Gun Woo KIM - Kim & Chang

Bio

Gun Woo Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang, specializing in corporate governance restructuring, management control disputes, shareholder activism, and mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”).

Mr. Kim has successfully represented major domestic listed companies and business conglomerates, advising them on hostile M&A defense, management control disputes, and strategic responses to shareholder activism. In addition to corporate acquisitions, he provides comprehensive counsel to major listed companies on complex corporate and business restructurings. His practice spans a wide range of corporate law and capital market regulations, including mergers, spin-offs (demergers), split-offs, split-mergers, comprehensive stock exchanges and transfers, as well as listings and re-listings for the establishment of and transition to general holding companies and parent companies.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2019-Present)

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy (2016-2019)

Representative Mattersshow

Advised Korean listed companies on various defense strategies and responses in high-stakes management control disputes.
Advised on the acquisition of a major national airline and the divestiture of its core business units.
Advised on the acquisition of a US-based robotics company and the formation of a joint venture (JV) in the US.
Advised a Korean listed company on its acquisition of and investment in a US subsidiary, involving coordination with the US government and a global enterprise.
Advised major conglomerates across the steel, biopharmaceutical, chemical, and construction industries on transactions involving spin-offs (demergers) and split-offs to transition into holding company structures and streamline business operations.
Advised business groups on mergers between key affiliates, as well as exchange tender offers and equity contributions in kind to effectuate transitions into holding companies under the Fair Trade Act (FTA).
Advised individual shareholders on off-hours block trading of their holdings utilizing securities trust agreements.
Represented numerous Korean business groups in reviewing and designing optimal corporate governance restructurings, meticulously analyzing legal and tax implications under the Commercial Act, the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, and the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act.