Capital Markets: Domestic Firms

BKL's Capital Markets Team is the pre-eminent team in the equity space for the domestic Korean market. In the last few years alone, BKL has been the trusted advisor for IPOs for both foreign and domestic issuers and GDR offerings. Representative IPO transactions and KRX listings of note include Krafton, Kakao Bank, Big Hit Entertainment, SK Biopharm, Doosan Bobcat, Samsung Biologics, LIG Nex1, Innocean, Cheil Industries and BGF Retail.

The firm’s work in the major share block trade on the KRX has been unparalleled. Major transactions include the sale of KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering shares by KEPCO and sale of POSCO shares by Hyundai Samho Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.  

Clients continue to lean on BKL’s expertise in the debt market as well. Highlights include offering of: NZD 200 millon Kauri bonds by Korea Development Bank; USD 250 million CoCo Bonds by Busan Bank; KRW 175 billion Arirang Bonds by China Eastern Airlines, the first KRW bond offering by a Chinese issuer in Korea. BKL continued its representation of the Korean government in connection with its issuance of USD denominated bonds taking place in early January.

BKL serves as the legal advisor to the Korean government, as well as other public institutions and major banks in various equity and debt capital market transactions.  BKL also advised underwriters or managers of the foregoing transactions with a roster of prominent clients such as J.P.Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC and Macquarie.