Wook Jin Rha is a partner at Yulchon LLC. Mr. Rha received an LL.B. and LL.M. from Korea University and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. He started his career as a prosecutor in 2004 and has served for nearly 20 years, being in charge of numerous criminal cases involving cryptocurrency, customs/foreign exchange/immigration, and corporate/white collar matters. He also accumulated expertise and experience in the fields of international crime, international legal affairs, international arbitration, defense industry/acquisition, most notably through his experience as the former Director of the International Crime Investigation Department at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the Director/Prosecutor at the International Criminal Affairs Division and International Legal Affairs Division at the Ministry of Justice, and as the Director for Legal Affairs at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). He left the Prosecution Service in September 2023 to join Yulchon.

• 2010 Columbia Law School, LL.M.
• 2007 Korea University Graduate School of Law, LL.M.
• 2004 Judicial Research & Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea
• 2002 Korea University, LL.B.

• 2023-present Partner, Yulchon LLC
• 2022-2023 Director/Senior Prosecutor, International Crime Investigation Department, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
• 2021-2022 Director/Senior Prosecutor, International Criminal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice
• 2020-2021 Chief Prosecutor, Jecheon District Branch Prosecutors’ Office
• 2019-2020 Vice Director/Senior Prosecutor, Supreme Prosecutors' Office
• 2018-2019 Vice Director/Senior Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
• 2018-2018 Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
• 2016-2018 Director for Legal Affairs, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
• 2014-2016 Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office
• 2011-2014 Vice Director/Prosecutor, International Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice
• 2010-2010 Visiting Prosecutor, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
• 2008-2011 Prosecutor, Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office
• 2006-2008 Prosecutor, Cheonan District Branch Prosecutors’ Office
• 2004-2006 Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office

• 2011 New York
• 2004 Republic of Korea

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