Don SUH - Kim & Chang

Bio

Don Suh is a senior foreign attorney at Kim & Chang. Mr. Suh maintains a broad corporate practice, which includes mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, private equity transactions and corporate governance. Mr. Suh also regularly advises on competition law and crisis management matters.

Mr. Suh covers a diverse set of industry sectors, with extensive experience advising clients in the industrials, energy, chemicals, banking, real estate and telecommunications, media & technology sectors.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Suh was with Shearman & Sterling’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York. Mr. Suh’s previous experience also includes serving as Managing Partner at Six Pines Capital, a boutique oilfield services, equipment and technology advisory firm, as the General Counsel of Dover Corporation’s Energy Segment and as head of the Legal M&A and Supply Chain functions at Dover Corporation. Mr. Suh began his legal career at Shearman & Sterling in New York.

Mr. Suh received his J.D. and LL.M. from Duke University School of Law in 2002, M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1999 and his B.A. from Haverford College in 1996. He is admitted to the New York and Illinois bars.

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Experience

Legislative Advisor, National Assembly of Korea (2021-Present)

Kim & Chang (2019-Present)

Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, New York (2017-2018)

Six Pines Capital, LLC, The Woodlands, Texas (2015-2017)

Dover Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas / Downers Grove, Illinois (2010-2015)

Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, New York (2002-2010)

Representative Mattersshow

Worked with a Japanese renewable energy developer in its investments in Korean offshore wind projects.
Worked with a global pharmaceutical company in the sale and leaseback of its office building in Seoul.
Worked with a global private equity fund in the sale of its interests in Korean waste management companies.
Worked with a global pharmaceutical company in the reorganization of its Korean entities.
Worked with a US IT company in its acquisition of Korean software companies.
Worked with a global company in its dispute with Korean distributors.
Worked with a global REIT in its acquisition and development of a data center in Korea.
Worked with a global private equity fund in its acquisition of a leading Korean wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical drug products.
Worked with a global diversified industrial manufacturing company in over 50 acquisitions, divestitures and reorganization transactions.
Worked with a global chemical company in its strategic acquisition of a leading publicly-listed chemical company.
Worked with a global chemical company in its corporate reorganization transaction.
Worked with a major Japanese insurance company in its global corporate reorganization transactions.
Worked with a French technology company in its majority acquisition of a product lifecycle management software company.
Worked with a leading oil & gas company in multiple acquisitions and divestitures in the upstream sector.
Worked with a private investment firm in its PIPES transaction.
Worked with a leading healthcare data analytics company in its equity financing round.
Worked with a US provider of exchange-traded funds in its sale to a leading Korean asset management company.
Worked with a Saudi Arabian diversified chemicals company in its acquisition of the plastics business of a publicly-listed company.
Worked with a global private equity firm in its acquisition of US energy assets.
Worked with a global media and technology company in multiple acquisitions and divestitures of various media and data assets.
Worked with a global food and beverages company in its strategic alliance with another global food and beverages company.
Worked with underwriters and issuers on a variety of securities issuances.