Partner
Gu Beom KWON
Corporate Restructuring
Expertise
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Gu Beom Kwon is a partner at Lee & Ko’s Corporate Practice Group. He has expertise in M&A and corporate laws, including M&A, joint venture, corporate governance and foreign investment. Mr. Kwon has the highest track record in 2021 among lawyers with ten years or less experience in both deal count and deal value, according to the Korea Economic Daily.
Mr. Kwon was admitted to the Korean Bar in 2011, and completed his legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Supreme Court of Korea in 2014. He received his LL.B. from the Seoul National University, College of Law in 2014.
Mr. Kwon was admitted to the Korean Bar in 2011, and completed his legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute of Supreme Court of Korea in 2014. He received his LL.B. from the Seoul National University, College of Law in 2014.
Representative Cases
- [Merger & Acquisitions]
- Lotte Card’s sale of Loca Mobility
- Global Sae-A’s acquisition of Ssangyong Engineering & Construction
- SK Materials Airplus’ sale of M16 gas plant assets
- SK Telecom’s sale of shares in Hana Card / Finnq / SK Square to Hana Financial Group and purchase of shares in Hana Financial Group
- LS Corporation’s acquisition of LS-Nikko Copper from Japan Korea Joint Smelting and issuance of exchangeable bonds to JKL Partners
- Affirma Capital’s acquisition of Series B CCPS and Convertible Bonds of Beam Mobility Holdings
- CBC Group consortium’s acquisition of Hugel
- Permira Fund consortium’s acquisition of Delivery Hero Korea (Delivery App “Yogiyo”)
- E-Mart’s acquisition of Starbucks Coffee Korea
- Jungheung Group’s acquisition of Daewoo Engineering & Construction
- Hyosung's sale of Hyosung Capital
- Individual shareholders’ sale of shares in CJ Olive Young
- Carlyle Group's sale of ADT Caps
- Individual shareholders’ sale of Kwangjin Chemical and The K Logitech
- Comprehensive share swap between Foosung and Hantech
- Toyota Tsusho’s acquisition of newly issued shares in Sama Alluminium
- Greenwich PE’s acquisition of Sun jin Woonsu
- T Map Mobility’s acquisition of Banaple and Logisoft
- Merger between SK Broadband and Tbroad
- Hyundai Oilbank’ sale of Hyundai Oil Terminal
- Foosung Global’s issuance of Bonds with Warrants to Heimdall PE
- SK’ investment into Standigm
- South Korea rapper/producer Zico's sale of KOZ Entertainment
- Merger between ADT Caps and ADT Security
- Kamur Partners' acquisition of Razzler
- SK Networks' acquisition of SK Telink's secondhand phone business
- SK Materials' acquisition of Hanyu Chemical
- Business transfer of Farm Hannong's crop protection agent distribution business to LG Chem
- LG Household & Health Care's acquisition of Tai Guk Pharm
- Cellivery’s acquisition of Ajin Clean
- Merger between KNX and Il Kwang E&C
- Liquidation of a foreign invested company F
- Squeeze-out of company E's controlling shareholder
- KB Security and other firms’ investment into Megazone Cloud
- [Joint Venture]
- Establishment of joint venture Ecovance between SKC, LX International and Daesang
- Establishment of joint venture TL Chemical between Taekwang Industrial and LG Chem
- Establishment of joint venture SK MaterialsJNC between SK Materials and JNC
- Establishment of joint venture KAT between IAI and Hankuk Carbon
- Establishment of joint venture Trans Beverage between Campari and BNC F&B
- [Anti-corruption]
- Compliance consulting (anti-corruption) for Korean listed company S
- Compliance consulting (anti-corruption) for Korean listed company C
- Compliance consulting (anti-corruption) for foreign invested company Y
Education
| 2014 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
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| 2014 | Seoul National University, College of Law - LL.B., Cum Laude |
Work Experience
| 2017-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| Dec 2019-Feb 2020 | Secondment in Samsung Asset Management |
| 2014-2017 | Public Service Attorney |
Languages
| Korean and English |
Awards and Recognitions
| 2024 | IFLR1000 34th edition ‘Rising Star Partner’ – M&A |
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| 2023 | IFLR1000 33rd edition ‘Rising Star Partner’ – M&A |
| 2022 | Selected as the most "Power Lawyers" among junior lawyers in M&A by the Korea Economic Daily |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- M&A lectures at SK M&A course (2022, 2023)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate M&A 2022: South Korea - Law and Practice section, Trends and Developments section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2023)
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Mergers & Acquisitions (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2023)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate M&A 2022: South Korea - Law and Practice section, Trends and Developments section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2022)
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Mergers & Acquisitions (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2022)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides - Corporate M&A 2021: South Korea - Law and Practice section, Trends and Developments section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2021)
- Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides – South Korea: Mergers & Acquisitions (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2021)
