Special Investigation
In special unit prosecutorial investigations and cases before the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials,
we provide substantive protection of suspects' defense rights.
Overview
Special unit prosecutorial investigations, investigations by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), and special investigations by the NIS and police demand a qualitatively different level of legal response from ordinary criminal cases. The scale of the investigation, media exposure, and political implications all interact in complex ways, and the appropriateness of the response in the early stages of investigation determines the ultimate outcome.
PYEONG AN has a significant number of attorneys who personally directed investigations in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Central Investigation Department and the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office Special Investigation Division. We possess unmatched expertise in anticipating investigative agency strategies and constructing defense arguments to counter them.
We provide systematic and strategic legal services at every stage of special investigations: pre-investigation advisory, accompanying witnesses and suspects to examinations, on-site response to search and seizure, preparation for pre-detention suspect hearings, and trial preparation and conduct.
Key Practice Areas
- Response to and defense in prosecutor special unit investigations
- Defense in Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) cases
- Defense in large-scale corruption and bribery cases
- Defense in Political Funds Act and Election Act violations
- Accompanying suspects to examinations and statement strategy advisory
- Media response strategy and crisis management advisory
- Submission of non-indictment opinions and prosecutorial appeals and quasi-indictment petitions