Mr. Jong Chul JEONG is an advisor at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Criminal Defense Litigation.

Mr. Jeong served as chief of litigation of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, and the Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office, and as special advisor to the National Assembly.

Bar Admissions

• Licensed Administrative Agent (2017)
• Certified Judicial Scrivener (2009)

Education

• Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LLM, Completed Coursework in Artificial Intelligence Law, 2025)
• Seoul National University (BA in Economics, 2012)
• Masan Jeil Girls' High School (2005)

Significant Accomplishments

• Adviser, 20th National Assembly (2016)
• Prosecution Investigation Officer, Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office (2006)
• Prosecution Investigation Officer, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (2004)
• Prosecution Investigation Officer, Seoul Western District Prosecutors' Office (1997)
• Prosecution Investigation Officer, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (1996)
• Prosecution Investigation Officer, Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office (1994)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Advised on a broad range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures (JV), and investment agreements
• Structured issuances of convertible bonds (CB) and bonds with warrants (BW) and reviewed related transaction documents
• Advised on foreign exchange reporting and regulatory issues relating to outbound investments
• Advised on acquisitions and disposals of leisure and real estate assets, including hotels, resorts, and golf courses
• Advised on corporate governance matters and represented clients in shareholder disputes, management control disputes, and related litigation
• Represented clients in administrative litigation challenging disciplinary sanctions related to the Lime Fund scandal
• Represented Hana Bank in administrative litigation challenging regulatory sanctions, including business suspension orders in connection with the DLF scandal
• Represented clients in administrative sanctions proceedings relating to the accounting fraud investigation involving Samsung Biologics
• Advised financial institutions and listed companies on financial regulatory compliance, regulatory inspections, sanctions, and related administrative litigation
• Advised AI, IT, platform, data, and other TMT companies on investments and business structuring

• Legal Standards In Korea For Permissible Web Crawling (Mondaq, 2023)
• Portrait Rights and Publicity Rights as Personal Rights (Seoul Bar Association, Case Studies Vol. 36, No. 1, 2022)
• The Probability and Limitation of Discipline in Current Laws on Artificial Intelligence – Based Consumer Transaction (LAW & TECHNOLOGY Vol.16 no.5, 2020)