Eric S. Yoon - Kim & Chang

Bio

Eric S. Yoon is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang’s Financial Regulation & Compliance Practice.

Mr. Yoon has decades of experience (including 27 years as partner at two global law firms) as a counselor to global enterprises in sectors such as financial services, consumer products, industrial products, and construction. Mr. Yoon has advised on financial services regulation, cross-border M&A, investment management, and financing, involving more than 40 countries overall.

Mr. Yoon received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1987. He is admitted to the New York bar.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2023-Present)

K&L Gates LLP (2011-2023)

White & Case LLP (1989-2009)

Founding Board Member and Past Board Chair, Open Hands Legal Services, Inc. (2009-Present)

Guest Lecturer, Center for Korean Legal Studies (Columbia Law School, 2005-2008)

Representative Mattersshow

Financial Services Regulation and Compliance

Advised banks and bank holding companies, investment advisory firms, asset management companies, and investment banks regarding laws and regulatory regimes that govern their geographic and product-line expansions, portfolio investments in private funds, and regulatory compliance.
Represented clients on applications, regulatory clearances, and enforcement matters, before the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, and the New York Department of Financial Services.
Advised on the US federal and state financial supervisory and regulatory regime, providing counsel on the Bank Holding Company Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Federal Reserve Act, the National Bank Act, the FDIC Act, the Investment Advisers Act, and the New York Banking Law, among others.
Provided strategic advice on corporate governance, acquisitions, and restructuring.

Corporate and M&A

Advised clients in various industries, including consumer products, industrial products, and construction sectors, with respect to their cross-border acquisitions and joint ventures, financing, and restructuring.
Managed joint ventures from cradle to grave, through crafting and implementation of contractual relationships, proper deal and tax structuring, negotiating workable corporate governance provisions and dispute resolution mechanisms, and equitable wind-down of the venture if need be.

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Publications/Activities

Publications

“Due diligence considerations in bank M&A” (Lexis Practical Guidance checklist, 2023)
“Planning for a Dodd-Frank revamp post-Silicon Valley Bank failure” (Law 360, 2023)
“EU-Korea GDPR data transfer adequacy decision” (K&L Gates client alert, 2022)
“The Volcker Rule” (Lexis Practical Guidance practice note, 2020)
“Restrictions on bank affiliate transactions under the US Federal Reserve Act” (Lexis Practical Guidance practice note, 2018)

Activities

Speaker, “Bank-affiliated LPs investing in US private funds,” webinar (Korea In-house Counsel Association, 2021)
Interview, “Rollback of the Dodd-Frank Act and its impact on Asian banks and other financial institutions,” BBC Asia Business Report (BBC, 2017)