Bio
Profile
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.
Representative Activitiesshow
Publications/Activities
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Technology M&A: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Chambers and Partners, 2021-2022)
Education
Duke University School of Law (J.D./LL.M., 2002)
The University of Chicago (M.A., 1999)
Haverford College (B.A., 1996)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Illinois, 2011; New York, 2003
Languages
English and Korean
Insights
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Articles
Chambers Global Practice Guides – Technology M&A 2023: Korea Chapter
2022.12.13 -
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Chambers Global Practice Guides – Technology M&A 2022: Korea Chapter
2021.12.14 -
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Korea M&A: 2020 Review and Outlook
2021.02.23