Partner
TEL |
+82-2-772-4915 |
E-MAIL |
taejung.kim@leeko.com |
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Tae Jung Kim is a partner. Since joining Lee & Ko in 2011, he has focused his practice and expertise in the areas of M&A, Corporate Governance, and Start-up. Prior to joining Lee & Ko, he served as a Judge Advocate Officer in the Korean Navy.
Mr. Kim holds an LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law and an LL.M. from Seoul National University Graduate School of Law and UC Berkeley. He completed his legal training at the Judicial Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea and was admitted to the Korean Bar in 2008.
学歴
2016 |
University of California at Berkeley - LL.M. |
2011 |
Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law |
2008 |
Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
2005 |
Seoul National University, College of Law - LL.B. |
経歴
2011-Present |
Lee & Ko |
2016-2017 |
Reed Smith LLP (Silicon Valley Office) |
2008-2011 |
Judge Advocate Officer, Navy |
主な業務分野
資格/会員
Admitted to bar, Korea(2008) |
言語
主要事例
[M&A]
- Represented JTBC Studios in its capital increase by investment of Praxis Capital Partners and Tencent Holdings
- Represented HMM in its establishment of a joint venture company with PSA Corporation in Singapore
- Represented Lotte Chemical Corporation in its sale of 100% shares in Lotte Chemical UK Ltd. to Alpek Group
- Represented attempted sale of Ministop Korea by Japan's Aeon Group
- Represented Lotte Group in its sale of Lotte Mart Chinese unit
- Represented E-Land World in its capital increase of 500 billion Korean Won by the investment from Meritz Financial Group and Anchor Equity Partners
- Represented Eland Retail in its sale of home furnishing business to MBK partners
- Represented LS Mtron's spin-off and sale of its automotive business
- Represented JD Sports, the No 1 sports/fashion retailer in UK, in its establishment of joint venture for shoes multi-shop business in south Korea
- Represented Jcontentree's acquisition of Film Monster
- Represented Lotte group in its acquisition of KT Rental Co., Ltd., which has been the one of the largest buyout deal in Korea 2015 with a deal value of approximately USD 1 billion.
- Represented LG International Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Pantos Logistics Co., Ltd, the No. 1 logistics business in Korea.
- Represented Daesung Group in its sale of Daesung Industrial Gas Co., Ltd. to Goldman Sachs Group, with a transaction value of approximately USD 370 million, which involved one year long negotiation du
- Represented Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance's acquisition of the entire business of Hyundai Hicar Direct Insurance
- Represented Macquarie Group in its acquisition of the entire business of ING Investment Management Korea
- Represented YG Entertainment Co., Ltd., which is the most renowned entertainment company in Korea, in its capital increase by investment of LVMH Group.
- Represented Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, on behalf of the Korean government, in the disposition of the Green Non-life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Provided legal advice to SK Energy in relation to its spin-off, with a deal value of approximately USD 2.8 billion.
- Represented LS Cable & System's spin-off and establishment of LS I&D
- Represented SK C&C's merger with Infosec and Bizen
- Represented SK Telecom's acquisition of Neo-S Networks
- Represented Neo-S Networks' acquisition of Joeun Safe's unmanned security business
- Investment into Naver Z Holdings by Softbank Vision Fund, Hybe, YG Investment, and JYP Entertainment
- GS Retail’s acquisition of Cookat
- Acquisition of Starbucks Coffee Korea by Emart and GIC
- Acquisition of Wiip Productions by JTBC Studios
- Block Deal of momo.com by Lotte Home Shopping
- Aeon Group’s sale of Ministop Korea to Lotte Corporation
[Start-up]
- Represented Neosapiens, an artificial intelligence voice-over startup company, in its Series A funding
- Represented MD Biolab, a biotechnology startup company, in its Series A funding
- Represented Lunit, an AI healthcare startup company, in its Series B funding
- Provided legal advice regarding shareholder agreement and seed/series investment contract for deep learning and computer vision technology 'N' start-up company
- Provided legal advice regarding supply agreement for AI voice synthesis technology 'N' start-up company
- Provided legal advice regarding Series A funding for 'H' bio start-up company
- Provided legal advice regarding stock option grant agreement and shareholder agreement for 'O' semiconductor IP start-up company
- Provided legal advice regarding Series A funding for 'D' start-up company
- Provided legal advice regarding Seed funding for 'R' start-up company
- Provided legal advice regarding establishment of joint venture for 'K' start-up company
- Series B funding of Neosapience by BRV Capital Management and other investors
- Pre-IPO funding of Standigm by Pavilion Capital and other investors
受賞実績
2015 |
Selected as 'Rising Star' in M&A by the Korea Economic Daily |