Leading Korean firm Yoon & Yang has hired a longtime IBM in-house lawyer as a partner in Seoul.

U.S.-qualified Edward Dhong focuses on corporate investigations, regulatory compliance and antitrust matters, and has advised on issues related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In 2016, he served as an adviser to the South Korean government’s Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission on the adoption of the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act, which made it illegal for public officials to receive expensive gifts.

Dhong joins Yoon & Yang after almost 15 years with IBM. He was most recently Asia-Pacific head of legal investigations since last October, supervising lawyers and investigators conducting investigations on potential fraud, corruption, conflict of interest and other corporate misconduct. During his time at IBM, he also implemented the tech giant’s corporate compliance programmes in Korea.