimes related to virtual assets and unlisted shares, as well as large-scale deposit lease fraud cases.

Drawing on this extensive investigative experience, Ms. Kim has developed a comprehensive understanding of criminal matters involving financial, economic, and cyber-related offenses. She advises and represents clients in financial crime matters, including criminal defense, litigation, and regulatory advisory work.

• Violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes involving listed companies (embezzlement, breach of trust)
• Violation of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (market manipulation, fraudulent transactions)
• Virtual asset-related violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (fraud) and the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information
• Unlisted stocks-related organized crime and violation of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (fraud)
• Rental fraud, investment fraud, loan fraud, insurance fraud
• Defamation, violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection and the Personal Information Protection Act
• Embezzlement and bribery involving officers of non-profit organizations