Partner
Daehoon KOO
Corporate Restructuring
Daehoon Koo is a partner in the Corporate and M&A Practice Group. His primary practice areas include Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Corporate Governance, Private Equity and Foreign Investment.Mr. Koo has wide range of experience in most types of M&A and restructuring transactions including not only typical types of transactions such as stock or asset deals, joint ventures, mergers, spin-offs and any combination thereof but also relatively rare types of transactions such as comprehensive share swaps, establishing holding companies, P&As, in-kind contributions, etc.
Mr. Koo has rich experience in due diligences and M&A transactions in many different type of industries including semiconductor, electric vehicle parts, mobility, distribution, logistics, port management, IT, ICT, bio, F&B, H&B industry and he also has been involved in M&A transactions of most types of financial institutions including financial holding companies, commercial banks, insurance companies, securities and investment companies, asset management companies, mutual savings banks and lending businesses.
He was ranked No. 1 rising star among 10 years' or less experienced M&A lawyers by the Korea Economic Daily in 2013 and named in Asian Legal Business' 40 under 40 for 2018. After completing LL.M. in USC Gould School of Law (2013-2014), he was also admitted to the California bar (2014), and worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as a Visiting Lawyer (2014/2015). Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2009, Mr. Koo served the military for 3 years as a Military Prosecutor and Procurement Contract Reviewer of the Naval Logistics Command (2006/2007), the Staff Judge Advocate of the 2nd Fleet Command (2007/2008) and a Litigator representing the Korean Government, the Ministry of National Defense and the Defense Minister in civil and administrative cases related to Korean Navy (2008).
Mr. Koo has rich experience in due diligences and M&A transactions in many different type of industries including semiconductor, electric vehicle parts, mobility, distribution, logistics, port management, IT, ICT, bio, F&B, H&B industry and he also has been involved in M&A transactions of most types of financial institutions including financial holding companies, commercial banks, insurance companies, securities and investment companies, asset management companies, mutual savings banks and lending businesses.
He was ranked No. 1 rising star among 10 years' or less experienced M&A lawyers by the Korea Economic Daily in 2013 and named in Asian Legal Business' 40 under 40 for 2018. After completing LL.M. in USC Gould School of Law (2013-2014), he was also admitted to the California bar (2014), and worked at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as a Visiting Lawyer (2014/2015). Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2009, Mr. Koo served the military for 3 years as a Military Prosecutor and Procurement Contract Reviewer of the Naval Logistics Command (2006/2007), the Staff Judge Advocate of the 2nd Fleet Command (2007/2008) and a Litigator representing the Korean Government, the Ministry of National Defense and the Defense Minister in civil and administrative cases related to Korean Navy (2008).
主要事例
- 股权交易
- Biogen Therapeutics Inc.向三星Biologics出售三星Bioepis的股权
- Epiroc Rock Drills AB收购D&A重工业
- Skylake收购斗山Solus
- Sale of HiEntech by LG Electronics and sale of LG-Hitachi Water Solutions by LG Electronics and Hitachi
- Sale of part of LG's shares in LG CNS to Macquarie
- Sale of LG Siltron by LG
- Sale of U Moment by Unison Capital
- Pre-IPO sale of shares in Hyundai Global Service by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings to KKR
- Acquisition of Kakao Mobility shares by Carlyle
- Acquisition of Metanet Tplatform shares by Affirma Capital
- Acquisition of GSK's Physiogel brand and related assets in Asia and North America by LG Household & Health Care
- Acquisition of minority shares in Hyundai Oilbank by Saudi Aramco
- Acquisition of Busan Jungkwan Energy by SK E&S
- Acquisition of Dongbu Farm Hannong by LG Chem
- Acquisition of Korea Express by CJ
- Acquisition of People Car by Humax Mobility
- Acquisition of PSN by Humax
- Acquisition of Hancom by Sambo Computer consortium
- Asset Transfer (car rental business assets) by Hanjin Transportation
- Business transfer (biopharma business) by GE Healthcare Korea Inc.
- Business transfer (Chungju Factory) by Jeonju Paper
- Business transfer (Gwangyang Factory) by Eugene
- Establishment of joint venture between SK Telecom and Seoul National University Hospital
- Establishment of joint venture between LG Household and Health Care and Macrogen
- Establishment of joint venture between Bigen Therapeutics Inc. (U.S.) and Samsung Biologics
- Establishment of joint venture between Samsung Mobile Display and Ube (Japan)
- Capital increase and merger of SK Broadband's subsidiaries
- Restructuring (merger, demerger, etc.) of LIG Group, SK Planet, It's Skin, Hanjin New Port, Lotte Global Logistics, etc.
- Pre-IPO sale of shares in CJ Olive Young Corporation by CJ to Glenwood Private Equity
- Solus Advanced Materials' vertical spin-off of its bio business (Solus BioTech)
- Shinsegae Group's vertical spin-off of its e-commerce businesses (SSG.COM)
- SK Planet's horizontal spin-off of its e-commerce business (11 Street)
- Orion's conversion to a holding company system by way of a spin-off followed by a tender offer
- Comprehensive share exchange between Hana Financial Group and Korea Exchange Bank
- Privatization of Woori Finance Holdings
- Acquisition of Prudential Investment & Securities by Hanhwa Securities
- Merger of Hanhwa Investment & Securities into Hanhwa Securities
- Sale of Daewoo Securities by Korea Development Bank
- Acquisition of New York Life Insurance Korea by ACE Insurance Group (U.S.)
- Sale of 14 insolvent savings banks and Green Non-Life Insurance by KDIC through P&As
学歴
| 2014 | USC Gould School of Law - LL.M |
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| 2009 | Financial Law Course “Principles and Practices of Corporate Restructuring” in SNU School of Law |
| 2006 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2004 | Seoul National University - B.A. in Study of Religion |
経歴
| 2009-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2020-Present | Member of the Specialty Registration Review Committee of the KBA |
| 2019-Present | Member of the Industrial Technology Dispute Conciliation Committee |
| 2014-2015 | Sullivan &Cromwell LLP (Visiting Lawyer) |
| 2006-2009 | Judge Advocate Officer, Korean Navy |
言語
| Korean and English |
受賞実績
| 2022-2024 | 被IFLR 1000评选为Corporate & M&A领域的Leading Lawyers |
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| 2019-2025 | Selected as “Next Generation Partners” by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific edition |
| 2019-2022 | Selected as “Leading Lawyers” by Legal Times |
| 2021 | Selected as "Power Lawyers" by the Korea Economic Daily |
| 2018 | Named in Asia Legal Business' 40 Under 40 |
| 2013 | No. 1 rising star among 10 years' or less experienced M&A lawyers by the Korea Economic Daily |
著書/活動
- Chambers Global Practice Guide on Private Equity: South Korea – Law & Practice (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2021~2024)
- Country Comparative Guide on Private Equity: South Korea (Co-author, The Legal 500, 2019~2024)
- Private Mergers and Acquisitions in South Korea: overview (Co-author, Practical Law, Thompson Reuters, 2016 - 2022)
- Chambers Global Practice Guides on Corporate M&A: South Korea - Law & Practice section (Co-author, Chambers & Partners, 2019 & 2020)
- Private Equity Transactions (Lee & Ko M&A Forum, 2019)
- Corporation Law Commentary (Co-author, Bobmunsa, 2019. 2.)
- W&I Insurance in M&A transactions - utilization and caveat (Lee & Ko M&A Forum, 2017)
- Practical Issues in JVs and Shareholders Agreements (In-house Congress Seoul, 2016)
- M&A Deal Trends in Korea (Lee & Ko M&A Forum, 2015)
- M&A, corporate law lectures and seminars (SK, LG, CJ, etc.)
- Blog - English terms in M&A transaction documents (blog.naver.com/phoonie)
