Profile
Experience
Kim & Chang (2016-Present)
Representative Mattersshow
- Advised domestic and overseas investors, major companies, etc. regarding their mergers and acquisitions, covering stages including transaction structuring, legal due diligence and definitive agreement negotiation.
- Advised major Korean listed companies on their mergers and acquisitions of and equity investments in overseas companies.
- Advised overseas investors, major companies, etc. on their equity investments in and joint ventures with Korean companies.
- Advised domestic and overseas companies on their corporate governance restructuring through mergers, spin-offs, and asset/business transfers.
- Advised companies on their operation of the board of directors and the general meeting of shareholders.
- Advised Korean listed companies on defending against take-over attempts by a global activist fund.
- Represented domestic and overseas private equity funds in their acquisition and sale of portfolio companies.
- Advised an overseas private equity fund on the provision of loans to Korean companies.
- Advised global energy companies on numerous projects in connection with the power generation businesses.
- Advised a Korean listed company on the acquisition of a number of waste management companies.
- Represented an overseas private equity fund in its acquisition of redeemable convertible preference shares (RCPS) in a major Korean energy-related company.
Education
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 2024)
School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed S.J.D. Coursework, Commercial Law, 2022)
School of Law, Seoul National University (J.D., 2016)
College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 2012)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2016
Passed bar exam, New York, 2024
Languages
Korean, English and German
Insights
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KCGS Amends ESG Best Practice Guideline
2021.09.29 -
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Act on Supervision of Financial Conglomerates Taking Effect
2021.06.29 -
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Recent Trends Following KCC Amendment to Strengthen Minority Shareholder Rights
2021.03.25 -
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Growing Importance of ESG for Corporations and Related Trends
2020.12.23 -
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Latest Legislative Trends Towards the Improvement of Corporate Governance
2020.09.28 -
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Amendment to the Korea Development Bank Act and Its Enforcement Decree to Establish the Key Industry Stabilization Fund
2020.07.03