Hae Sung Jeong

Practice Areas

Haesung’s area of practice is M&A, private equity as well as major corporate litigations involving leveraged buy-outs and corporate governance matters.

He worked as a full-time visiting lawyer at GS Energy, a diversified holding company of GS Group, one of the biggest Korean conglomerates, advising on its numerous acquisitions and divestitures. He also worked at New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as a Visiting Lawyer.

He has represented many international and domestic financial investors, as well as Korean conglomerates in a wide range of M&A transactions and regulatory matters. His recent clients include SK Group, POSCO Group, GS Group, KDB Financial Group, among many others.

Career

Partner, Shin & Kim; Visiting Lawyer, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP New York Office (2016-2017); Visiting Lawyer, GS Energy (2014); Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (2006-2009).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar

Publications

Practical Law – Cross-border Private Company Acquisitions – Korea chapter (2017-2019); Practical Law – Cross-border Joint-Ventures – Korea chapter (2017-2019)

Education

Work Highlights

GS Energy in its acquisition of GS Connect, ChargeEV, Incheon Total Energy; Chubb in its acquisition of LINA Life Insurance of Korea; GIC in its potential investment in Starbucks Korea; Sequoia, DST and Aspex in their investment in Kurly; Baring PE in its investment in Shinhan Financial Holding; MBK Partners in its acquisition of NexFlex and its proposed acquisition of Prudential Life Insurance Company of Korea; Shinhan Financial Holding in its comprehensive share swap with Orange Life Insurance; SK E&S in its sale of stake in Paju Energy Service; Sequoia and GIC in their investment in Woowa Brothers; SolarEdge in its acquisition of Kokam; Borealis in its acquisition of DYM Solution; SK Holdings in its sale of SKEncar; Naver and Line Games in their acquisition of Next Floor and Drama & Company; Blackstone PE in its investment in Simone; POSCO and Daewoo International in its sale of department business to Lotte; Hall Group in its corporate restructuring; Kumho Group in its corporate restructuring; Standard Chartered PE in its acquisition and sale of Doosan Infracore forklift busienss; S1 in its acquisition of real estate management service business from Samsung Everland;