Attorney Cho Jae-bin is an expert in anti-corruption, corporate criminal law, financial economic crimes, sanctions hearings at the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the Financial Services Commission (FSC) review committees, and the disciplinary and regulatory areas in real estate development and reconstruction. Attorney Cho completed training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute as a member of the 29th class. He joined Barun Law LLC in September 2022 and has successfully handled nearly all of the cases assigned to him since. Notably, he has achieved remarkable results, including the dismissal of arrest warrants in almost every case he has handled.

During his 23 years of service in the prosecution, Attorney Cho spent 18 years in special investigation fields. He is the only prosecutor among his peers who served as a prosecutor (Special 2nd Division), deputy chief prosecutor (Special 3rd Division), and chief prosecutor (Special 4th Division) at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office. He has also been assigned to or selected for special investigative teams in the areas such as anti-corruption and financial law enforcement, including the Samsung Group slush fund special investigation team, BBK special prosecution team, the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office special investigation team, Prime Minister's Office anti-corruption task force, and the Financial Services Commission's capital market investigation planning office.

Some of his notable success includes the following:
- Reducing a major securities company CEO's disciplinary action from a "severe penalty" to a "light penalty" at the FSS sanctions hearing.
- Dismissing the arrest warrant for the head of the credit review department at Woori Bank involved in an illegal loan case related to the chairman of a holding company.
- Successfully defending a representative of an accounting firm, who was investigated for stock manipulation in Edison Motors' acquisition of Ssangyong Motors, resulting in no charges despite 15 rounds of questioning and 3 raids.
- Dismissing the arrest warrant for a programmer/executive involved in the Terra Luna virtual asset-related capital market law violation case.
- Dismissing the arrest warrants in a special economic law violation case involving the chairman of the Saemaul Geumgo Central Association, who was accused of accepting bribes totaling KRW 260 million.
- Defending a special purpose company (SPC) executives, leading to the dismissal of arrest warrants and no charges for 27 employees in a labor union law violation case.
- Successfully preventing the indictment of a former executive who had been investigated in a bribery case involving a major financial holding company chairman and special prosecutor Park.
- Dismissing the arrest warrant for a former Samsung Electronics employee accused of embezzlement involving KRW 7 billion.
- Closing a case involving a securities company CEO accused of embezzlement with a non-indictment after a "no charges" conclusion.
- Changing the charges against an accountant facing criminal charges for theft to a "counseling for theft," resulting in a fine and the retention of professional credentials.
- Closing a case for a university professor accused of violating the Anti-Corruption Act after supplementary investigation by the police led to a "no prosecution" conclusion.
- Closing a case of a graduate student accused of violating the Sexual Assault Punishment Act after supplementary investigation by the police led to a "no prosecution" conclusion.
- Successfully closing a tax evasion case involving the CEO of a pharmaceutical company with a "no charges" conclusion.
- Defending a listed company on the brink of delisting due to a public disclosure violation and successfully defending its listing by reducing the penalty points to 14.5.
- Preventing a design company from being prosecuted for joint embezzlement, leading to no charges.
- Closing a medical corporation case involving four employees charged with embezzlement, resulting in a "no charges" conclusion.

Attorney Cho is actively engaged in various external activities, serving in key roles, including as member of the Financial Development Advisory Committee (Financial Industry Innovation Subcommittee) of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), legal advisory committee member of the FSC, an exemption review committee member of the FSC, sanctions committee member for the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) for anti-money laundering, disclosure committee member for the Korea Exchange's KOSPI market, member of the Trade and Technology Security Forum under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy, member of the Credit Recovery Committee, member of the Regulatory Review Committee under the Office for Government Policy Coordination, member of the Environmental Pollution Damage Relief Policy Committee under the Ministry of Environment, administrative appeals committee member for the Korea Communications Commission, member of the University Establishment and Restructuring Review Committee under the Ministry of Education, and member of the Regulatory Review Committee and Ombudsman for the Korea Housing Finance Corporation. He also participates as a member of the Planning Committees for both the Korean Bar Association and the Seoul Bar Association, as well as an advisory committee member for the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA).

White Collar Crime

- A case involving an investigation into legal irregularities concerning management right (valued at KRW 375.5 billion) succession by the members of group L's founding family, and through this case the honorary chairman was sentenced to three years of imprisonment and the chairman was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment and four years of stay of execution (24 people charged)

- A case involving company M, whose vice chairman was found to have embezzled KRW 4.8 billion during an eight-year period via partner companies, and dairy company S's CEO and employees of company M have been found to have received KRW 250 million from suppliers, and through this case 13 people were charged and three people arrested

- A case involving an executive director of company H, who solicited a director and essential researchers of manufacturer C and thereby leaked trade secrets worth KRW 340 billion, and through this case six people were charged and six people arrested

- A case involving an investigation into lobbying efforts made towards a Presidential Office aide and the Chairman of the Korea Fair Trade Commission requesting for reduction of the unreasonable amount of fees imposed by a large online shopping mall company and through this case several people were porsecuted

- A case where four steel companies, including company D, company E and company H colluded with one another on the purchase price changes of metal scraps 39 times during a seven-year period and through this case several people were prosecuted

- A case involving a legal broker receiving KRW 2.8 of funds from large construction companies, including company H, company P, company L and company S and through this case several people were prosecuted

Financial and Economic Crimes

- A case where wrongful transactions involving the chairman and officers of savings bank S (12 people) were discovered and a request was made for investigations

- A case where 11 people were discovered to have been involved in the market price manipulation of company E, four people involved in the market price manipulation of company M, and seven people involved in wrongful transactions of company K, with respect to asset management company L, and where a request was made for investigations

- A case where five people, including the representative of company K, and three former and current employees and officers of bio company S were uncovered to have made use of undisclosed information concerning company K's treatment drug, and where a request was made for investigations

Reconstruction and Redevelopment

- A case involving construction company S, which lobbied a housing association head by providing KRW 1 billion so that the company can be appointed as the construction company, and through the investigation process several district councilmen were prosecuted, as directors of the association who were also district councilmen of the relevant district office were found to have been involved in the vote rigging of the district council chairman election

- A case involving ** New Town redevelopment project where officers of construction companies, who lobbied and offered KRW 800 million to be appointed as the construction company and during which the head of the relevant district office received KRW 300 million therefrom, and through this case several people were prosecuted

- A case involving the representative and deputy director of construction company S receiving KRW 500 million from the developer of hotel B and the representative of the developer embezzling KRW 21.1 billion of corporate funds, and through this case several people were prosecuted

- A case involving the head of a housing association and a demolition company offering approximately KRW 200 million to the minority party representative and aide as bribe, as part of a lobbying effort for certain legislation, with respect to an investigation launched against ** local housing program, and through the case it was discovered that the aide received KRW 200 million of political funds to support the head of the relevant district office in the election and as election costs and thereby several people were prosecuted

- A case involving an investigation into the corruption concerning the ** redevelopment project and through the case it was discovered that the head of the relevant district office and three members of the housing association had breached the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (bribery), by receiving bribes in the amount of KRW 300 million (in the case of the head of the district office) and KRW 100 million, each (in the case of the members of the housing association), and thereby several people were prosecuted

Publication(s)

- U.S. Warrant System and Investigative Activities (Research Journal of Prosecutors Training overseas), Legal Training Institute (2012)

- Annotated Criminal Code 10: Articles (7), Pakyoungsa (Joint Authorship) (2023)