Hae Seong Ahn

Practice Areas

Ms. Hae-Seong Ahn is currently a partner at Shin & Kim, whose main practice areas include corporate transactions such as M&A and PEFs, and corporate governance restructuring.

Ms. Ahn has advised clients in major merger and acquisition transactions in Korea. She has expertise in litigation involving transactions of various structures, many of which were the first of their kind in Korea. Ms. Ahn has also represented Korean and foreign companies and fund managers across different industries, advising them on amicable mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital funding, and the establishment of local subsidiaries. She also has extensive experience in corporate governance, including corporate spin-offs, mergers, and holding companies.

Ms. Ahn obtained her LL.B. from Seoul National University College of Law. She completed the 38th Class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute.

Ms. Ahn has authored articles on various legal issues in the field of mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments. She has also participated as a speaker or a panel guest in many national and international seminars and has been recognized as a Leading Individual in Corporate/M&A by international directories such as IFLR 1000 and the Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Career

Shin & Kim LLC (2009-Present)

Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2007-2009)

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar.

Work Highlights

Advised Dongwon Industries on its acquisition of Dongbu Express

Advised Dongwon Systems on its acquisition of Ardagh Metal Packaging American Samoa

Advised Dongwon Systems on its acquisition of Techpack Solutions

Advised SKC on the spin-off and sale of its Indus Business Division

Advised SKC on the sale of its stake in SK Bioland

Advised SKC and Kolon Industries on the sale of their stakes in SKC Kolon PI

Advised Stonebridge Capital and Payletter Consortium on their acquisition of KNS-net

Advised Stonebridge Capital on its acquisition of AJ Cold Storage

Advised Stonebridge Capital on its investment in Eugene Sonic

Advised KT on its equity investment in WebCash and its affiliates

Advised KT on its sale of KT Submarine

Advised IMM PE on its acquisition of Colmar Pharma Inc. and transfer of operations of Kolmar Korea's Pharmaceutical Business Division

Advised Hahn & Company PE on its acquisition of Ssangyong C&E Industries

Advised Hattae Confectionery on the spin-off and sale of its Ice Cream Business Division

Advised Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation and its financial advisor as the main legal counsel in the project for the privatization of Woori Financial Holdings (including the spin-off of Woori Financial Holdings, the establishment of KNB Financial Holdings and KJB Financial Holdings, and the sale of Gwangju Bank and Kyungnam Bank)

Advised client in the sale of International Asset Trust to Woori Financial Holdings

Advised SK Materials on its acquisition of Kumho Petrochemical’s Photoresist Business Division

Advised Dongbu Group on its sale of Dongbu Express

Advised Halla Holdings on the sale of its stake in Mando Hela

Advised Mirae Asset Financial Group and FILA Korea on their acquisition of Acushnet Company, a U.S. golf equipment manufacturer

Advised Dongyang Group on its sale of Dongyang Power

Advised Lotte on its acquisition of Times Co., Ltd.

Advised Kumho Group on its sale of Korea Express

Advised Lotte on its acquisition of Buy the Way

Advised Lotte on its acquisition of CS Distribution

Advised SK Networks on its acquisition of Woongjin Coway

Advised on the merger of Citigroup Korea and Citibank Korea

Advised Mirae Asset PE on its acquisition (jointly with Advent International and CDIB Capital) of International Coffee & Tea LLC

Advised Korea Student Aid Foundation on the sale of its stake in Samsung Everland

Advised Dongbu Consortium on its acquisition of Daewoo Electronics

Advised Mirae Asset PE on its investment in CHA Healthcare Operation, a subsidiary of CHA Bio & Diostech, CHA Medical Group

Advised IMM PE on its acquisition of Daewoo International’s stake in Kyobo Life Insurance

Languages Spoken

Korean, English

Education