Tae Yop Lee is a partner and a prominent attorney in the White Collar Crime Group. He joined Lee & Ko in 2008, bringing his years of experience as a prosecutor in Seoul, Incheon, and Busan to the firm. He has not only served as a prosecutor in a wide range of cases, but also possesses extensive experience in the areas of corporate, intellectual property, customs and tax and international trade-related crimes. Based on such experience, he specializes in advising on corporate criminal liability, customs, foreign exchange and trade-related breaches, management of personal customer data, and protection of intellectual property rights.

Mr. Lee has an impressive list of cases in various fields, including: trade secret misappropriation cases involving OLED displays of major Korean corporations, solar energy materials, semiconductor inspection equipment, securities lending transaction systems and foreign manufacturers of hearing aids; finance, fair trade, customs and tax cases involving the CD interest rate computer fraud of major financial institutions and backdoor listings of bio-tech companies in violation of the Financial Investment and Capital Markets Act of Korea; personal customer data and privacy cases involving allegations regarding telecommunication companies illegally collecting personal customer data, improper disclosure by oil refinery companies of client information, and unauthorized use of customer information by various telecommunication companies; anti-corruption cases with respect to PF loan-related auditing of large institutional banks, auditing of foreign corporations involving embezzlement and the breach of trust by former employees; auditing of private equity funds of foreign real estate companies and investigations regarding FCPA and UK Bribery Act violations.

Mr. Lee holds an LL.B. from Seoul National University and an LL.M. from the University of Amsterdam Law School. He also holds an S.J.D. in Criminal Law from Korea University and is admitted to the Korean Bar.

Mr. Lee plays an active role in the legal community as a member of the Bar Exam Research Council, the Korean Bar Association, the Seoul Bar Association, and the International Bar Association. He is also a frequent and experienced lecturer in trade secrets and personal data protection for diverse audiences, including prosecutors and corporate employees.