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Industry sector expertise

Yoon & Yang’s M&A Practice Group displayed its strong competitiveness in the aviation industry. The M&A Practice Group represented landmark deals led by the Head of the M&A Team (Sung-Jin Kim) relating to aviation industry restructuring, i.e., Korean Air (KAL)’s acquisition of Asiana Airlines; KAL’s liquidation of its in-flight meal & duty-free sales business units; KAL’s attraction of investment from Korea Development Bank (KDB); and Hanjin KAL’s issuance of new shares and exchangeable bonds. 

The M&A Group also demonstrated its strength in the energy sector, including POSCO Plantec’s acquisition deal, KOLON Environment & Energy’s liquidation deal, and Bumhan Fuel Cell’s attraction of investments.  

Key types of work

Yoon & Yang’s M&A Practice Group provides various legal services relating to mergers and acquisitions, sales of shares, and investments. The M&A Practice Group provides professional and high-quality legal services by creating a task-force team tailored to the needs of each client, composed of not just M&A-focused attorneys, but also with attorneys specializing in the areas of finance, securities, antitrust, tax, labor, environment, intellectual property, foreign investment, foreign exchange, and other relevant areas pertaining to each transaction. The Group provides a full spectrum of legal services necessary for M&A deals from transaction structuring, due diligence, drafting and negotiating agreements, and finally to closing the deals.

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Yoon & Yang LLC

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South Korea

Corporate/M&A

Sung-Jin Kim
3
Sung-Jin Kim
Head of Corporate/M&A
3
Band 3
Sangman Kim
4
Sangman Kim
4
Band 4
Kayoung Kim
U
Kayoung Kim
U
Up and Coming

Members

Provided by Yoon & Yang LLC

Jiwook Kim

Ki Man Park

Sangman Kim

Sung Uk Park

Sung-Jin Kim

Sung-Jin Kim

Head of Department

Young Ho Kang

Clients

Provided by Yoon & Yang LLC

Cha Medical Group

GS Retail

HANKOOK TIRE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

Hanjin KAL

Hanwha Corp.

Hyundai Motor Group

KT Corp.

Korean Air

LG Household & Healthcare Ltd.

SK Engineering & Construction

SPC Group

Shinhan Financial Group

UAMCO

UTC Investment

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.