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Ik Hwan CHO Foreign Attorney (Admitted in New York)

T.+82-2-3703-1328 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
Ik Hwan CHO Foreign Attorney
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Ik Hwan CHO Foreign Attorney

Ik Hwan CHOForeign Attorney (Admitted in New York)

T.+82-2-3703-1328 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.ihcho@kimchang.com

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Ik Hwan Cho is a foreign attorney (admitted in New York) in the firm’s Finance Department. Mr. Cho advises foreign and Korean clients on a variety of transactional, regulatory and corporate matters.

He has extensive transactional experience representing multi-national clients in cross-border acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, securities offerings and financial transactions. He also advises on securities and other financial regulatory matters. In addition, he has worked with a number of foreign and domestic clients in FSS investigations and white collar crime cases, involving insider trading, market manipulation, breach of fiduciary duty and related issues.

Mr. Cho was admitted to the New York Bar in 1997. He graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with B.Com in Economics and Finance, in 1993, and received his LL.B. from the University of Toronto Law School, Toronto, Canada, in 1997.

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Kim & Chang (1997-Present)

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  • Advised major international investment banks operating in Korea on securities and banking law issues, as well as related matters such as electronic finance, bankruptcy, restructuring, derivatives regulations, etc.
  • Represented foreign financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds and corporate clients in regulatory audits and investigations involving insider trading, market manipulation and other market abuse issues, and in subsequent prosecutorial investigations and criminal and civil proceedings.
  • Advised on audits and investigations on equity-linked securities, equity-linked warrants, currency options, and short sale practices.
  • Advised on the acquisition of a number of Korean securities companies and commercial banks by foreign investors.
  • Represented private equity funds in their investment in Korean listed and non-listed companies.
  • Advised on the government relations issues in respect of regulatory hurdles faced by global business operators.

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Publications/Activities
    • Recent trends and issues in the Korean short sale regime (Co-author, IFLR, 2024)
    • The Financial Technology Law Review (Edition 4): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2021) 
    • Euromoney Financial Crime & Cyber Security Handbook 2014/15: Korea chapter (Co-author, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2014) 
    • “Dealing with firewalls”, Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement: South Korea, IFLR June 2013 (Co-author, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2013.6.)

Education

    University of Toronto, Law School (LL.B., 1997)

    McGill University (B. Com., First Class Honours, 1993)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, New York, 1997

Languages

English, Korean, French and Japanese

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Ik Hwan CHO
Foreign Attorney (Admitted in New York)


T. +82-2-3703-1328      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092      
  




Ik Hwan Cho is a foreign attorney (admitted in New York) in the firm’s Finance Department. Mr. Cho advises foreign and Korean clients on a variety of transactional, regulatory and corporate matters.

He has extensive transactional experience representing multi-national clients in cross-border acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, securities offerings and financial transactions. He also advises on securities and other financial regulatory matters. In addition, he has worked with a number of foreign and domestic clients in FSS investigations and white collar crime cases, involving insider trading, market manipulation, breach of fiduciary duty and related issues.

Mr. Cho was admitted to the New York Bar in 1997. He graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, with B.Com in Economics and Finance, in 1993, and received his LL.B. from the University of Toronto Law School, Toronto, Canada, in 1997.






    Kim & Chang (1997-Present)






  •   Advised major international investment banks operating in Korea on securities and banking law issues, as well as related matters such as electronic finance, bankruptcy, restructuring, derivatives regulations, etc.
  •   Represented foreign financial institutions, private equity funds, hedge funds and corporate clients in regulatory audits and investigations involving insider trading, market manipulation and other market abuse issues, and in subsequent prosecutorial investigations and criminal and civil proceedings.
  •   Advised on audits and investigations on equity-linked securities, equity-linked warrants, currency options, and short sale practices.
  •   Advised on the acquisition of a number of Korean securities companies and commercial banks by foreign investors.
  •   Represented private equity funds in their investment in Korean listed and non-listed companies.
  •   Advised on the government relations issues in respect of regulatory hurdles faced by global business operators.





Publications/Activities

  •   Recent trends and issues in the Korean short sale regime (Co-author, IFLR, 2024)
  •   The Financial Technology Law Review (Edition 4): Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2021) 
  •   Euromoney Financial Crime & Cyber Security Handbook 2014/15: Korea chapter (Co-author, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2014) 
  •   “Dealing with firewalls”, Regulatory Compliance & Enforcement: South Korea, IFLR June 2013 (Co-author, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2013.6.)





Education

    University of Toronto, Law School (LL.B., 1997)

    McGill University (B. Com., First Class Honours, 1993)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, New York, 1997


Languages
  •    English, Korean, French and Japanese





Financial Regulation & Compliance ,  Capital Markets ,  Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense ,  Insolvency & Restructuring ,  Fintech & IT Compliance ,  Non-Bank Financial Companies