Lawyers in South Korea

Kyung Min Koh

Kim & Chang

Kyung Min Son

Partner

Lee & Ko

Kyung Rae Kim

Partner

Lee & Ko

Kyung Tae Kim

Partner.

Lee & Ko

Kyung Taek Jung

Kim & Chang

Kyung Tak (Kenneth) Min

Foreign Attorney

DR & AJU LLC

Kyung Yoon Lee

Kim & Chang

Kyung Yul Lee

Kim & Chang

Kyungchun Kim

Partner

Lee & Ko

Kyunghoon Lee

Partner

Lee & Ko

Kyungseok (KS) Kim

KS Kim, a senior foreign attorney, has advised domestic and overseas clients in a wide variety of matters relating to mergers and acquisitions, private equity funds, joint ventures, overseas investments and other various financial transactions for over twenty years.

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Kyungsup Kris KIM

Senior Foreign Attorney

Lee & Ko

Kyungtae Ma

Kyungtae Ma is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. He primarily advises domestic and foreign ICT firms on issues related to advanced technologies. Mr. Ma earned his LL.B. and B.S. in Electric Engineering from Seoul National University, and graduated from the third class of Seoul National University School of Law.

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Lee-Kyung Kim

Kim & Chang

Louise Deng

Louise Deng advises private equity and corporate clients in Asia and globally on both buy-side and sell-side transactions. Ms. Deng regularly advises clients across a range of industries on corporate transactions including: Buyouts Minority investments Joint ventures Carve-outs PIPEs Privatizations Drawing on strong bilingual communication skills, and an in-house perspective gained from her secondment at a corporate venture capital team of a leading Chinese technology company, Ms. Deng brings clients a sophisticated understanding of the deal market in China and Asia-Pacific.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Luke Gannon

DLA Piper

Luke Shin

Kim & Chang

Lynsey Edgar

Lynsey Edgar advises top-tier sponsors on complex, cross-border financing transactions, particularly investments in energy and infrastructure assets. Lynsey leverages a sophisticated understanding of the market and her international perspective to guide private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, as well as credit funds, in Asia-Pacific and Europe on a broad range of financings and capital structures, including: Leveraged and cross-border acquisition finance Platform debt financings Private credit transactions Mezzanine financings Special situations She keeps her finger on the pulse of global markets to craft innovative financing solutions that provide clients with the flexibility they need to achieve their commercial objectives. Lynsey unlocks the firm’s global platform and collaborates to drive efficiency and integration across the network to benefit clients A recognized leader, both within the firm and the industry, Lynsey serves on Latham’s Asia Knowledge Management and WEB Committees, as well as the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association’s Leveraged & Acquisition Finance Committee – APAC. She also previously served on the firm's Mentoring Committee, the former Diversity Leadership Committee, and as Chair of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association’s Young Leaders Committee. She regularly advocates for women in law, including as a former Co-Chair of IWIRC’s Hong Kong Board, and the Women in Finance Asia Steering Committee. Lynsey speaks at industry events on market trends, including on a cross-practice panel for the Hong Kong Venture Capital Association. Before joining Latham, Lynsey worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of another leading international law firm. She has also completed a secondment to Goldman Sachs’ principal investments legal team in Hong Kong, primarily supporting the special situations group and merchant banking division across Asia.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Man Gi Paik

Kim & Chang

Mandy Wong

Mandy Wong advises clients on equity and debt capital markets, with a focus on Hong Kong listings. Ms. Wong advises on a broad spectrum of general commercial and corporate finance transactions, including: Capital markets, including initial public offerings and follow-on offerings Debt offerings Mergers, acquisitions, and public takeovers and listing rules compliance matters She was seconded to the Listing Department of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2019. During her secondment, she was involved in several Hong Kong listing initiatives, including the secondary listings, the paperless listing initiatives and the modernization of the Hong Kong settlement process (FINI-Fast Interface for New Issuance). Ms. Wong rejoined the firm in August 2020. Prior to joining Latham, Ms. Wong was an executive director in the legal and compliance department of a leading investment bank, where she managed legal compliance and regulatory issues in North Asia.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Marcus Lee

Marcus Lee represents clients doing business in Asia in public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as issuers and underwriters in a range of capital markets matters. Marcus represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as emerging companies on: Mergers and acquisitions Capital markets transactions, including IPOs Venture capital financings General corporate matters and compliance issues As a versatile and commercially minded lawyer, he advises clients at all levels of the capital structure. Marcus draws on particular experience handling transactions in Southeast Asia jurisdictions and Asia outbound transactions.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Maria Chang

Maria Chang is a foreign legal advisor in the firm’s tax practice group. Her main practice areas involve international trade and customs, tax dispute resolutions and general tax and customs-related advisory services. Prior to joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in 2009, Maria Chang worked at the Seoul office of PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2006 to 2009, specializing in various customs matters relevant to multinational clients.

Shin & Kim

Matt Younghoon MOK

Senior Foreign Attorney

Lee & Ko

Matthew F. Jones

Kim & Chang