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Ashurst

Corporate/M&A: International Firms

1 ranked lawyers

Band 3

South Korea

Asia-Pacific 2022 View ranking table

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What the team is known for

Ashurst fields a Hong Kong-based corporate team with notable South Korea expertise. Regularly acts for Korean clients on joint ventures, investments and acquisitions. Also equipped to handle fund formation mandates. Experienced advising a range of clients, from startups to conglomerates, in the automotive, renewable energy and real estate sectors.

Strengths

One client comments: "The team has excellent commercial awareness and is quick to gain a deep understanding of the industry and industry trends," adding that "it is always reachable and quick to respond to requests we make."

"They anticipate key important issues, whether legal or commercial, and make very practical and on-point suggestions and solutions," reports an observer.

Work highlights

Acted for Korea-listed company Hanwha Solutions on its cross-border acquisition of Cimarron, a deal valued at approximately USD100 million.

Notable practitioners

John Kim rises in the rankings this year due to widespread compliments from clients, with one noting: "His understanding of the key issues and sophisticated negotiation skills add so much value to the service we receive."He remains highly active on a number of cross-border matters involving automotive, biopharmaceutical and energy clients. Another client also reports:"He has profound experience and knowledge of complicated M&A deals and always provides sound creative solutions."

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Overview

Ashurst's Korea Practice Group's has a dedicated Securitisation and Structured Finance team with very strong capabilities in handling high complex and multi-jurisdictional transactions in South Korea and other Asian jurisdictions. The transactions cover a full range of products from covered bonds to debt capital markets, securitisation, derivatives and structured products in the banking and financial services sectors. The team has acted on matters across sectors and jurisdictions.

Our key strengths include:-

Full services in capital markets area in South Korea. The key sub-areas we cover include securitisation, derivatives, debt capital markets and covered bonds.
Exceptional ability in planning and execution of complex and significant matters to help clients achieve their business goals.
Right and efficient team to meet the expertise, geographic locations and language needs of our clients; capabilities are augmented by the resource and support from Ashurst's wider network.
Diverse client base including leading international banks, top regional banks, Korean banks and financial institutions.