[Establishment / Reorganization of Operator and GP]

• Advised on the establishment of Woori Private equity, Glenwood Private Equity, Macquarie Korea Opportunity Management(MKOM), K3 Equity, Igen Private Equity

• Advice to Meritz Financial Group, Castling Investment in connection with the establishment of asset management company and investment advisory/discretionary investment buisnesses

• Conducted multiple PE and VC’s restructuring task and others such as the transfer of Private Equity task of NH bank to NH investment & Securities, division of Stonebridge Capital’s Stonebridge VC, division of STIC Investment’s STIC VC, sale of STIC Investment Advisory of STIC Investment, transfer of Benex Investment management fund to Fitech Investment

[Establishment of Private Equity]

• Advice to numerous private equity firms in regard to the establishment and/or registration of private equity funds since the introduction of the PEF system in Korea

• Advice to numerous New Growth Engine Private Equity Funds, including KoFC-Posco Hanhwa KB Shared Growth No. 2 Private Equity Fund, KoFC-SKS Shared Growth No. 3 Private Equity Fund

• Advice to STIC Korea Integrated-Technologies New Growth Engine PEF; IBK-AUCTUS Green Growth PEF

• Advice to STIC Future Growth PEF, STIC WIN PEF, STIC Secondary Private Equity Fund III, STIC New Growth Engine M&A PEF

• Advice to Mars No.1 & No.2 PEFs and Woori PEF

• Advice to KDB Value PEF 1 and PEF 6, as well as the KDB Small and Medium Mezzanine PEF

• Advice to Macquarie Korea Opportunities Fund, IMM RoseGold III Private Equity Fund

• Advice to NH-Glenwood No.1 PEF and Glenwood No.1 PEF, KB-Glenwood PEF and NH New Growth PEF and NH-Halloween No.1 PEF, NH Halloween PEF

• Advice to Unison Saver PEF and Unison Capital PEF

• Advice to Conex Resources Development No.1 PEF and Eum No.6 & No.7 PEF

• Advice to SBI No.4 PEF and SBI STL Energy Innovation PEF

• Advice to IGEN No.1 PEF and IGEN Rhinos PEF

• Advice to EQP Posco Global No.1 Natural Resources PEF, Stonebridge Digital AD PEF, and many other PEFs

• Advice to Korea’s first Venture Investment Association and multiple Korea venture funds, including No.1 Korea Venture Fund, SLI 5 Association, Asia Pacific Venture Association, Hana-Cambridge-IMM Private Equity Association, and STIC Secondary Fund

• Advice to numerous foreign funds, including KGIF Limited Partnership, Global Opportunities Fund, KAMCO Global Limited Partnership, IDG Venture Korea Fund I L.P., Dragon Semiconductor Holdings Limited, Inc., Rental Homes Fund, Investment Trust, and First Senior Loan Fund

[M&A / Establishment of Joint Venture]

• Advice to the “KDB Value PEF 6” fund in connection with the acquisition of Daewoo E&C

• Advice to Macquarie Group in relation to its establishment of Macquarie Korea Opportunities Fund (MKOF), its subsequent investment in SK E&S Co., Ltd., participation in the underwriting of stock and CB issuances by Hanjin Pacific Corporation and Total Terminal Investment (related to the port business spin-off from Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.), and the acquisitions of Western Sea Power Co., Ltd. and Western Water Co., Ltd.

• Advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and CPP Investment Board on their investment in Coway Co., Ltd.

• Advised on the acquisition and sale of MDS Technology, investments in RFHIC and ACROS, acquisition of Innocean shares by STIC Secondary Private Equity Fund III, Hanjin Tour’s equity investment, acquisition and sale of Ubicare, acquisition of CoopMarketing, investment in Itext Group NV (a Belgian corporation), acquisition of WINNERCOM, investment in AMICOGEN, sale of MEDICO stock, acquisition of CENTRONICS, and the acquisition of convertible bonds issued by multiple companies

• Advised Skylake Equity Partners on the acquisition of shares in Doosan Solus

• Advised Mars No.1 PEF on its investment in Sempio Foods, and Mars No.2 PEF on its investment in the Lakeside Country Club

• Advice to Woori blackstone Korea opportunity PEF no.1 in connection with NS shopping investment and sell of stockholding

• Advised CHUNGKANG Co., Ltd. on the acquisition of shares in Powernet; advised on the acquisition and sale of Tongyang Magic; and advised Glenwood No.1 PEF on its investment in and sale of Yourcar

• Advice to NH Halloween PEF in relation to its acquisition and sale of Himart common stock

• Advice to Hankook Tire in connection with its acquisition of Halla Visteon

• Advised Costone Asia PEF on the acquisition of JCK; advised on the investment in Reclean and the sale of its shares; the acquisition of LET; the joint acquisition of Youngtoy, Inc.; and CB and BW investments in multiple companies

• Advised Unison Capital on its investment in Nex Holdings, the acquisition and sale of Aeplgamo, and the acquisition of Neoatizan

• Advised IGEN PE on its acquisition of Royal Foret (2018) and Golf Club Q (2020)

• Advised Conex (currently Eum) PEF on its investment in and sale of SsangYong Resources Development Co., Ltd.; publication of DMS and BW investment; Eum PEF’s acquisition of Koryo Nobel Explosives and Iceolly; and the acquisition of IK Inc.

• Advised Green No.1 PEF on its acquisition of ordinary shares in Uniken Co., Ltd. and Korea Special Industries, the business transfer of Uniken Co., Ltd., and the sale of Uniken Co., Ltd.

• Advised Polaris Ocean PEF on its acquisition of ordinary shares in Polaris Shipping Co., Ltd. and its subscription to new shares

• Advised ZEO Investment PEF on its acquisition of Seongwoon Terminal

• Advised SBI PE on its acquisition of CIS

• Advised Paratus PEF on its investment in Bioland and the sale of its shareholding; investment in VA Corporation; acquisition of Circuit Flex; and investment in Global Bio Growth No.1

• Advised Smoothie’s Korea on its capital raising from Standard Chartered PEF

• Advised KDBC, NH Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., Woori PE, Synaptic Investment, and Paratus Investment on their acquisition of Enchem CB

• Advised Vision Equity on the acquisition and sale of Wellang, and its investment in PPB Studio Co

[Cross-Border Investments & Inbound Investments to Korea]

• Advised DaeSang and Japan's TKF on the establishment of a JV in Indonesia

• Advised Pacific Bio on a JV in Southeast Asia

• Advised Global Opportunities Fund on a JV project in Indonesia

• Advised Amicogen on the acquisition of Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (China)

• Advised ACT on its investment in GeneSort (Israel)

• Advised AID (Hong Kong) on the acquisition of ACT (Korea)

• Advised on the sale of Bake Plus to Savencia (France)

• Advised Equis Posco Global No.1 Resource Development PEF on mining investment in ArcelorMittal

• Advised Korea Investment Private Global Frontier Resource Development Company on its acquisition of Sterling Energy USA, Inc.

• Advised Unison Capital PEF on the acquisition of Royal Tea Taiwan Co., Ltd., the headquarters of Gong Cha Korea

• Advised STIC Pan-Asia 4th Industrial Growth PEF on its investment in Camsys Vina (Vietnam)

• Advised SKS/Daishin PE and NH PE on their investment in Kuaikan (China)

• Advised Paratus 2nd PEF on its investment in LSG BioPartners

• Advised Paratus Global Bio Growth No.1 PEF on investments in Gobi Equity and Antiva Biosciences

• Provided comprehensive legal advisory on numerous overseas investments and JV formations

[Others]

• Advised on the workout of Kohap (Korea Synthetic Fiber) — the first corporate workout case in Korea

• Advised Woori Bank and Woori Investment & Securities on loans to Woori Gangnam PFV for the development of Heonin Village

• Advised Meritz Securities on Baccarat Mezzanine Loan

• Advised on multiple loan transactions involving domestic investment trusts and Hypa Asset (UK) offshore funds

• Advised Fantom Foundation on the issuance of Fantom Coin

• Advised HanbitSoft on the issuance of Bryllite Token

• Advised Beyond Group on the issuance of Energis Token

• Advised Caspian Ltd. on the issuance of CSP Token

• Provided legal counsel for multiple domestic and international ICO-related transactions

• 'Research on International Protection of Trademark Rights' Seoul National University LL.M. Thesis (1990)
• Young-Il Yoo and Je Won Lee, 'Protection of Minority Shareholders in Stock-Limited Companies,' published in Ulsan University Social Science Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 1 (1995)
• Je Won Lee, 'Commentary on Small-and-Medium Sized Enterprise Cooperative Associations Act' in Jeok-in Hwang and Gi-bu Yeom (Eds.) Treatise on Cooperative Associations Act (1995),
• Je Won Lee, 'Conflicts of Interest Among Shareholders in Publicly Held Companies in Korea,' Harvard Law School LL.M. Thesis (1996)
• Je Won Lee, 'Bailee Liability' in Gi-won Choi (Ed.), Research on Commercial Act Court Precedents (1996)
• Je Won Lee, 'General Shareholder Resolutions and Major Asset Transfers' in Legal Research, Vol 4 (1997)
• Je Won Lee, 'Legal Research Concerning the Role of Institutional Investors in Relation to the Managerial Structure of Large Enterprises' Seoul National University J.D. Thesis (1997)
• Je Won Lee, 'Check Discounting and Check Lending' in Legal Research, Vol. 5 (1998)
• Je Won Lee, 'Role of International Investors in Relation to Publicly Listed Companies' in commercial Law Research, Vol. 17, Issue 1 (1998).
• Je Won Lee, 'Examination of Laws Concerning the Exercise of Share Voting Rights by Institutional Investors' in Listed Companies Association (2000)
• Je Won Lee, 'The Legal Nature of Debt-Equity Swaps' in Securities Law Research, Vol. 1, Issue 1 (2000)
• 'Private Equity and Venture Capital', The IFLR Guide to Korea, (2002)
• 'Public and Private Securities Offerings in Korea: An Overview of Public and Private Offering Classification Rules and Related Regulation Statement and Other Requirements,' Journal of Korean Law Vol.2 No.1, (2002)
• 'Financial Institutions Warm to Private Equity', International Financial Law Review, (2005)
• 'To Do or Not to Do - A Question for a PEF Manager', Asian Legal Business Issue 6.9, (2006)
• 'A Myriad of Opportunities (Korean Investment Funds)', A Special IFLR Supplement,(2007)
• 'Korean Real Estate Investment Funds Investing Abroad', AsiaLaw Korea Review, (2007)
• 'Private Equity Funds: Marketing and Regulatory Issues,' Korean Business Law: The Legal Landscape and Beyond, (2010)
• Je Won Lee & Jungwhan Lee, 'Freedom to Grow (Korean Real Estate)', International Financial Law Review, (2011)
• Co-author (with Mark B Rolfson) of South Korea chapter in Willem J. Calkoen (Gen. Ed.), Securities World, Third Edition, The European Lawyer Publications Ltd, (2011)
• Je Won Lee et al., 'Hedge Fund Interests and Investment Strategies' Treatise, Published by Korea Financial Research Institute (2012)
• Je Won Lee, 'Restrictions on Option Investments by Private Equity Funds' in BFL, Issue 63, Published by Seoul National University Financial Law Center (2014)
• Je Won Lee, 'Mechanism for Protection of Principal and Recovery of Funds in Relation to Minority Shareholding Investments' in BFL, Issue 67, Published by Seoul National University Financial Law Center (2014)