林智元 - Kim & Chang

Bio

Ji-won Lim is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang’s Mergers & Acquisition Practice. He focuses on private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and corporate governance matters.

Mr. Lim has provided assistance to strategic and financial investors in both cross-border and domestic transactions.

Mr. Lim has also advised a number of public companies in their corporate governance matters, including board matters as well as responses to shareholder activism.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Lim worked in New York and Seoul for four years at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, where he specialized in private equity investments, cross-border M&As, private transactions and various corporate governance matters. Mr. Lim also worked in New York for four years at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where his practice focused on private and public M&As in the financial services industry, including banking, insurance, fintech and specialty lending sector.

Mr. Lim received a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2017, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2013. He is admitted to the New York bar.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2025-Present)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Seoul (2022-2025)

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York (2021-2022)

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York (2017-2021)

Representative Mattersshow

Advised domestic and overseas private equity funds in their acquisitions/sales of, or investments in/exits from, domestic companies.
Advised leading Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian sovereign wealth funds in their investments in/exits from domestic and overseas companies.
Advised a major Korean materials company in its joint venture with a global automotive manufacturer.
Advised a US software company in its joint venture with a Korean shipbuilding and heavy equipment manufacturer.
Advised a Korean robotics company in its investment in a Belgian industrial automation company.
Advised a consortium of a multinational mining company and two Korean steel producers in their sale of ownership interests in a Brazilian mine to a global steel producer.
Advised a multinational financial technology and payment processing company in its merger with a US financial services company.
Advised a consortium of global banks and payment service providers in their investment in a UK digital investor communications platform business.
Advised a major US stock exchange in a spin-out of its private markets trading business (NPM) and concurrent investment in NPM by a consortium of bank partners.
Advised a major Japanese bank in its investment in a US asset management company.
Advised a US financial services company in its sale of an independent financial planning channel to another US financial services provider.
Advised a global insurance company in its acquisition of a US insurance broker and managing general agent.
Advised a number of major US banks in their acquisitions of regional/community banks.
Advised a US regional bank in its capital raise anchored by global private equity funds and subsequent acquisition of a California-based community bank.
Advised a number of US public companies in their equity offerings and related corporate governance matters.