Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has been tied to a corruption case in South Korea that has led to the nation’s prosecutors seeking to arrest a former president.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office requested an arrest warrant on Monday for Lee Myung-bak, South Korea’s president from 2008 to 2013, for corruption, according to local media reports. The prosecution has been investigating an old case involving Korean conglomerate Samsung Group, Akin Gump, and an auto parts manufacturer owned by Lee Myung-bak’s older brother.

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