Manse PARK - Kim & Chang

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Manse Park is a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. He primarily advises sovereign funds, private equity and venture capital funds, financial institutions, multinational corporations and Korean conglomerates on a broad range of corporate transactions with the focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions and co-investments.

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Park worked in Dubai at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and in Hong Kong and Melbourne at Ashurst LLP, where he advised on various M&A and private equity transactions.

Mr. Park received his LL.B. and B.Com. from the University of Melbourne in 2009. He is dual-qualified, being admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) and also admitted as a solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong.

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Experience

Kim & Chang (2025-Present)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Dubai (2021-2025)

Ashurst LLP, Hong Kong, Melbourne (2013-2020)

J.P. Morgan, Hong Kong, Sydney (2010-2012)

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Advised a UAE financial institution on the carve-out and sale of a majority stake in its payment solutions business to a global private equity fund.
Advised a UAE sovereign fund on the sale of its majority stake in a global specialist manufacturer and services provider of drilling equipment for the oil & gas sector.
Advised a UAE sovereign fund on the purchase of a significant minority stake in a diagnostic service provider operating in Southeast Asia.
Advised a UAE sovereign fund on the strategic partnership with, and purchase from, another regional sovereign fund of a stake in a group of construction companies.
Advised a private equity fund on the acquisition of a global provider of primary source verification solutions and background screening services business from another private equity fund.
Advised a Korean conglomerate on the establishment of a joint venture with a transatlantic developer of autonomous driving technologies.
Advised a Korean automotive group on its investment into the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon to establish an automobile manufacturing plant project.
Advised a consortium of Korean motor parts manufacturers on their joint-investment into the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
Advised a Japanese conglomerate on its joint-acquisition with a PRC general trading group of a US based apparel and advanced textiles business.
Advised a Japanese conglomerate on the strategic alliance and acquisition of a stake in a global golf equipment manufacturing company.
Advised a Middle Eastern regional retail operator on its acquisition of a majority stake in a UK based digital luxury retailer and personal shopping platform.
Advised a Middle Eastern regional retail operator on its proposed acquisition of a leading e-commerce platform business in the Middle East region.
Advised a UAE government authority on the carve-out, capital raising and the listing of its parking infrastructure.
Advised a multinational investor consortium on its bid to acquire waste management operations from a UAE state-owned enterprise.
Advised a UAE environmental solutions group on the proposed sale of its joint venture stake in a regional waste management business.
Advised a UAE cooling services corporation on the acquisition, operation and management of the district cooling systems of an international airport.
Advised a global growth capital fund on its acquisition of interests in six portfolio companies located in India, Singapore and the US.
Advised a private equity fund with respect to management of its significant holding in a global private schools operator.
Advised a South African multinational corporation on the disposal of its Yemen business and the abandonment of its business operations in Syria.
Advised a Middle Eastern food and beverages company on its acquisition of a 100% stake in a conglomerate food group from various sellers, including the co-founders of the group.
Advised a Singapore based property development and management group on its investment to acquire, develop and operate co-living accommodation assets in Singapore via a joint venture with a Singapore based fund management firm.
Advised a global investment management firm on the establishment of a joint venture with a Hong Kong real estate conglomerate to invest in Hong Kong storage facilities.
Advised a global conglomerate on the strategic alliance and acquisition of a majority stake in a Hong Kong based global apparels technologies company.
Advised a global food and beverage corporation on its proposed acquisition of a pan-African food business.
Advised a global electronic trading technologies company on its joint venture with a PRC state-owned enterprise to establish a global trading platform.
Advised a KSA conglomerate group on its joint venture with an Australian financial services provider to establish a regional trading platform.
Advised a multinational B2B e-commerce business on its seed capital raising.
Advised a global insurance group on the restructuring of its MENA insurance brokering business.
Advised a pan-European banking group on its proposed acquisition of a regional European banking group and subsequent restructuring of the acquired businesses.
Advised a KSA bank on the proposed sale of its stake in a Pakistani bank.
Advised an Iraqi bank on the carve-out of its digital banking operations.
Advised an American multi-platform media and publishing corporation on the 100% sale of its Asian businesses.
Advised an Australian freight rail transport corporation on its joint takeover bid with a PRC steel corporation for an Australian resources corporation.
Advised a Korean petroleum and refinery corporation on its bid to acquire a significant minority stake in an Australian petrol retailer and importer.
Advised a Korean automotive group on the establishment of a new sales network in Russia and its distributorship and dealership networks.
Advised a Korean construction group in relation to a dispute regarding nuclear power and desalination plants in the UAE.
Advised a Korean automotive parts corporation in relation to a dispute regarding its warehouse in Australia.