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Yun Goo Kwon

Kim & Chang

South KoreaMergers & Acquisitions, Private EquityKorean, English

About

Senior attorney at Kim & Chang in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices, advising private equity and corporate clients on domestic and cross-border M&A, fund formation and management, portfolio exits, and corporate governance matters. He has experience on buy-outs, minority investments and equity-linked transactions, and has advised Korean conglomerates and financial institutions on overseas expansion via M&A and joint ventures.

Practice areas

Mergers & AcquisitionsPrivate EquityCapital MarketsCorporate GovernanceShareholder DisputesInternational PracticeCorporate Finance

Office

Expertise

Cross-Border M&ABuyoutsMinority InvestmentsEquity-Linked SecuritiesPrivate Equity Fund FormationPortfolio Management & ExitsCorporate GovernanceFinancial Institutions

Education

  • UC Berkeley School of Law (Visiting Scholar, 2016)
  • Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2008)
  • Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2001)
  • Department of International Economics, Seoul National University (B.Econ., 1998)

Admissions

  • Admitted to bar, Korea, 2001

Languages

KoreanEnglish