Korean law firm Yulchon has welcomed back Yoon Soo Lim from the presidential secretariat, where he was Secretary to the President for Civil Service Discipline.

With a background in criminal defence and forensics, Lim focuses on white-collar crime, internal investigation, privacy protection and digital forensics at Yulchon.

He was with Yulchon in 2015 and joined the presidential secretariat a year later. Previously, Lim had a six-year stint as an attorney at Kim & Chang and was a prosecutor for nine years.

 

 

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