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Provided by Myoung Chul Kwak

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Practice Areas

Acquisition and Leveraged finance.

Career

Myoung Chul Kwak is a leader of the acquisition and leveraged finance group at Lee & Ko. His practice focuses on a wide range of banking and finance matters, especially representing various domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions on a variety of high profile transactions for acquisition and leveraged finance. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2001, Mr. Kwak worked as an accountant for Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been recognized as a Notable practitioner for the past 5+ years by IFLR 1000 for Banking & Finance Area. He was also named a Leading Lawyer by Legal 500, and a Notable practitioner by Asialaw for Banking & Finance in 2022.

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar Association, Seoul Bar Association, the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Personal

Yonsei University (B.A. in Business Administration, 1994) and New York University School of Law (LLM in International Taxation, 2008).

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Kwak Myoung Chul specialises in acquisition finance, project finance and structured finance. He frequently assists domestic commercial and investment banks with leveraged and acquisition finance, as well as pre-IPO finance transactions.

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