SOUTH KOREA Law and Practice Contributed by: Hyeon-Deog Cho, Yeong-Ik Jeon, Ji-won Lim and Hakbum Ahn, Kim & Chang
Kim & Chang has a corporate governance and share- holder disputes practice composed of attorneys, ac- countants and industry experts. With regulatory and industry knowledge and extensive experience in a wide array of fields, including corporate governance, business restructuring, corporate finance, conglom- erate-related regulations, antitrust and tax, the firm provides and implements innovative and compre- hensive solutions tailored to the specific needs of its clients. Kim & Chang’s shareholder activism practice provides one-stop total solutions in all areas relevant
to shareholder activism, including management of investor relations, board or shareholder meeting pro- cedures, communications with shareholders (includ- ing institutional investors and proxy advisers), share- holder activism negotiations and proxy solicitation. The firm also counsels clients on related disputes, such as the preparation of petitions for or preliminary injunctions on inspection and review of shareholder registries and accounting books, or disputes on the validity of resolutions by boards of directors or gen- eral meetings of shareholders.
Authors
Hyeon-Deog Cho is the head of Kim & Chang’s corporate governance and shareholder disputes practice. His practice focuses on corporate governance reform and restructuring, conglomerate and holding company
Ji-won Lim is a foreign attorney in Kim & Chang’s mergers and acquisition practice, focusing on private and public M&A, private equity
investments and corporate governance matters. He has
regulations, takeover defence and shareholder activism, as well as various M&A. He represents most of the top-tier conglomerates in Korea. Before joining the firm in 2004, Hyeon-Deog lectured in international business strategy and administration at Seoul National University. He also worked as the head of the business case centre and as the vice president of the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.
experience in advising strategic and financial investors in both cross-border and domestic transactions. Ji-won also represents a number of Korean conglomerates in their US-related matters, including corporate governance as well as securities law compliance.
Hakbum Ahn provides advisory services for numerous conglomerate groups in Korea and private equity funds at Kim & Chang, handling various types of M&A transactions. He also offers counsel on matters of
Yeong-Ik Jeon has worked as a member of Kim & Chang’s corporate governance and shareholder disputes practices since joining the firm in 2014. He specialises in corporate and finance law areas and various
corporate governance, restructuring and shareholder disputes within Korean conglomerates. Hakbum specialises in various Korean regulations that are applicable to corporate activities in Korea, and also has expertise in negotiations related to M&A transactions.
regulations of listed companies, with a focus on corporate governance, corporate restructuring, holding companies, M&A and capital markets. Yeong-Ik represents many conglomerate groups in Korea in relation to their restructuring of corporate governance and M&A transactions.
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