Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2019-Present)
Visiting Lawyer, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York (2022-2023)
Shin & Kim (2016-2019)
Representative Mattersshow
- Represented an EU Private Equity Fund (“PEF”) in the acquisition of a lens manufacturing company.
- Represented a PEF in the minority share acquisition of a pharmaceutical company.
- Represented a PEF in the acquisition and the divestiture of an advanced material manufacturing company.
- Represented a fintech company in multiple series of equity funding.
- Represented a US medical device manufacturing company in the acquisition of a medical device manufacturing company.
- Represented a US PEF in the acquisition of a medical device manufacturing company.
- Represented a PEF in the acquisition of an online commerce company.
- Represented a Hong Kong PEF in the acquisition of a food delivery platform company.
- Represented a PEF in the minority share acquisition of a lubricant manufacturing company.
- Represented a PEF in the minority share acquisition of a mobility platform company.
- Represented a PEF in the divestiture of an urban gas company.
- Represented a Hong Kong PEF in the minority share acquisition of a contact center company.
- Represented an internet platform company in a joint venture establishment with an internet platform company overseas.
- Represented a PEF in the divestiture of an environmental services company.
- Represented a display manufacturing company in the divestiture of its manufacturing subsidiaries overseas.
- Represented a PEF in the acquisition of a tour service company.
- Represented a conglomerate in the divestiture of an electric vehicle battery materials manufacturing company.
- Represented a PEF in the acquisition of an oral medical device manufacturing company.
- Provides advice on all aspects of corporate law, including the operation of a company’s board of directors and general meetings of shareholders.
- Provides advice on a wide range of governance issues, including regulatory compliance and risk management, to strengthen shareholder relations and respond to activism challenges.
Education
School of Law, Seoul National University (J.D., 2016)
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Visiting Scholar, 2023)
College of Business Administration, Seoul National University (B.S., 2012)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2016
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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KRX Releases Criteria for Selection of Value-Up Companies (Proposal) and IR Perspective Implications Thereof
2025.03.04 -
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2025 Key Initiatives Plan Announced by the FSC and the MOJ on Improving Corporate Governance and Valuing-up the Capital Market
2025.01.24 -
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Government Unveils FSCMA Reform Plans to Enhance Protection of General Shareholder Interests (Alternative to Revising Korean Commercial Code on Directors’ Duty of Loyalty)
2024.12.11 -
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Democratic Party of Korea Adopts Initiatives to Amend Commercial Code, Imposing Directors’ Duty to Protect All Shareholders’ Interests
2024.11.25 -
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Korea Exchange Announces Korea Value-Up Index
2024.10.08