Senior Foreign Attorney
TEL |
+82-2-6386-0875 |
E-MAIL |
chris.kang@leeko.com |
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Chris H. Kang is a senior foreign attorney with over 10 years of extensive working experience in Korea alone, focusing his practice on representing clients in a broad range of cross-border M&A and real estate transactions. Having worked as a secondee in-house counsel at a prominent Korean private equity firm, Mr. Kang is also uniquely qualified to advise clients in private equity transactions.
In addition, Mr. Kang has extensive experiences in advising clients in the fashion and luxury industry sectors, having advised on matters involving some of the world’s most highly recognized fashion brands.
Education
2008 |
Columbia Law School – J.D. |
2005 |
University of British Columbia – B.A. in Economics |
Work Experience
2022-Present |
Lee & Ko |
2015-2016 |
IMM Private Equity (Secondment) |
2010-2022 |
Yulchon LLP |
2008-2010 |
Paul Hastings LLP, New York Office |
Expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions |
Foreign Investment |
Outbound Investment |
Real Estate |
Admissions
Admitted to bar, New York(2009) |
Languages
Representative Cases
[Mergers and Acquisitions]
- Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund’s Acquisition of PV Energy and Ionia Energy
- Amuse (Naver Group Company)’s Series A Funding
- P Fund’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Seoul Auction Blue
- Korea Investment Partner’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Inovio Pharmaceuticals
- KB Investment’s Sale of Minority Stake in Arvelle Therapeutics
- Netflix’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Studio Dragon
- Goldman Sachs PIA Consortium’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Woowa Brothers
- Continental Group’s Acquisition of Minority Stake in Vitesco Technologies Korea
- Nexon Group’s Sale of BrickLink
- LVMH Group’s Acquisition of Gentle Monster
- Rimowa’s Acquisition of Korean Distributorship
- Golden Goose’s Acquisition of Korean Distributorship
- Delvaux’s Acquisition of Korean Distributorship
- Hanwha Asset Management’s Acquisition of JP Morgan Asset Management’s On-Shore Fund Business Division
- Smartro (BC Card Company)’s Equity Funding and Business Alliance with Union Pay
- Autech Group’s Acquisition of Otis Elevator’s Parking Systems Business Division
- Doosan Infracore’s Sale of Montabert
- Macquarie Fund’s Sale of Megabox Multiplex Cinema Chain
- General Electric’s Sale of Minority Stake in Hyundai Card
- Hanwha Group’s Acquisition of Samsung Petrochemical and Samsung Total
- ENI Group’s Joint Venture with Lotte Chemical
[Real Estate]
- Pacific Asset Management’s Acquisition of Hitachi Solutions Tower in Tokyo
- IGIS Asset Management’s Acquisition of Logistics Center in Japan
- IGIS Asset Management’s Acquisition of Shopping Mall Complex in Japan
- IGIS Asset Management’s Acquisition of Rental Housing Complexes in Japan
- VESTAS Investment Management’s Acquisition of Logistics Center in Spain
- Lotte Group’s Acquisition of Farmland in Russia
- Lotte Group’s Acquisition of Hyundai Hotel in Russia
- Lotte Group’s Management Agreement for Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace
- Lotte Group’s Management Agreement for Lotte Hotel Guam