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Provided by Jin Kook Lee
Corporate Law
M&A
Foreign Investment
Corporate Governance
Finance ∙ Capital Markets
IPO ∙ Listing Eligibility Reviews
2025-present: Yoon & Yang LLC
2004-25: Yulchon LLC
2001-04: Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
Admitted to bar, Korea (2001); New York (2009)
Advised Lotte Group on its sale of Lotte Rental
Advised EcoPro Materials on its Series capital raise from various investors
Advised Hillhouse Capital on the acquisition of SK EcoPrime
Advised Lotte Rental on the purchase of euqity stake of Socar
Advised EcoPro Materials on the IPO on Korea Exchange
Advised SK On on the joint venture formation with Hyundai Motor Group
Advised Ecopro Innovation on its Series A capital raise from Premier Partners Consortium
Advised KT Cloud on its Series A capital raise from IMM Credit Solutions
Advised Hanwha Group on acquisition of HSD Engine
Advised Hanwha Group on acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Engineering
Advised Naver on acquisition of Poshmark (US e-commerce)
Advised JX Group (Japan) on sale of the equity stake of LS Nikko Copper
Advised Lotte Group on acquisition of Ministop Korea
Advised Zinus on its sale of controlling stake to Hyundai Department Group
Advised KT Skylife on acquisition of Hyundai HCN
Advised Netmarble Neo on its IPO on Korea Exchange
Advised Lotte Rental on its IPO
Advised Hillhouse Capital on its Series F investment in Market Kurly
Advised SK on its sale of equity interest in SK Biopharmaceuticals
Advised Hillhouse Capital, Altos Ventures, GS PIA and FIs on their sales of controlling stake of Woowa Brothers
Advised Lotte Group on its co-acquisition with Skylake PE of Souls Advanced Materials (f.k.a., Doosan Souls)
Advised LOTTE rental on acquisition of Hanjin Rent-a-car Business
Advised Net1 on its sale of KSNet
Advised Homeplus its tripartite merger of three operation arms
Advised Wow Ventures on its sale of the controlling stake
Advised Medit on its sale of the controlling stake
Advised Hanhwa System on its IPO
Advised Lotte Shopping REITs on its IPO
Advised Lotte Financial Holdings on its acqusition of Lotte Capital
Advised Lotte Group on its sale of Lotte Insurance
Advised Hillhouse Capital Management on its equity investment in Market Kurly
Advised IMM PE on its equity investment in Shinhan Financial Group
Advised Hyundai Autoever on its IPO
Advised SNK Corporation (Japanese Game Licensing company) on its IPO
Korean, English and Japanese
Georgetown University Law Center
LL.M.
2008
Judicial Research and Training Institute
2001
Seoul National University College of Law
LL.B.
1997
Highly regarded, Capital markets
IFLR1000
2025
Highly regarded, Private Equity
IFLR1000
2025
Highly regarded, M&A
IFLR1000
2025
Leading Individual, Corporate/M&A
Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific
2026
Next generation partner, Corporate and M&A
Legal500
Provided by Chambers
Jin Kook Lee remains a counsel of choice among leading Korean corporations. He advises on capital market transactions in addition to high-value acquisitions.
Jin Kook Lee has extensive experience advising clients on equity capital markets transactions and is well versed in handling IPOs for both issuers and lead managers.