Hee Woong Yoon

Practice Areas

Corporate Law

Finance ∙ Capital Markets

M&A

Acquisition Financing

Bankruptcy ∙ Corporate Rehabilitation

Corporate Governance

Career

2025-present Yoon & Yang LLC

2013-present Member, Alternative Investment Committee, National Pension Service

2013-present Member, Self-Regulatory Deliberation Committee, Financial Supervisory Service

2013-present Member, Investment Policy Expert Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare

2013-present Legal Advisor, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

2013-present Member, Balanced Development of Broadcasting Advertisement Committee, Korea Communications Commission

2016 Member, KOSDAQ Startup Advisory Committee, Korea Exchange

2012-14 Member, Broadcasting Market Competition Evaluation Committee

2010-12 Member, Delisting Deliberation Committee, Korea Exchange

2005-07 Counsel, Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority

2005-07 Member, Dispute Resolution Committee, Korea Exchange

2005-06 Member, Corporate Environment Improvement Committee, Ministry of Justice

2004-06 Member, Competitiveness Policy Advisory Committee, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2001-25 Yulchon LLC

1996-01 Lecturer, Judicial Research and Training Institute

1992-01 Yoon & Partners

Professional Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea (1992); New York (1997)

Publications

Legal Review of Tripartite Merger, Study of Securities Law Ed. 14-2 (Co-author, 2013)

Private Equity Funds in Korea, Asian Legal Business (Co-author, 2006)

Legal Issues of Type of Limited Partnership of PEF, BFL No. 10 (Co-author, 2005)

A Study on Non-Statutory Securitization as a Method for Overcoming the Limitation of Asset Securitization under the Act on Asset-Backed Securitization, Study of Securities Law Ed. 4-1 (2003)

The Effectiveness of Non-documentary Condition in the Letter of Credit, The George Washington University Law School (1997)

Work Highlights

Advised KTB on acquisition of an investment securities firm

Advised Autech Group on acquisition of Otis Elevator Korea’s parking system business unit

Advised MBK Partners on acquisition of Homeplus

Handled the sucessful closing of Simone’s pre-IPO deal

Advised KT Corp. on sale of KT Capital and KT Rental

Advised Hanwha Group on acquisition of Samsung General Chemicals and Samsung Total

Advised on M&A project of a hotel located in St. Petersburg, Russia

Advised Korea Finance Corporation on merger with Korea Development Bank (KDB)

Advised Hyundai Capital on sale of stake in HK Savings Bank

Advised Hanwha L&C on split-off of construction material business unit and sale of stake in newly merged entity

Advised Lotte Confectionery on merger with Lotte Boulangerie

Advised Welcome Creditline Company on deal involving transfer of assets/liabilities of Haesol Savings Bank

Advised IMM PEF on acquisition of Holly’s F&B

Advised Daishin Asset Management on acquisition of 100% stake in Korea Creative Investment Advisory Company

Handled the registration with the Financial Services Commission of an investment advisory firm specializing in global alternative investment (MC PINESTREET)

Advised Stick Investment-KEB Hana Investment Securities Consortium on acquisition of 49% stake in LIG Nexone

Represented Lotte Shopping in closing of the deal involving overseas exchangeable bonds (EB) worth KRW 321.2 billion

Languages Spoken

Korean and English

Education

Awards