Hoseok Jung
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Corporate/M&A
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Band 4
About
Provided by Hoseok Jung
Practice Areas
M&A, domestic and cross-border investment, corporate governance, shareholder/management disputes, venture capital, startup and emerging companies, joint ventures, securities, blockchain, cryptocurrency, initial coin offerings
Career
2012-present
SEUM
2020-present
Must Ventures Inc., Auditing Director
2018-present
Must Asset Management Inc., Auditing Director
2018-21
Korea Bar Association IT·Startup·Blockchain TF, Chairman
2009-12
Shin & Kim
Education
Seoul Science High School
1993 - 1995
Seoul National University
Bachelors
1995 - 2000
Languages Spoken
Korean, English
Work Highlights
Blockchain / Cryptocurrency
Represented MediBloc, a Gibraltar-based digital healthcare company, in connection with its initial coin offering of 5 billion MED tokens (ticker symbol MED)
Represented Cube Intelligence, a UK-based network security company for regular and self-driving automobiles, in connection with its initial coin offering (ticker symbol AUTO)
Advise Korbit, one of the largest Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, in connection with regulatory and general corporate matters
Advise Huobi Korea, the Korea subsidiary of a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange that is one of the largest in the world, in connection with regulatory and general corporate matters
Advise Hashed, a leading Korea based crypto investor and accelerator, in connection with investment, regulatory and crypto fund matters
Advise Block.one, a Hong Kong-based software publisher specializing in blockchain technologies such as EOSIO (an open-source blockchain protocol designed to enable secure data transfer and decentralized applications), in connection with regulatory and crypto fund matters
Advise Coin Manager, an online crypto wallet company, in connection with regulatory and general corporate matters
General Startup Matters
Advise and represent 500 Startups, a US-based early-stage venture fund and seed accelerator, in connection with regulatory and general corporate matters, as well as investment financing
Advise and represent Channel Corporation, a retail data analytics company focusing on online and offline commerce, in connection with regulatory and general corporate matters, as well as investment financing
Advise and represent MangoPlate, Inc., a review forum which publishes crowd-sourced reviews about local dining options via a mobile app, in connection with regulatory and general corporate matters
Advise and represent D.CAMP, a startup accelerator, in connection with investment, employment and general corporate matters
Advise and represent Fast Track Asia, a startup accelerator, in connection with investment, employment and general corporate matters
Advise and represent The Ventures, a startup accelerator, in connection with investment, employment and general corporate matters
Advise and represent FuturePlay, a startup accelerator, in connection with investment, employment and general corporate matters
M&A / Venture Capital / Investment
Represented NAVER Corporation, a publicly listed leading internet portal and mobile company that provides services and content in various areas such as video platforms, community apps, AR camera content platform, translation, web browsing and mapping, in connection with its acquisition of Audion Sori, an audio book producer and publisher
-Represented LINE Corporation, a Japan-based mobile messaging and communication services platform company that provides services in various areas such as messaging, communication and content sales, and advertising services, in connection with its acquisition of Wit Studio, a company that develops software for UI designers and developers
Represented NHN Entertainment Corp., a publicly listed developer, publisher and distributor of mobile and PC games, in connection with its acquisition of Ticketlink, an online ticket reservation platform
Represented shareholders of Hello Nature, an online agriculture-based farm to consumer distribution service, in connection with its sale of shares to SK Planet, a subsidiary of Korean conglomerate SK Telecom that focuses on internet platform development
Represented Fluenty, a Korean startup developing interactive artificial intelligence platforms, with respect to the sale of its key technology and assets, as well as transfer of its employees, to Samsung Electronics
Represented shareholders of Fly&Company Inc., the company operating mobile food delivery app Foodfly, in connection with sale of their shares to RGP Korea, the Korea-arm of Berlin-based Delivery Hero Group
Represented Toss Lab, a startup that developed JANDI (a workplace productivity platform), in connection with funding round from SBI Investment, KDB Korea Development Bank, Daekyo Investment, and Evergreen Investment Partners
Represented Channel Corporation, a retail data analytics company focusing on online and offline commerce, in connection with its Series B funding round from both Korean and international venture capital funds such as Global Brain and Colopl Next
Represented shareholders of Bungaejangter Inc., one of the then-largest community-powered online shopping platforms, in connection with a sale of shares to NAVER Corporation, a publicly listed leading internet portal and mobile platform services company
Articles, highlights and press releases
6 items provided by SEUM Law
SEUM acted as legal advisor for ‘WAD’ with regard to its receipt of Series D investment.
SEUM acted as legal advisor for ‘WAD’ with regard to its receipt of Series D investment.
SEUM provided legal advice for the establishment of 'ShardLab', a R&D innovation lab
SEUM provided legal advice for the establishment of 'ShardLab', a R&D innovation lab
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM acted as legal advisor for ‘WAD’ with regard to its receipt of Series D investment.
SEUM acted as legal advisor for ‘WAD’ with regard to its receipt of Series D investment.
SEUM provided legal advice for the establishment of 'ShardLab', a R&D innovation lab
SEUM provided legal advice for the establishment of 'ShardLab', a R&D innovation lab
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.
SEUM advises Korea’s First “Super-giant” Generative AI Service Startup, Wrtn Technologies, in Operat
SEUM is providing legal advisory services for Wrtn Technologies Inc. which provides generative AI-based technology service that are optimized for its stage of growth and size.