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Managing Partner

Hyeong Gun LEE

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Hyeong Gun Lee is a partner of Lee&Ko’s Corporate/M&A Group and Healthcare Team. He has been also a member of Lee&Ko's management committee since 2018. He joined Lee & Ko in 1994, and he also worked as a foreign associate at Sinclair Roche & Temperley in London(1997) and McDermott, Will & Emery in New York(2002).
In numerous M&A transactions and healthcare issues, he represented many foreign and domestic clients including Samsung, Hanwha, LG, CJ, SK, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser and Biogen. He has been repeatedly recognized as a “Leading Lawyer”, “Hall of Fame” member, “Distinguished Practitioner”, and “Highly Regarded” professional in the areas of Corporate/M&A by various international law firm rating services.
Mr. Lee holds an LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law and an LL.B. from Seoul National University.
Education
2002 Columbia Law School - LL.M
1994 Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1992 Seoul National University - LL.B
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Work Experience
1994-Present Lee & Ko
2002 McDermott, Will &Emery (New York)
1997 Sinclair &Temperley (London)
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Admissions
1994 Admitted to bar, Korea
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Languages
English and Korean
Awards and Recognitions
2024 Selected as "(The A-List) Korea's top 100 lawyers 2024" by Asia Business Law Journal
2024 Selected as "Distinguished Practitioner" (Corporate and M&A) by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2024
2024 Selected as “Highly regarded” (M&A) by IFLR1000 2024 Edition
2024 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Global
2024 Selected as “Hall of Fame” (Corporate and M&A) by Legal 500
2024 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Asia Pacific
2023 Selected as "(The A-List) Korea's top 100 lawyers 2023" by Asia Business Law Journal
2023 Selected as "Distinguished Practitioner" (Corporate and M&A) by Asialaw Leading Lawyers
2023 Selected as “Highly regarded” (M&A) by IFLR1000 2023 Edition
2023 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Global
2023 Selected as “Hall of Fame” (Corporate and M&A) by Legal 500
2023 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Asia Pacific
2022 Selected as "Distinguished Practitioner" (Corporate and M&A) by Asialaw Leading Lawyers
2022 Selected as “Highly regarded” (M&A) by IFLR1000 32nd Edition
2022 Selected as “Hall of Fame” (Corporate and M&A) by Legal 500
2021 Selected as “Korean Super 30 Lawyers 2021” by ALB Magazine
2021 Selected as “Distinguished Practitioner” (Corporate and M&A) by Asialaw Profiles and Leading Lawyers 2022 Edition
2021 Selected as “Notable Practitioner” (M&A) by IFLR1000 31th Edition
2021 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Global
2021 Selected as “Hall of Fame” (Corporate and M&A) by Legal 500
2021 Selected as “Notable Practitioner” (M&A) by IFLR1000 30th Edition
2021 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Asia Pacific
2020 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Global
2019 Selected as “Ranked Lawyers” (Corporate and M&A) by Chambers Global
2019 Selected as “Leading Individuals” (Corporate and M&A) by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
2019 Selected as “Notable Practitioner” (Corporate and M&A) by IFLR1000
2014~2019 Selected as “Leaders in their Field” by Chambers Asia, Chambers Global
2010~2013 Selected as a “Leading Lawyer” by AsiaLaw, Chambers Asia
2009 Selected as a “Leading Lawyer” by Legal 500, Chambers Asia
2008 Selected as a “Leading Lawyer” by AsiaLaw, Chambers
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
“A Practical Cross-Border Insight into Public Procurement - Korea Part”, (The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement, 2011)
"Appraisal Rights of Dissenting Shareholders," (Center for Financial Law at Seoul National University, BFL Vol. 38, 2009)
"Financial M&A in Korea,” (Asian-Counsel Magazine, Vol. 7 Issue 5, June, 2009)
"Korean Regulations on Business Combination involving Foreign Entities," (Asialaw Corporate Finance Review, January 2008)
“The International Corporative Legal Guide to International Arbitration,"(Global Legal Group, 2006)
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