Joongil Cho

Practice Areas

Mr. Joongil Cho is a partner at Shin & Kim’s Corporate/M&A Group. His main area of practice include mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate governance. He have advised on major M&A transactions in the IT industry. He has also served as a senior legal counsel at Samsung Electronics. He worked at Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. (GKH) in Israel, where he advised on investments in start-ups.

Career

Partner, Shin & Kim; Member, KBA Venture/Start-Up Legal Assistance Special Committee (2018-Present); Legal Advisory Unit, Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, Ministry of Justice (2018-Present); International Associate, Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. (GKH), Israel (2017-2018); Senior Legal Counsel, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (2012-2013).

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar.

Publications

Korea Chapter in Venture Capital – Lexology Getting The Deal Through 2023 (Co-authored); Comparison of investment in startups between FI (Financial Investor) and SI (Strategic Investor), Korea Venture Capital Association M&A Newsletter, March 2021; Realities and concerns of legislation related to personal mobility, Monthly "EV Magazine" Vol. 03, September 2020; Review of the Current Regulation on Intragroup Transactions and Recommendations to Improve the Regulatory Framework, Law Review Vol. IV, December 2013 (Co-authored); “Legal Issues on Corporate Spin-off”, BFL Series 8, Center for Financial Law, Seoul National University, 2013 (Co-authored).

Education