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Jay Hoon Choi

Jay Hoon Choi

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Capital markets. Representation of issuers and underwriters in equity, debt, equity-linked and hybrid securities offerings of foreign private issuers, primarily those based in Korea. In particular, Jay focuses on initial public offerings, and representative transactions in recent years include IPOs of SK ie technology, K Car, ING Life Insurance, Netmarble, Samsung BioLogics, LINE, Innocean and Cheil Industries as well as GDR offerings of Kakao and Doosan Infracore. Recent representative debt offerings include global bond offerings of SK hynix, POSCO Holdings and KT Corporation. Jay also assists KT Corporation and POSCO Holdings on their on-going SEC reporting obligations.

Career

Joined the firm in 1998.

Columbia Law School (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1998); Columbia Business School (M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma, 1998); Brown University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1994); and Dartmouth College (1990-92).

Professional Memberships

Member of the Bar in New York.

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Chambers Global Guide

Capital Markets: International Firms - South Korea

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Jay Hoon Choi is frequently involved in a number of capital markets mandates on behalf of issuers and underwriters, regularly advising on IPOs and high value debt offerings.

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