Areas of Practice
General Corporate
M&A / Joint Ventures
Corporate Restructuring
Capital Markets and Finance
Antitrust / Fair Trade
International Arbitration
Representative Cases
Advised a leading Korean printed circuit board (PCB) company on a strategic equity investment in a foreign company
Advised a Korean biopharmaceutical company on a dispute relating to overseas clinical trials
Represented a Korean company in a large-scale M&A dispute
Advised the UAE sovereign wealth fund (Mubadala) on its equity investment in Osstem Implant (with MBK as co-investor)
Advised SK Telecom on its equity investment in Lamda U.S.A., a U.S. AI company
Advised on an SK Telecom-led joint venture with major global telecommunications carriers for an LLM business
Advised a Korean conglomerate on its acquisition of a U.S. BESS (battery energy storage system) company
Advised SK EarthOn on the sale of its equity interest in the Peru LNG business
Advised global refinery and oil companies in connection with the acquisition of a Korean petrochemical company
Represented a Korean renewable energy company in connection with an application for a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant
Advised foreign securities firms on various regulatory issues under the Capital Markets Act relating to their activities in Korea
Advised foreign strategic and financial investors, including PEFs and VCs, in cross-border M&A transactions
Advised a foreign school-operating company on its acquisition of an international school in Korea
Handled the winding-up of the Korean securities and banking operations of Lehman Brothers International (Europe), together with various capital markets regulatory matters and litigation relating to derivatives transactions
Represented foreign companies in filing business combination reports with the Korea Fair Trade Commission and defended them in the government's investigations into unfair trade practices
Advised the National Pension Service of Korea on numerous overseas alternative investments
Advised Korea Thrunet on the sale of its telecommunications facilities to SK Networks
Advised Korea Thrunet on its merger into Hanaro Telecom
Advised the foreign bank group steering committee in the SK Global workout
Represented TriGem Computer, Enterprise Networks, Korea Thrunet, and SOFTBANK Commerce in the filing for and conduct of their insolvency proceedings
Represented Alcoa in its acquisition of Dooray Air Metal
Represented the SOFTBANK Group in its inbound and outbound venture investments in Korea
Advised Hana Ventures on various venture investments
Advised Signite Partners on various investments, and advised start-up companies in connection with attracting domestic and foreign venture capital investment
Advised Hanaro Telecom on the IMT-2000 project
Advised on the strategic sale and NASDAQ IPO of Powercomm and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
Represented the Shinsegae Group in the sale of its Price Club operations in Korea to Costco
Advised Shinho Chemical on its restructuring
Advised on the merger of Korea Long Term Credit Bank into Kookmin Bank
Advised the buyer in the acquisition of the Kyunghyang Daily News
Handled the first ABS transaction in Korea, originated by the Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO)
Advised POSCO on its acquisition of the U.S. operations of Sammi Steel
Advised Merrill Lynch's New York head office on a leveraged lease and securitization transaction by Mobil
Advised the head office of U.S. Air on an aircraft securitization transaction
Conducted due diligence and prepared documentation for various issuances of medium-term notes listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Handled transactions relating to overseas construction, Pacific Rim M&A, overseas securities issuances, offshore funds, and overseas investments in Vietnam, China, and Indonesia
Advised Samsung Electronics and 16 other major Korean general trading companies in connection with the restructuring of unpaid letter of credit obligations owed to the Central Bank of Iran
Advised the Ministry of Finance on the financial services aspects of the WTO
Advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Unification Board on Korea's participation in the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), which aimed to construct light water reactors in North Korea
Advised POSCO on the establishment of joint venture companies in China, Malaysia, and Vietnam for the construction and operation of various steel manufacturing plants or an international business center, and on the construction of an international business center in Hawaii
Advised Daewoo Securities on the establishment of the First Korea Smaller Companies Fund in the U.K., the first offshore fund initiated and led by a Korean company
Advised the Tong Yang Group in its bid for the second mobile cellular business license in Korea