Capital Markets: International Firms
South Korea
10 years ranked
Provided by Paul Hastings
Iksoo Kim is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the Seoul office.
Mr. Kim regularly represents issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of capital markets transactions, including registered and unregistered offerings of equity, debt and hybrid securities by U.S. and Korean corporations, banks, and governmental entities. He also has broad experience representing strategic and private equity clients in a number of domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
Mr. Kim was formerly an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, and is a CFA charterholder.
EDUCATION
Columbia Law School, J.D. (James Kent Scholar; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), 2008
London School of Economics, M.Sc. in Economics (with Distinction), 2001
Seoul National University, B.A. in Economics (with honors), 2000
Provided by Chambers
Iksoo Kim is a well-reputed lawyer with an active capital markets practice in South Korea. He has substantial experience advising clients on equity, debt and hybrid mandates. In addition to high-profile IPOs, he is also instructed on the establishment of substantial bond programmes.
Provided by Chambers
He is highly client-friendly, often anticipating issues we haven’t even considered, and is consistently top-tier.
He is an extremely hardworking and highly effective attorney; the best of the best.
Iksoo offers very good client service, responsiveness and communication skills.
Iksoo responds directly and thoughtfully, and always manages to find a solution, no matter what.
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